AMERICA KOCH America Koch, 74 of Rushville, passed away Monday March 14, 2022, at her home. Born February 8, 1948, She grew up in Arizona where she met her husband, John Koch. She moved to Rushville, to take care of her mother and family. She enjoyed watching online and occasionally visiting Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, …
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Obituary for Delbert Lee Miller
DELBERT LEE MILLER Delbert Lee Miller, 82, of Connersville, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022, at Reid Hospital in Richmond. He was born January 10, 1940, in College Corner. One of two sons of Max and Rada Lainhart Miller. On August 27, 1960, he was married at the Eastside Methodist Church to Joan Adams. Mrs. …
Obituary for Robin Lou LaMont
ROBIN LOU LAMONT Robin Lou LaMont, 59, of Brookville died on March 13, 2022, at her residence. Robin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 23, 1962, to James Harold and Millie Francis Moore Peters. On October 18, 1980, Robin married Gene LaMont in Blooming Grove. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren …
Obituary for Robin G. Thomas Sizemore
ROBIN G. THOMAS SIZEMORE Robin G. Thomas Sizemore, age 53, of Alexandria, Kentucky, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022, at Christ Hospital, with her daughter Megan and fiancé Gui de Araujo by her side. Robin was born in Connersville on April 25, 1968, to the late Dewey and Lucille Byrd Thomas. She graduated from Brookville …
Obituary for Evelyn Louise Bascom
EVELYN LOUISE BASCOMB Evelyn Louise Bascom, age 102, of Brookville, died Monday, March 14, 2022, at her residence in Brookville. Born September 8, 1919, in Lynchburg, Ohio, she was one of nine children born to the late Floyd L. and Ethel Mae (Carpenter) Roush. She was a graduate of Lawrenceburg High School with the class …
Just looking: Remembering old family homes
Column by Donna Jobe Cronk I haven’t been inside the Union County house where my father grew up since about 1966 when it left our family after Grandma moved in with us. Yet to me, it will forever be “Grandma’s house.” Even though I would have been young when this happened, I remember the place …
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Obituary for Eugene “Gene” Keith Wilson
EUGENE “GENE” KEITH WILSON Eugene Keith Wilson, 78, of Connersville passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his home. One of four children of Graves and Phyllis VanMeter Wilson, Gene was born in Batesville, on November 22, 1943, and graduated from Brookville High School with the class of 1962. On August 2, 1969, Gene married …
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Obituary for Raymond Charles Messer
RAYMOND CHARLES MESSER Raymond Charles Messer, age 42, passed away on March 5, 2022. Raymond was born on November 28, 1979, in Connersville, the son of Raymond C. Richardson, and the late Chris Messer Phares-Batten. He enjoyed fishing, camping, listening to music, going to the derby, and riding his scooter. In addition to his father, …
Obituary for Genevieve Deaton
GENEVIEVE DEATON Genevieve Deaton, age 84, formerly of Connersville, passed away on March 8, 2022, in Rushville. She was one of 10 children born to the late George and Ocre Lynch Combs on October 3, 1937, in Vincent, Kentucky. Genevieve had worked at Ford/Visteon for three years. She enjoyed fishing, going to yard sales and …