Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Harley "Laddie" Weston
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...
H. Francis Klein
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...
Jesse C. Sellers Jr.
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...
Vera M. Bailey
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...
Raphael Rashawn Chisolm
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...
Jessie W. Smith
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...
Alan Michael Wicker
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...
Jim Jones
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...
Esther Erlewein
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...
Gleda M. Mikesell
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...
James Oscar Mckinney
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...
Joanne Oney
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....
Bob Jennings
Sep 4, 2013
Bob Jennings, 62, of Connersville, died September 4, 2013, at his residence. Bob was born in Connersville, January 27, 1951 to Robert O. and Shirley Kay Jones Jennings. He attended school in Hialeah, Florida. In 1969, he entered the U.S. Navy where he honorably served with the rank of Torpedoman’s Mate Seaman aboard the USS Thomas Jefferson. On March 16,...
Barbara D. Copper
Aug 24, 2013
Barbara D. Copper, 73, of the Everton community, died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Barbara was born July 19, 1940 in Berea, Kentucky to John J. and Effie Keen Rogers. She was a 1958 graduate of Connersville High School and had attended Everton Elementary School. Following high school, Barbara attended classes to become a certified dietician. She...
Shera J. Floyd
Aug 22, 2013
Shera J. Floyd, 76, of Connersville, died Thursday, August 22, 2013, at her residence. A Connersville native, Shera was born December 9, 1936 to Fred and Addie Callahan Parvis and was a graduate of Connersville High School. On December 21, 1958, she was married in Connersville to Nathaniel Floyd who died December 24, 2012. Shera liked to work puzzles and...
Carolyn J. Wright
Aug 21, 2013
Carolyn J. Wright, 78, of Connersville, died Wednesday afternoon, August 21, 2013, at Fayette Regional Health System. A Union County native, Carolyn was born September 2, 1934 to Thomas and Lillian Whipple Gruell. She graduated from Connersville High School with the class of 1952 and was a member of St. Gabriel Church. On December 26, 1955, she married John Wright...
Frances Thompson
Aug 20, 2013
Frances Thompson, 98, former Liberty resident, died Tuesday morning, August 20, 2013, at Golden Rule Nursing Center, Richmond. Frances was born March 7, 1915 in Fayette County and had lived in Fairfield, Liberty and Franklin County. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and crocheting. She also assisted her husbands in their jobs including farming, custodial services and television repair....
James J. Jones
Aug 17, 2013
James J. Jones, 90, of Connersville, died Saturday afternoon, August 17, 2013, at Heritage House of Connersville. Jim was a native of Gans, Oklahoma, born February 4, 1923 to James M. and Goldie V. Curry Jones. He attended school in Gans and was employed as an assistant leader with the Civilian Conservation Corp based in Seiad Valley, California. Jim was...
James "Butch" Butcher
Aug 15, 2013
James “Butch” Butcher, 78, of Liberty, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Sycamore Springs. Butch was born August 24, 1934 in London, KY to Albert Prince and Sarah Marie McQueen Butcher. As a child he attended London area schools. On June 4, 1955, Butch married the former Patricia “Pat” Reed in Richmond, IN. After being married, the couple moved to...
Della Reece
Aug 13, 2013
Della Reece, 92, of Connersville, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Della was born in Lee County, Kentucky, August 11, 1921, to Scott and Ollie Rankins Mays. On August 13, 1942, she was married in Beattyville, KY to Fred Reece. They moved to Connersville in 1949 and were active members of the Full Gospel Holiness Church....
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