Local Obituaries for Connersville & Liberty, IN.
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...
Ronald Z. Stone
Mar 4, 2012
Ronald Z. Stone, 62, of Laurel, died Sunday evening, March 5, 2012, in the emergency room at Fayette Regional Health System. Ron was born in Batesville, August 25, 1949, to J. Burt and Lona Messer Stone. He was a 1968 graduate of Connersville High School and attained the rank of staff sergeant while serving in the U.S Army as a...
Mary Jo Rowland
Mar 3, 2012
Mary Jo Rowland, 42 of Connersville, died Sunday, March 3, 2012 at Fayette Regional Health System in Connersville. Mary was born May 7, 1969 in Connersville to John and Shirley Gray Rowland. She attended Connersville High School and had worked at area nursing homes as an aide. Mary enjoyed music, tanning, boating and fishing. Mary is survived by her fiancé:...
Walter Lee "Bud" Baker
Mar 1, 2012
Walter Lee “Bud” Baker of Connersville, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born April 10, 1935 in Metamora to Millard and Hazel Wilson Baker. The family moved to the farm a few years later where “Bud” worked with his parents, brothers and sisters. At 19, he joined the U.S. Army where he...
Charles Norman Poe Sr.
Feb 29, 2012
Charles N. Poe Sr., 69, of Liberty, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Reid Hospital in Richmond. Charles was born September 5, 1942 in Columbus, Ohio to Norman and Lillian Sullivan Poe. Charles and his wife, Jean, owned and operated the Triangle Gun and Bait Shop for over 18 years. He had previously been employed at Miami University on the...
Gary Lee Hamilton
Feb 29, 2012
Gary L. Hamilton, 63, of Richmond, died unexpectedly Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at his home. He was born on July 27, 1948 in Knightstown to Claude and Auderene Richmond Hamilton. Gary attended Knightstown schools, and earned his Associates Degree at Ivy Tech. In his younger years, he worked at Richmond Baking Company and Chem Lawn. Most of his career was...
Lois Ileen Blankenship Buchholz
Feb 24, 2012
Lois Ileen Buchholz, 82, formerly of Liberty, died Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Knolls of Oxford. On December 24, 1929 Lois was born in Effingham, Illinois to Edward and Myrtle Blankenship. She was married to the Rev. William Buchholz on October 26, 1956, and they moved to Liberty in 1974. Lois loved spending time with her grandchildren, and was...
Mable "Sue" Harris
Feb 22, 2012
Mable “Sue” Harris, 91, died Friday, February 22, 2012 in the St. Vincent Hospice, Indianapolis, with her family at her side. She was born in Connersville, March 8, 1920 to Samuel and Estella Marie Buckley Davis. She was married to Donald Harris for 58 years prior to his death in 2008. Sue is survived by her daughter, Rosalind H. Webb...
James Mitchell Smith
Feb 17, 2012
Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Liberty, IN.
Norma Jean Berry
Feb 17, 2012
Norma Jean Berry, 67, of Burnside, Kentucky and former Liberty resident, went to be with the Lord on February 17, 2012. Born October 25, 1944 in Miamisburg, Ohio, she is the daughter of Carl and Ruth Jackson Heitz. She was a 1963 graduate of Miamisburg High School and was married to Samuel Jefferson Berry on August 13, 1969 in Richmond....
Linda Louise Robbins
Feb 16, 2012
Linda L. Jones Robbins, 62, of Connersville, died Thursday, February 16, 2012, at Hospice of South Central Indiana, Columbus. Linda was a native of Richmond, born April 11, 1949, to Dallas Wesley “Bud” and Kathryn “Jean” Lee Jones. She attended Richmond Senior High School and graduated from the certified nursing assistant program at Ivy Tech. Linda had been employed as...
Luverda "Lu" Wood
Feb 12, 2012
Luverda Wood, 86, of Connersville, died Sunday morning, February 12, 2012, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. She was a Fayette County native, born July 15, 1925 to Fred and Jane Carpenter Smith Drew. Luverda was a 1943 graduate of Orange High School and was married at the First United Methodist Church to Ralph E. Wood on June 29, 1946. She retired...
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