STEVEN JAY GALLIMORE Steven J. Gallimore, 56, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 4, 2021, at his home in Connersville. One of three children of Harold L. and Laura Shelley Gallimore, Steven was born in Rushville, on February 16, 1965. He graduated from Connersville High School with the Class of 1983 where he was a four-year …
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Obituary for Gerald R. Conrad
GERALD R. CONRAD Gerald R. Conrad, 85, of Connersville, passed away Sunday morning, July 4, 2021, at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis. One of three children of Jewett and Carolyn Ditsler Conrad, Gerald was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 19, 1935, and graduated from Connersville High School with the Class of 1954. …
Obituary for Daniel Branstetter
DANIEL BRANSTETTER Daniel Branstetter, 79, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021, with his loving family by his side at his home in Connersville. One of eight children of Daniel and Rosella Brewer Branstetter, Dan was born on May 7, 1942, in Addiston, Ohio. He served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam …
Dead songbirds in Union and Fayette counties among those dying from mysterious disease from Indiana to East Coast
By John Estridge Social distancing is now being applied to songbirds. Some songbirds are inexplicably dying across a band of states from Indiana to New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia, and officials in every affected state want people to no longer use bird feeders and bird baths until the dying ends. The reason is officials do …
FC residents at the annual Freedom Run in Liberty
Obituary for Deloris York
DELORIS YORK Deloris “Dee” York, 52, of Indianapolis, died on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at IU Health West in Avon. Dee was born on April 26, 1969, to King David and Regina Bowman York in Noblesville, Indiana. She was employed by Roche Diagnostics for 23 years and with Amazon for the last few years. Dee …
FC Commissioners’ estimation of June storm flood damage
FC Commissioners information Earlier this week I wrote an article concerning the amount of storm damage done to Franklin County infrastructure during the several major storms in June. In the article, it was discussed by the county’s Emergency Management Agency Director Amy Lindsey at the most recent FC commissioners’ meeting, the state and federal governments …
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Old Guy Rant: Our Israelite moment?
Political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi Do not let the title fool you, I make no claims to be a Biblical scholar, and in fact am in the middle of my third cover-to-cover run through the Bible and it is not getting much easier to sort through this long and complex text. That said, …
Obituary for Jason Lee Barrett
JASON LEE BARRETT Jason Lee Barrett, 46, of Connersville, passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on June 5, 1975, in Richmond, and is the son of Ruth Isaacs Barrett and the late Kyle Barrett. Jason attended Blooming Grove Family Worship Center. He loved being outdoors, especially going …
Obituary for Howard G. Zins
HOWARD G. ZINS Howard G. Zins, age 96, of Batesville, died Thursday, July 1, 2021, at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville. Born April 12, 1925, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Joseph and Carrie (Miller) Zins. Howard was retired from Andrew Jergens Co. where he had worked for many years. In …