Local Obituaries for Connersville & Liberty, IN.
Bertha Alice Rankin
Oct 22, 2011
Bertha A. Rankin, 90, of Liberty, died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Sycamore Springs Rehabilitation Center. A Liberty native, Bertha was born January 21, 1921 in Liberty to Samuel K. and Estella M. Rinehart Ross. She was a homemaker and worked for Union County Council on Aging and Aged. She was loved by everyone who knew her and she will...
Carol Kay Beard
Oct 21, 2011
Carol K. Beard, 70, of Connersville, died Friday morning, October 21, 2011, at Heritage House of Connersville. Carol was born October 19, 1941 in Connersville to Harry and June A. Rudd Jones. Most recently, she had been employed as a dietician at Heritage House of Connersville for 14 years. She and her first husband, Kenneth Throop, had owned and operated...
Christine Boling Shera
Oct 14, 2011
Christine Boling Shera, 95, of Normal Illinois and formerly of College Corner, died Friday, October 14, 2011. Christine was born on February 6, 1916 in Hamilton, Ohio to Robert L. and Della W. Tatman Boling. She married Lloyd H. Shera in Liberty on March 17, 1936. Christine retired from Miami University as the Martin Dinning Hall manager and volunteered for...
Harry "Hap" A. Price
Oct 7, 2011
Harry A. “Hap” Price, 84, of Westfield and former Connersville resident, died Friday morning, October 7, 2011, at St Vincent Hospice, Indianapolis. “Hap” was born June 9, 1927 in Brookville, Ohio to Richard and Emma Johnson Price. In 1945, he graduated from Hamilton High School, Hamilton, Ohio. “Hap” was a US Navy veteran of WW II and Korea. On September...
Juanita Ervine Brown
Oct 6, 2011
G. Juanita Ervine Brown, 88, of Greenwood and formerly of Connersville, died Thursday, October 6, 2011 at The Hearth at Stone’s Crossing in Greenwood. A Connersville native, Juanita was born March 1, 1923 to John Carson and Lillian Irene Ennis Ervine and was a 1942 graduate of Connersville High School. On July 25, 1959, she was married to Harold L...
Goldie Juanita Brown
Oct 6, 2011
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James Allen Lacy
Oct 1, 2011
Jim Lacy, 69, of Liberty, died early Saturday morning, October 1, 2011, at his residence. Jim was born December 28, 1941 in Wayne County to Gilbert William and Juanita Mae Parflow Lacy. He attended Wayne County schools and was a U.S. Army veteran where he served as a Private First Class with the 574th Engineering Company during the Viet Nam...
Victoria Corrine Campbell
Oct 1, 2011
Victoria C. Campbell, 56, died Saturday morning, October 1, 2011, at her residence. She was born December 22, 1954 in Corcoran, California to Melvin Roy and Zelma Pearl Bitticks Atkins. Victoria was a member of the Women of the Moose and volunteered at benefits there and at the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She enjoyed time with her family and friends...
Joseph R. Connell
Sep 28, 2011
Joe Connell, 20, of Connersville, died early Wednesday morning, September 28, 2011, as result of an auto accident on SR 44W. Joe was born in Connersville, January 5, 1991, to Dean and Emily Lohrey Connell. In 2009, he graduated from Connersville High School where he played football and also took machining class at the Whitewater Technical Career Center. Joe was...
Thelma M. Ripberger
Sep 23, 2011
Thelma M. Lyons Ripberger, 86, formerly of the Glenwood community, died Friday, September 23, 2011, at the Brown County Nursing Home, Nashville. Thelma was a Fayette County native, born September 24, 1924 to Virgil and Viola LaFuze Lyons. She was a 1942 graduate of Alquina High School and was married to James H. Ripberger, April 11, 1942 in Milroy. Thelma...
Jon Butcher
Sep 23, 2011
Seymour, Illinois Jon Butcher, 47, of Seymour, Illinois and former Connersville resident, died Friday, September 23, 2011, at his residence. A Connersville native, Jon was born November 1, 1963 to Robert J. and Mary Helen Hinners Butcher. He was a 1982 graduate of Connersville High School and entered the U.S Air Force in August of 1982. He attained the rank...
Mary Ann Shelton
Sep 20, 2011
Mary Ann Shelton, 71, of Franklin County, died Tuesday morning, September 20, 2011, at her residence. Mary Ann was born February 13, 1940 in Reading, Ohio to Paul and Ollie Plummer Fox and graduated from high school in 1957. She had been employed as the office manager at Jerry Kanter Accounting in Cincinnati, Ohio. On May 24, 1986, she was...
Wilbur "Pete" David Rigor
Sep 19, 2011
Wilbur “Pete” Rigor, 105, died Monday evening, September 19, 2011, at Hickory Creek of Connersville. “Pete” was born August 28, 1906 to Charles H. and Bessie M. Jerman Rigor at their home located across from the East Side United Methodist Church. As a child, he was featured in the Gold Medal Flour advertisements. He attended the Lew Wallace School on...
James Rudolph Ripberger
Sep 11, 2011
James R “Rudy” Ripberger, 86, of Connersville, died early Sunday morning, September 11, 2011, at his residence. Rudy was born August 3, 1925 in Fayette County to Russell and Dora T Callahan Ripberger. In 1943, he graduated from Connersville High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force later that year. Rudy attained the rank of Staff Sergeant while...
A. Maude Shook
Sep 4, 2011
A. Maude Shook, 96, of Liberty, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2011, at Sycamore Springs. Maude is survived by: three daughters and their spouses: Patty & Terry Shelton of Cadiz, KY; Peggy Ninde of Centerville; Merilou & Max Fulks of Russellville, AR; daughter-in-law: Maurine Shook of Richmond; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a special niece: Annastasia Warrick, of Liberty; several nieces...
Helen Tussey
Aug 30, 2011
Helen Tussey, 93, of College Corner, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at Liberty Nursing Center of Oxford. She was born in Paris, Kentucky on February 13, 1918 to Edward W. and Beulah Hughes Denton. On August 31, 1935 she married Woodrow Tussey in Mt. Carmel, Indiana. She was known to all as a good homemaker, and had volunteered more than...
Dorothy Ellen Conklin Wolf
Aug 25, 2011
Dorothy Ellen Wolf, 88, of Liberty, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011, at her home. She was born February 15, 1923 in Oxford, Ohio to John and Rosetta Wallen Conklin. On March 23, 1942 she married William Stanley Wolf. Dorothy was very dedicated to her God, her family, and her church. She will be greatly missed! Survivors include: seven children...
Mary Maxine Grubbs
Aug 23, 2011
Maxine Grubbs, 87, of Connersville, died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at Reid Hospital. On January 21, 1924 Maxine was born in Posey County to Earl and Elva Throckmorton Noah. Maxine married Delmar Grubbs on January 19, 1963 in Connersville. She retired from Visteon in 1986, having also worked for the Franklin Casket Company from 1954 until its closing in 1971....
C. Odette Brewer
Aug 18, 2011
Connersville, IN C. Odette Brewer, 78, of Connersville, died Thursday, August 18, 2011, at Reid Hospital, Richmond. Odette was a Connersville native, born December 18, 1932 to Nicholas and Louise Sappelt Pierí. She was a 1950 graduate of Connersville High School and was a member of St. Gabriel Church. For 30 years, she was employed at Ford Electronics, retiring in...
Marjorie A. Russell
Aug 15, 2011
Marjorie A. Russell, 77, of Connersville, died Monday morning, August 15, 2001, at her residence. Born November 1, 1933 in Franklin County, she was the only child of John and Edna Tague Simpson. Following her 1951 graduation from Connersville High School, she was employed at the telephone company for nine and-a-half years until her marriage to Hugh B. Russell on...
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