Local Obituaries for Connersville, IN.
Russell D. Overbeck
Jun 14, 2012
Russell D. Overbeck, 46, of Liberty, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Russell was a Richmond native, born October 11, 1965 to David and Linda O’Bayley Overbeck. In 1984, he graduated from Centerville High School and then joined the U.S. Marines. His military service included tours of duty in Okinawa, the Philippines and Japan. For over twelve...
Edith Mason
Jun 5, 2012
Edith Mason, 92, of Connersville, died Tuesday afternoon, June 5, 2012, at Caroleton Manor Nursing Home. Edith was born in Franklin County on August 10, 1919, to John Raymond and Mabel Neff Jones She attended Connersville High School and was married February 23, 1942 to William J. “Tum” Mason. In 1954, Edith began working as a seamstress at the Connersville...
Jerry A. Ervine
Jun 2, 2012
Jerry A. Ervine, 65, of Connersville, died Saturday evening, June 2, 2012, at Rushville - Miller’s Merry Manor where he had resided the past three months. A Connersville native, Jerry was born January 31, 1947, the fourth of seven children of Vernon W. and Arylin Dean Moore Ervine. He attended Connersville schools and joined the U.S. Navy in 1966 serving...
Gayle Marie Singletary
Jun 1, 2012
Gayle M. Singletary, 54, of Connersville died Friday, June 1, 2012 at Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born January 16, 1958 in Tampa, Florida to James William and Vivian Clara House Singletary and attended school there. Gayle never knew a stranger and moved to Indiana in 1995. Everyone loved her southern cooking and her elaborate meals on...
Virginia L Jones
May 31, 2012
Virginia L. Jones, 89, of Connersville, died Thursday evening, May 31, 2012, at her residence. A native of Cherokee, Oklahoma, she was born May 21, 1923 to Roy W. and Lura Jarnigan Miller. In 1941, Virginia graduated from Lambert High School in Lampert, Oklahoma and continued her education at Enid Business College in Enid, Oklahoma. Following her employment at Squib...
Donald W Peak
May 28, 2012
Donald W. Peak, 78, passed peacefully to be with our lord on May 28, 2012. He had been in failing health over the past few years and had received palliative care over the past week at IU Methodist Hospital Yellow Rose Unit. Donald was born June 30, 1933 to William S. and Murl A. (Bastin) Peak in Stanford, Kentucky. He...
Barbara L. Miller
May 14, 2012
Barbara L. Miller, 69, of Liberty, died Monday evening, May 14, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 3, 1942, to Leo Anthony and Frances Louise Anderson Duenne. Barbara was a 1960 graduate of Harrison High School, Harrison, Ohio and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Liberty. She had helped manage the American...
Helen M. Murray
May 2, 2012
Helen M. Murray, 85, of Rushville and formerly of Glenwood, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Helen was born January 28, 1927 in Laurel, the oldest of twelve children of Alex and Enno Moon Cregar and attended school in Franklin County. She was a great cook and had been employed at several area restaurants. She had...
Jane Harmon
May 2, 2012
Jane Harmon, 57, of Connersville, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at her residence. Jane was born, April 5, 1955, to Alvis and Jean Cunliffe Russell in Richmond, Kentucky. She had attended Connersville area schools and the Community Gospel Church. Jane had been employed at several local factories. Jane enjoyed collecting Coca Cola memorabilia, anything Harley Davidson, attending rock concerts and...
Grace A. Brown
Apr 28, 2012
Grace A. Hostvedt Brown, 74, of Connersville, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Grace was a native of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, born November 1, 1937 to John and Esther Daily Hostvedt both of whom preceded her in death. In 1955, she graduated from Lincoln High School there and attended the University of Wisconsin. Grace continued her education...
Vivian F. Smith
Apr 24, 2012
Vivian F. Smith, 86, of Connersville, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. Vivian was born in New Castle, December 31, 1925, the only child of Donald and Mildred Lefter Cook. On July 29, 1942, she was married in Manchester, Tennessee to Charles W. Smith, who died January 16, 1942. Vivian was an active member of the...
Eddie A. Lucas
Apr 23, 2012
Eddie A. Lucas, 66, of Connersville, died April 23, 2012 at Lincoln Centers East. On August 31st, 1945, Eddie was born to Ed and Josephine Steele Lucas in Connersville and attended Connersville High School. He retired in 1985 from Ford Electronics after nineteen years of service where he was a member of the International Union of Electrical Workers. He was...
Robert W. Kemper
Apr 22, 2012
Liberty, IN Robert W. Kemper, 84, of Greenfield, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at his daughter’s residence in Liberty. On May 11th 1927, Robert was born to Forrest and Edith Heck Kemper in Shelbyville and was a graduate of Charlottesville High School in Hancock County. Robert retired as the mechanic at Irving Material in McCordsville following many years of service....
Martha H. Zane
Apr 22, 2012
Martha H. Zane, 86, of Connersville, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, Indiana. Martha was a native of Napoleon, Ripley County, born February 22, 1926, the youngest of eight children born to Christian Simon and Lydia May Idlewine Hermann. Following her move to Connersville, she was employed as a waitress at the McFarlan Hotel and later...
Wayne E. Clark
Apr 16, 2012
Wayne E. Clark, 81, of Connersville died Monday, April 16, 2012 at Heritage House Nursing Home of Connersville. Wayne was a Connersville native, born April 24th 1930 to Ivan and Minnie Lechner Clark. He attended Connersville area schools and was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church. On June 16th 1951, Wayne was married in Connersville to the former Nancy...
Frieda "Fern" Chapman Bowne
Apr 8, 2012
Frieda “Fern” Chapman Bowne, 98, formerly of Liberty, died Sunday morning, April 8, 2012, at Brookville Health Care Center. A Franklin County native, Fern was born May 22, 1913 to Fred B. and Nora V. Dare Chapman. On September 23, 1940, she was married to Chester Bowne. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Connersville,...
Gail W. Good
Apr 5, 2012
Gail W. Good, 88, of Leesburg, Florida and formerly of Connersville, died Thursday, April 5, 2012, at Leesburg, Florida Regional Hospital. Gail was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 26, 1923, to Floyd Taylor and Dorothy Chapman Wolfe. She attended Blooming Grove Elementary School and was a 1941 graduate of Brookville High School. Gail attended Anderson Beauty College and had owned...
Gerald N. "Nate" Bourne
Apr 3, 2012
West College Corner, IN Gerald N. “Nate” Bourne, 83, of West College Corner, died April 3, 2012 at his residence. Born in Old Bath to Howard and Blanche Chapman Bourne on December 31, 1928 as the third of three children, he attended school in College Corner and graduated with the Class of 1946. He joined the Air Force in 1948...
Betty Jean Norman
Apr 2, 2012
Betty Jean Norman, 58, formerly of Connersville, died April 2, 2012 at the Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville, KY. Mrs. Norman was born in Batesville on August 9, 1953 to Marshall T. and Dorothy Hensley Webb. She and her husband owned and operated The Pool Store in Maysville, Kentucky. Betty loved tending to her flowers and feeding and caring for...
Jefferson "Jeff" Green
Mar 30, 2012
Jefferson “Jeff” Green, 79, of Connersville, passed away peacefully, Friday, March 30, 2012, at Lincoln Centers-East where he was a patient in the last months. He was born September 12, 1932 in Booneville, Owsley County, Kentucky, one of four children of Elisha and Sarah King Green. Jeff moved to Connersville at the age of 27 where he did tree trimming...
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