Aug 8, 2018

Westfield, Indiana Mary Frances Hines passed away on Wednesday, August, 8, 2018. She was born February 7, 1931 to George and Ocre Combs in Vincent, Kentucky. Mary was one of ten brothers and sisters growing up in Kentucky and is survived by one sister, Genevieve Combs Deaton. Mary married Edward “Duke” Hines, Jr. on November 23, 1951 in Connersville, Indiana...

Aug 7, 2018

Connersville,Indiana Betty A. Rodenburg 84, of Union County, Indiana, died at her residence Wednesday, August, 08, 2018. Betty was born November 28, 1933, in Connersville Indiana to Eddie and Freda Kopple Thomas. Betty married the love of her life, Paul E. Rodenburg on February 14, 1954. She was a 4-H leader and Involved in Home Ec. Club and was a...

Jul 25, 2018

‘Big Red One’ soldier, Pfc. Spencer A. Rose, 19 of Fort Riley, Kansas and Connersville native, died July 25, 2018. Spencer was born March 30, 1999 to Katrina Dunham Lang and Allen E. Rose, II in Richmond, Indiana. He was a 2017 graduate of Connersville High School; following graduation he enlisted in the United States Army. Since March he was...

Jul 25, 2018

Oxford, Ohio Betty Jo Hofmann of Oxford, Ohio and formerly of Liberty, Indiana and Wilmington, North Carolina, passed away with her loving children keeping vigil at her bedside. Since 2011, Betty was a resident of the independent living cottages of the Knolls of Oxford and in April of 2017 entered the nursing facilities of the Knolls where she died the...

Jul 25, 2018

Betty J. Saeger, 90, of Connersville, died Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at Hickory Creek in Connersville. Betty was born in Talmage, Nebraska, October 18, 1927 to Rev. Siegfried and Josephine Marquardt Haferman. Following high school, she attended Midland College, Fremont, Nebraska and graduated from University of Nebraska in Omaha with a bachelor degree in art, education. She taught for several...

Jul 22, 2018

Uretha E. “Toots” Poe, 93, currently a resident of Knox, died Sunday afternoon, July 22, 2018. Toots was born April 21, 1925 in Connersville to Forrest and Nellie Beck Hudelson and lived the majority of her life in Connersville. She attended Connersville area schools and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Toots kept busy with church activities and...

Jul 21, 2018

Raymond Richard Smith, 75, of Connersville died July 21, 2018 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. On April 14, 1943 Raymond was born at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio to Richard and Mae Thompson Smith. Raymond was employed for the City of Richmond where he focused on the maintenance of Glen Miller Park. He was previously employed in the maintenance...

Jul 18, 2018

Ronald J. Wells, 68, of Connersville, died Wednesday evening, July 18, 2018, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. A Connersville native, Ronald was born to Willie J. and Christine Taylor Wells on June 29, 1950. In 1969, he graduated from Connersville High School and attended Vincennes University for a year. Ronald’s passion for farming began at the early age of...

Jul 17, 2018

Lowell Harold Cornett, 72, of Liberty and former Connersville resident, died at his residence, July, 17, 2018. Lowell was born July 22, 1945 in Reid Hospital, Richmond to Larkin and Nahoma Gabbard Cornett. He graduated from Connersville High School in 1964 as a member of the National Honor Society and in the top fifteen percentile of his class. He received...

Jul 14, 2018

Former Connersville resident, Madeline K. Sanderson, 90, died Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Spring Hills-Singing Woods in Dayton, Ohio. Madeline was born in the Chaires community of Leon County, Florida, May 21, 1928, to Walter S. and Martha Isabell Connell Key. In 1946, she graduated from Monticello High School in Jefferson County, Florida. Madeline continued her education at Lively Vocational...

Jul 13, 2018

David Luke Woeste, 65, of Liberty died July 13, 2018. David was born March 4, 1953 in Muncie, Indiana to Luke B. and Marcella Maxwell Woeste and graduated from Short High School in 1971. He married the former, Debbie Walton on January 18, 1974 at Edwards Memorial United Methodist Church. David was employed by the City of Liberty for thirty-five...

Jul 13, 2018

Donna Jean Carlton, 80, of Connersville, died Friday evening, July 13, 2018, at her residence surrounded by the family she loved so dearly. A Fayette County native, Donna was born near Glenwood August 23, 1937, to Everette and Mary Marcelline Bostic Hunter. She was married at Calvary Baptist Church on October 25, 1954 to Dallas W. “Rocky” Carlton who died...

Jul 7, 2018

Former Connersville resident, Douglas R. Messer, 60 of Dayton, Ohio died Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Grandview Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. Born in Connersville, June 10, 1958 to Edward and Mae Patton Messer, Douglas attended area schools and graduated in 1976 from Connersville High School. He served his country in the United States Navy as an Opticalman on the U.S.S. Fulton...

Jul 2, 2018

Robert L. “Bob” Anderson, 74, of Connersville, died Monday, July 2, 2018, at Arbor Trace Rehabilitation in Richmond. Bob was born in Indianapolis, April 22, 1944, to Clifford, Sr. and Mary Ruth Linn Anderson. In 1962, he graduated from Connersville High School. Bob served in the United States Army with the 21st Infantry stationed in Germany. He was a generous...

Jun 28, 2018

Wanda Jean Pierce, 78 of Richmond died Thursday Evening June 28, 2018. Wanda was born on December 27, 1939 in Richmond to Carl Oran and Naomi Handley Grimme. She was a 1958 graduate of Short High School ,Liberty, Indiana She married Larry Alan Pierce On August 16, 1964 at Edwards Memorial United Methodist Church in Liberty. She worked as a...

Jun 27, 2018

Paula Christine Kaufman, 63, of Connersville, died Wednesday evening, June 27, 2018, at her residence. Paula was born on August 17, 1954, in Connersville to Phillip Paul and Elsie Williams Matthews. After she received her general education diploma, she graduated from nursing school in 1992. Paula was employed as a home health care nurse until she became ill and could...

Jun 27, 2018

Julie Reneé Fox, 65, of Connersville, died Wednesday morning, June 27, 2018, at Fayette Regional Health. Julie was born April 14, 1953 in Connersville and was the daughter of Wade and Helen Gabbard Fox. She attended Alquina Elementary, Connersville High Schools and later earned the general education diploma. Julie was employed for several years in the Rack Plant at Design...

Jun 24, 2018

Jun 18, 2018

Samantha Mae “Sammy” Ross Baker, 42, of Oxford, Ohio, died Monday, June 18, 2018. Sammy was born on March 13, 1976 in Hamilton, Ohio, to James L. Sr. and Linda L. Ridenour Ross. She received her General Education Diploma and graduated from medical assistant school in 2011 and was previously employed at Cash Flow as a telemarketer. Sammy greatly enjoyed...

Jun 15, 2018

Brownsville, Indiana Dale Bass, 80, of Brownsville, died Friday afternoon, June 15 2018, at Reid Health, Richmond. Dale was born on October 12, 1937 in Ohio to Ellsworth Dale and Irene McKee Bass. He was a graduate of Richmond High School and later joined the United States Military. Dale enjoyed fishing, hunting and working in his garden. He was an...