Oct 24, 2013

Rita Ann Jones, 56, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, October 24, 2013 at Fayette Regional Health System. Rita was born November 10, 1956 in Rushville to Robert and Norma Copple Evans. She was a 1975 graduate of Connersville High School and was a member of the St. Gabriel Church. On June 27, 1975, Rita married Jeffrey Jones at St. Gabriel...

Oct 22, 2013

Mary Margaret McKenna, 92, of Cincinnati, Ohio and former Connersville resident, died Tuesday morning, October 22, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. A Connersville native, Mary Margaret was born July 14, 1921 to David and Lourena Michael McKenna. And was a 1939 graduate of Connersville High School. In 1942, she graduated from the Good Samaritan Hospital Nursing School in...

Oct 19, 2013

Bessie Frye, 71, of Connersville, died Saturday October 19, 2013 at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Bessie was born November 24, 1941 in Cincinnati to Bruce and Virginia Addis. She attended Cincinnati area schools and on January 25, 1955, Bessie married Charles Frye. In 1978 they moved to the Connersville area. She worked at J and J Packaging in Brookville. Bessie...

Oct 13, 2013

Paul E. Rodenburg, 83, of Union County, died Sunday, October 13, 2013, at Ambassador Healthcare in Centerville. Paul was born in Union County, January 3, 1930, to Roy and Clara Garrett Rodenburg. He attended Clifton and Brownsville schools. He entered the U.S. Army on September 10, 1951 in Indianapolis and served as a corporal in the Korean War Veteran. He...

Oct 5, 2013

Oct 4, 2013

Ronnie Lee Griffin, 52, of Connersville, died Friday, October 4, 2013, at Fayette Regional Health System. Ronnie was born in Batesville, July 17, 1961, to Alexander and Betty Swampson Griffin and attended Connersville High School. He was employed as a stone mason his entire life and had constructed many projects in the area including the Home-A-Rama in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ronnie...

Oct 3, 2013

Oct 3, 2013

Vivian Nora McQuinley, 91, of Mitchell, succumbed to a variety of illnesses on Thursday morning, October 3, 2013, at Westview Nursing Facility, Bedford, while surrounded by family and friends. Nora was born March 23, 1922 in Robbins, Tennessee, to Fred and Gracie Mae Barger Willoughby. On August 28, 1948, she was married in Hamilton, Ohio, to Henry Carter McQuinley who...

Oct 1, 2013

Harley Ladd “Laddie” Weston, 83, of the Everton community, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at his residence. Harley was born at home in Connersville on April 25, 1930 to Floyd and Rachel Ladd Weston. He attended school in Everton and served as a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant during the Korean War as a demolition expert. Harley was a member of...

Sep 29, 2013

H. Francis Klein, 86, of Liberty, died Sunday morning, September 29, 2013, at Sycamore Springs Nursing Center, Liberty. A native and lifelong resident of Union County, Francis was born September 11, 1927, to Fred and Ethel McMahan Klein. He attended Union County schools and served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Francis was a member...

Sep 29, 2013

ATTN: N-Ex: free obituary Pal-Item: full obituary with photo Lib Hrld: full obituary with photo Brkvl Demo: full obituary with photo Liberty, IN Jesse C. Sellers, Jr., 91, formerly of Liberty, died Sunday morning, September 29, 2013, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Jesse was born in Brookville, June 20, 1922, to Jesse C., Sr. and Mattie Allen Sellers. Following his high...

Sep 27, 2013

Vera M. Bailey, 89 of Connersville, died Friday, September 27, 2013, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Vera was a Fayette County native, born October 6, 1923 to Christopher and Nellie Hamilton Rowe. She attended Connersville High School and on June 24, 1946, she was married at Central Christian Church to Edwin Bailey. Vera had been employed at Pittsburgh Plate Glass in...

Sep 25, 2013

Raphael Rashawn Chisolm, infant son of Austin R. and Vanessa M. Lucas Chisolm of Connersville, went to heaven Wednesday evening, September 25, 2013, following his birth at Fayette Regional Health System. In addition to his parents, Raphael is survived by a sister: Ellianna G. Chisolm; his paternal grandparents: Shanel Mani and James Chisolm, both of Indianapolis; maternal grandparents: Mike and...

Sep 25, 2013

Jessie W. Smith, 99, of Connersville, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at Heritage House of Connersville. Jessie was born in Louisville, Kentucky, March 6, 1914, the oldest child of William Ezra and Maggie Mae McGrew Whitfield. She attended Eighth Street School, Connersville Junior High and was a 1932 graduate of Connersville High School. On March 28, 1934, she was married...

Sep 25, 2013

Alan Michael Wicker, 23, passed away peacefully September 25, 2013 surrounded by his family at IU Medical Center after a lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis. He was born October 15, 1989 in Richmond, IN. He was a lifelong resident of Union County and attended Union County High School. He had been employed at Webb’s Antique Mall. Alan was an animal...

Sep 25, 2013

Jim Jones, 91, of Liberty, died Wednesday morning, September 25, 2013, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Jim was born May 14, 1922 in Bath to Joseph W. and Martha Burer Jones and was a 1940 graduate of Short High School in Liberty. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and attained the rank of corporal while serving with the bomb...

Sep 21, 2013

Esther Erlewein, 94, of Muncie and former Connersville resident, died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Bethel Pointe Health and Rehabilitation in Muncie. Esther was a Franklin County native, born January 1, 1919 to Elmer and Eleanor Phenis Logan and graduated from Connersville High School In 1937. On June 15, 1940, she was married in Fairfield to Maynard Layson who died...

Sep 10, 2013

Gleda M. Mikesell, 95, formerly of Liberty, died Tuesday morning, September 10, 2013, at Liberty Nursing Center of Oxford in Ohio. Gleda was born in Union County August 23, 1918, to Clement and Ruth A. Smith Michael. She began her 15 year employment with General Telephone as an operator in Liberty and later as the assistant chief operator in Ft...

Sep 8, 2013

James Oscar McKinney, 78, of Laurel, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. James was born February 11, 1935, in Lancaster, KY., to William Henry and Lora Margaret Denney McKinney. He had attended the Lancaster and Stanford KY., area schools before moving to the Laurel area. On July 28, 1956 in Connersville, James married the former...

Sep 4, 2013

Joanne Oney, 88, of Connersville, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Joanne was a native of Connersville, born January 26, 1925 to Frank and Mable Marie Mitchell Pavy and had attended Connersville High School. She had been employed at REX Manufacturing, Philco-Ford and most recently as a nursing assistant at the former Lincoln Manor Nursing Home....