Local Obituaries for Connersville & Liberty, IN.
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...
Mary Ellen Van Ausdal
Mar 29, 2012
Mary Ellen Van Ausdal, 94, of Connersville, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, March 29, 2012. She was a patient at Fayette Regional Health System and had been a resident of Hickory Creek Nursing Home. Mary was born in Buck Creek, Owsley County, Kentucky, November 22, 1917 one of nine children of Brice J. and Kate Rowland Dean...
Goldie M. Litzinger
Mar 27, 2012
Goldie Mae Litzinger, 89, of Connersville, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Lincoln Centers East where she had resided for several years. Goldie was born in Jellico, TN, July 21, 1922 to John and Rosanna Gum Moore and had attended area schools, including Blooming Grove. She was a devoted homemaker and enjoyed playing with her grandchildren. Goldie is survived by...
Howard W. "Skeeter" Irrgang
Mar 27, 2012
Fayette County native, Howard W. “Skeeter” Irrgang, 86, died Tuesday morning, March 27, 2012, at Caroleton Manor Nursing Home where he had resided since June. Howard was born May 14, 1925 to George C., Sr. and Audrey L. Hudson Irrgang and attended school at Bunker Hill, Connersville and Liberty. He served three years with the U.S. Army 96th Infantry Division...
Della Sidell Marcum
Mar 22, 2012
Della Sidell Marcum, 87, of Connersville, died early Thursday morning, March 22, 2012, at her residence. Della was born in Jackson County, Kentucky, March 21, 1925 to Delbert and Plina Templeton Lunsford and came to Connersville with her family at the age of three. She attended Connersville area schools, including Eastview Elementary. Della had been employed at REX Manufacturing during...
Martha Jean Barrett Johnson
Mar 17, 2012
Martha Jean Barrett Johnson, 94, of Franklin County, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Brookville Healthcare Center. A Connersville native, Martha was born June 7, 1917, to Eugene and Lillie P. Birt Barbour. She was a 1935 graduate of Connersville High School and was a member of St. Gabriel Church. Martha had been employed as a nurse’s aide at Fayette...
Ronald G. Lanning
Mar 15, 2012
Ronald G. Lanning, 67, of Connersville, died late Thursday evening, March 15, 2012, in the emergency room at Fayette Regional Health System. A Connersville native, Ron was born June 6, 1944 to Elmer L and Betty L. Neal Lanning. He was a 1963 graduate of Connersville High School and was a member of the Columbia United Methodist Church. Ron had...
Robert L. Poe
Mar 13, 2012
Robert L. Poe, 70, of Connersville, died Tuesday evening, March 13, 2012, at Fayette Regional Health System. Bob was born May 20, 1941 in Everton to Harley W. and Lillian Allen Poe and was a 1959 graduate of Harrisburg High School. In 1963, he entered the U.S. Army where he served as a military policeman stationed in Saigon during the...
Ronald "Joe" Stone
Mar 11, 2012
Ronald “Joe” Stone, 40, died early Sunday morning, March 11, 2012, due to injuries suffered in an automobile accident on SR 121. Born May 20, 1971 to Ronald Z. and Ruth E. Perkins Stone, Joe was a 1992 graduate of Union County High School and had also attended Connersville High School where he had played football. Joe had Been employed...
Lloyd Morris
Mar 10, 2012
Lloyd Morris, 79 of rural Fayette County, died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at his residence. On July 2, 1932 Lloyd was born to Auburn Kenneth and Ruby Oldham Morris in Rush County. Lloyd served in the United States Coast Guard from 1950 until 1956, and on September 13, 1953 married the former Shirley Welch at Central Christian Church in Connersville....
Rebecca Becky A Brown Fallat
Mar 8, 2012
Rebecca A. Fallat, 57, of Liberty, died Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Reid Hospital in Richmond. She was born March 9, 1954, in Connersville to Eldon and Audrey Cox Brown. In 1972, Rebecca graduated from Short High School, and in 1977, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources from Ball State University. Rebecca was most recently employed...
Deborah F. Hunter
Mar 8, 2012
Deborah F. Hunter, 59, of Connersville, died Thursday, March 8, 2011, at her residence. On August 9, 1952, Debbie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to Kingsley Sr. and Beulah Robinette. Debbie was married to Dennis “Ray” Hunter on August 16, 1969. She had been employed at Everton Elementary School as a lunch aide and had previously worked at Lincoln Manor...
David Michael Wilson
Mar 4, 2012
David Michael “Mike” Wilson, 60, of the Columbia community died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at his residence. Mike was born January 18, 1952 in Rushville to Lowell and Jewell Grizzell Wilson. He attended Connersville High School and married the former Cathi “Sue” Lykins on September 18, 1971 in Tennessee. Mike was a member of the Indiana National Guard for 11...
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