Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Wilma Gillham
Jan 18, 2012
Wilma Gillham, 92, of Connersville, died Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at Hickory Creek Rehabilitation Center. A Fayette County native, Wilma was born on June 13, 1919 to Samuel E. and Evalyn Mae McCain Stephens. For many years Wilma worked at Maplewood Elementary School in the cafeteria and volunteered at God’s Little Blessings, and enjoyed helping the elderly, many of whom...
Edgar E. Riebsomer
Jan 15, 2012
Edgar E. “Hafey” Riebsomer, 91, of Connersville, died Sunday morning, January 15, 2012, at his residence. A Connersville native, “Hafey” was born September 23, 1920 to Joseph and Daisy M. Spivey Riebsomer. He was a 1939 graduate of Alquina High School and was a lifetime resident of Connersville. For over thirty years, “Hafey” was employed locally as a salesman of...
Mildred Louise Handley
Jan 13, 2012
Mildred Louise Handley, 83, of Sevierville, Tennessee, and a former residence of Richmond died Friday, January 13, 2012. Mildred was born on June 23, 1928 to Leroy and Margaret Inhoff Smith in Mixerville, Indiana. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling, and talking with other. Survivors include her children and their spouses: John and Heather Handley of Richmond, James...
Keith Duane Crane
Jan 13, 2012
Keith Crane, 73, of Liberty, died Friday, January 13, 2012 at his residence after a brief illness. A Liberty native Keith was born on August 9, 1938 to Robert and Ruth Pierce Crane, both of whom precede him in death. Keith graduated from Short High School in 1957 and had worked for Wayne Dairy for several years. Keith retired from...
Otto Killian Combs
Jan 12, 2012
Connersville, Indiana Otto K. “OK” Combs, 95, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, January 12, 2012, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Otto was born in Viper, Kentucky, August 21, 1916, to Curtis Enoch and Cora Brashears Combs. He was a graduate of Stuart Robinson Presbyterian High School in Letcher County, Kentucky and furthered his education with a Bachelor of Science degree in...
Audrey G. Rudicil
Jan 10, 2012
Audrey G. Wilson Rudicil, 84, of Liberty, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. On December 25, 1927 Audrey was born to John E. and Ella E. Phillips Wilson in Dupont. She graduated from Shandon High School and on July 2, 1946 she was married to Irvin Rudicil. Audrey loved...
Jerry Leroy Geise
Jan 10, 2012
Jerry L. Geise, 70, of Connersville, died Tuesday evening, January 10, 2012, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Jerry was the son of Paul L. and Mary Kathaline Caldwell Geise, born November 28, 1941 in Fountain City. As a young man, he worked as a farmhand while attending Bentonville Elementary School and was a 1961 graduate of Connersville High School. Jerry retired...
Jerald A. Buttery
Jan 6, 2012
Jerald A. Buttery, 67, of Oxford, died Friday, at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. On March 3, 1944, Jerry was born to William and Faye Snodderly in College Corner. Jerry joined the Army National Guard and served for six years in the Oxford Ohio branch. Jerry had worked at Square D Electric Company as a Boiler Engineer and was an avid musician...
Carolyn Ann Stevens
Jan 4, 2012
Indianapolis, IN Carolyn A. Stevens, 70, of Carmel and former Connersville resident, died Wednesday afternoon, January 4, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Carolyn was a Connersville native, born March 2, 1941 to Arville E. “Mike” and Lois M. Stant Bertsch, both of whom preceded her in death. In 1959, she graduated from Connersville High School and attended Columbia Christian...
Jason Ryan Kantz
Dec 31, 2011
Connersville, IN Jason Ryan Kantz, 29, of Connersville, died early Saturday morning, December 31, 2011, at Fayette Regional Health System. Jason was born November 11, 1982 in Beech Grove to Kevin Robert and Beth Ann Hutton Kantz and was a 2001 graduate of Southport High School, Indianapolis. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had been employed at...
Gerald L. Mcafee
Dec 29, 2011
Gerald L. McAfee, 76, of Richmond, died Thursday, December 29, 2011. Gerald was born on August 19, 1935 to Henry and Garnet Baker McAfee in Harrison County, Indiana. He graduated from Morgan Township High School, then went on to Purdue University to earn a Master’s degree. Gerald taught science at Union County High School for 30 years, then retired in...
Bobbie L. Gruell
Dec 28, 2011
Bobbie L. Gruell, 81, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Born December 1, 1930 in Connersville to Theodore and Thelma Helms Gruell, Bobbie was a 1949 graduate of Connersville High School. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, achieving the rank of Gunner’s Mate Third Class. Bobbie had served as Fire...
Ruth M. Murray
Dec 26, 2011
Ruth M. Murray, 65, of Connersville, died Monday evening, December 26, 2011, at her residence. Ruth was born July 28, 1946 in Laurel, one of ten children of Elijah and Lillian Richmond Pursiful. Throughout her life, she helped take care of others and retired in 2007 from the dietary department at Flatrock River Lodge Care Center, Rushville. Ruth never seemed...
Patsy Joy Sellers
Dec 22, 2011
Patsy Joy Sellers, 72, of Liberty, died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at University Hospital in Cincinnati. Patsy was born in Hamilton, Ohio to James, Sr. and Marvel Black Kamp on January 27, 1939. In 1957 she graduated from Short High School and went on to earn a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from IU East. Patsy was married to Jesse...
Carolyn Sue Thayer
Dec 19, 2011
Carolyn S. Thayer, 73, of Ft Worth, Texas and formerly of Connersville, died early Monday morning, December 19, 2011, at Fayette Regional Health Systems. On August 14, 1938, she was born in Greensburg to Gerald and Luella Root Bostic. Carolyn was married December 16, 1956 to Fred B. Thayer who died March 17, 2007. Carolyn began her working career as...
Harold N. Curry
Dec 16, 2011
H. Nelson Curry, 88, of Liberty, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at Sycamore Springs Rehabilitation Center. On October 6, 1923 Nelson was born in Metamora to Arthur and Lois Watkins Curry. He married to the former Reba M. Thomas on June 6, 1943. Nelson was a hardworking farmer who loved the land. He farmed his entire life, working as a...
Betty O'Leary
Dec 15, 2011
Betty O’Leary, 95, of Connersville, died Thursday morning, December 15, 2011, at her residence where she had resided for 47 years. Betty was a Connersville native, born August 11, 1916 to Arthur and Ethel Koch Thomas and was a 1934 graduate of Connersville High School. She had been employed at American Central and was a waitress at the White Cottage,...
Charles E. Gambill
Dec 15, 2011
Charles E. “Chuck” Gambill, 83, died Thursday evening, December 15, 2011, at Lincoln Centers-East, Connersville. Chuck was a native of Lawrence County, born September 28, 1928 to William and Gladys R McFerran Gambill, both of whom preceded him in death. He was veteran of the U.S. Army. On May 24, 1958, he was married to the former Dolores E Higar....
Sallie "Gertrude" Phillips Carter
Dec 12, 2011
Sallie “Gertrude” Carter, 87, of Liberty, died Monday, December 12, 2011, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Born May 8, 1924 in Laurel County, Kentucky to Benjamin and Emma Locke Phillips, she graduated from Brownsville High School in 1942 after moving to Union County with her family. On April 27, 1947, she married William “Ray” Carter in Connersville at Central Christian...
Angela Renee Lay
Dec 11, 2011
Angela R. Lay, 34, of Liberty, died Sunday, December 11, 2011, at her residence. Born November 28, 1977 in Tampa, Florida to William G. and Barbara A. McIntosh Croucher, she was a 1995 graduate of Preble Shawnee High School. In 2006, Angela moved to Liberty, where she worked at the Liberty Bell Restaurant and later Sycamore Springs in the dietary...
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