Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Connersville & Liberty, IN.

Lois Bertsch

Lois Bertsch

Lois Mae Bertsch, 91, of Carmel, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born in Connersville, on September 7, 1919 to Ivan H. and Etta Mae Stant. On January 1, 1940 she married Arville Eugene Bertsch in Connersville where she lived until nine years ago. She resided in Connersville until moving to Carmel nine years ago. Preceding...

Mildred Bowles

Mildred Bowles

Mildred Bowles, 75, of Plainfield and former long-time resident of Everton, went to her heavenly reward Sunday morning, September 11, 2011. Mildred was born March 8, 1936 in Kirksville, Kentucky, the eldest child of John “Jaybird” and Effie Keen Rogers. Her family moved to Brownsville when she was seven years old and later to the Everton area. She attended Everton...

Carla Ann Freeman

Carla Ann Freeman

Carla A. Freeman, 51, of Connersville, died Tuesday morning, May 17, 2011, at her residence. Carla was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 4, 1959 to Carlton C. and Annie L. Peay Heath. Growing up in a military family, she had also lived in Florida, Tennessee and Italy. Carla had lived in Connersville the past 14 years and was employed...

Janet Jobe

Janet Jobe

Janet Sue Jobe, 73, of Brownsville, died Friday, November 2, 2012, at her residence. Janet was born in Muncie, June 1, 1939, to Thomas and Gwen Borders Antrim and graduated from high school in Gaston. She was a member of Resurrection Life Church in Wayne County and loved worshipping God. Janet was a true friend to many and liked to...

Leona May Jones

Leona May Jones

Leona May Jones, 81, of the Abington community, died Thursday evening, August 15, 2013 at her home in the care of her four daughters and surrounded by her loving family. May was born April 13, 1932 in Brownsville to Leroy V. and Vivian Lyons Clevenger. She had attended Brownsville High School where she was a basketball cheerleader. On June 3,...

Donald James Hull

Donald James Hull

Donald was born on November 1, 1923 to Harry and Johanna Boone Hull in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating High School, Donald joined the United States Navy, where he attained the rank of 2nd Class Sonarman during World War II. Donald earned his Bachelors of Arts at Central College in Pella, IA and then his Master of Divinity from New Brunswick...

Thelma S. Gray

Thelma S. Gray

Thelma S. Gray, 94, of Connersville, died at the home of her daughter in Connersville, Wednesday evening, October 5, 2011. Thelma was born in Laurel July 27, 1917 to David and Julia Plough Johnson. On December 24, 1933, she was married in Brookville to John C. Gray who died November 14, 1997. She had been employed at Ford Electronics and...