Dorothy Purkey (Nee Kunkel)
November 6, 2022
Dorothy Purkey, nee Kunkel, 90, of Camino, California died peacefully at home, Sunday, November 6, 2022, surrounded by family. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be missed dearly by all who knew her.
Dorothy was born in Klemme's Corner, Indiana on June 12, 1932, to Ohmer and Verena Schwegman Kunkel....
Ricky Dean Honeycutt
November 6, 2022
Ricky Dean Honeycutt, 69, of Milan, died on Sunday, November 6, 2022, at his residence.
Ricky was born in Ripley County on March 2, 1953, to McClue and Berta Inez Slone Honeycutt. He was employed as an Instrument Tech at Fernald's and bought properties to remodel and resale. Ricky enjoyed riding his motorcycle, caring for animals, listening...
Rudolph Gesell
November 5, 2022
Rudolph (Rudy) Gesell, 85, of Brookville died on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at The Waters of Batesville.
Rudy was born in Franklin County on January 4, 1937, to Arthur and Carrie Evans Gesell. He served his county in the U.S. Army. On July 26, 1969, Rudy married Alice Ratz and they enjoyed over fifty-one years together before...
Ronald Gene Burns
October 28, 2022
Ronald Gene Burns, age 73, of Sunman, passed away Friday October 28, 2022, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 7, 1949, in Batesville a son to Roy and Cornie Daniel Burns. On August 5, 1972, Ronald married the love of his life, Gloria Allen at St. Paul Methodist, Sunman. He was an employee...
Wanda Jean White
October 25, 2022
Wanda Jean White, 61, of Brookville passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at Reid Health in Richmond Indiana.
Wanda was born in New Mexico on December 23, 1960, to Lloyd and Nancy Henderson Lunsford. She married Gerald (Butch) White on January 22, 1997, in Brookville. Wanda was employed for several years at Rosenberger Market and Wal-Mart....
Hazel Eileen Schuck
October 21, 2022
Hazel E. Schuck, age 98, of Oxford, Ohio and a former long-time resident of Franklin County, Indiana died Friday, October 21, 2022 at the Knolls of Oxford in Oxford, Ohio.
Born on March 29, of 1924 she was the daughter of Glenn and Carrie Beesley. She was united in marriage on September 11, 1946 to Harold J. ...
Jeann Doris Brack
October 14, 2022
JeAnn Doris Brack, 79, of Brookville died on Friday, October 14, 2022, at her residence.
JeAnn was born in Batesville on April 29, 1943, to Alvin and Thelma Troesch Beckman. She attended Brookville High School where she was a Homecoming Queen and she graduated with the Class of 1961. JeAnn married Robert O. Brack at Klemmes Corner...
Violet June Blevins
October 12, 2022
Violet June Blevins, 83, of Greensburg died Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at her residence.
June was born in New Castle on September 27, 1939, to William Henry and Ella Mae Wesley Robinson. On December 26, 2008, June married Richard Detmer in Metamora. June was a faithful member of the Metamora Church of God. She was a homemaker...
Ruth Ann Lewis
October 2, 2022
Ruth Ann Lewis, age 76, of Sunman passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 12, 1945, in Clay County, KY to Roy and Cornie Daniel Burns. Ruth Ann is a Class of 1963 Graduate of Milan High School. On November 2, 1963, she married the love of her...
Billy Lows
September 13, 2022
Billy Lows,82, of Milan died on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati.
Billy was born in Milan on May 1, 1940, to Leonard Wilson and Nelda Teaney Lows. He graduated from Milan with the Class of 1959. Billy was employed at H Belmer Company in Cincinnati.
Billy is survived by his...
Frank Delano Lewis
September 13, 2022
Frank Delano Lewis, 82, of Hobe Sound, Florida, formerly of Indiana, died on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Frank was born in Indiana on May 18, 1940, to Samuel and Minta Russell Lewis. Following graduation from high school, Frank served his country by joining the U.S. Air Force....
Joann Eileen Hayes
September 11, 2022
Joann Eileen Hayes, age 84, of Milan passed away Sunday, September 11, 2022, at her residence. She was born April 24, 1938, in Lawrenceburg, IN a daughter to John and Lorena Russel Holt. After graduating high school, Joann married the love of her life, Chadsworth Hayes on May 25, 1958, in Lawrenceburg. She spent her life as a homemaker...
Jamie D. Cox
September 7, 2022
Jamie D. Cox, 44, of Connersville died Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Reid Health in Richmond.
Jamie was born in Oxford, Ohio, on December 11, 1977, to Danny J. and Rosetta M. Marcum Reese. She graduated from Franklin County High in the Class of1997. Jamie married Jason Cox on October 8, 2008 in Brookville. She was a...
Lester Kunkel
September 2, 2022
Lester Kunkel, 87, of West Harrison died on Friday, September 2, 2022, at St. Andrews Health Campus in Batesville.
Lester was born in Klemmes Corner, IN on December 6, 1934 to Ohmer and Verena Schwegman Kunkel. Lester married Regina Schoettelkotte on November 10, 1956, at St. Peters Catholic Church. He was a retired carpenter having been employed...
Anita R. Slagle
August 22, 2022
Anita R. Slagle, age 62, of Connersville, IN passed away Monday August 22, 2022, at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born August 7, 1960, in Hamilton County Ohio, a daughter to Oswald and Paula Schettler Schindler. Anita graduated from Coleraine High School and was employed with Kroger Corporation for over thirty years. She was a member of Germania...
Nancy L. Burns
August 19, 2022
Nancy L. Burns, 83, of Connersville died on Friday, August 19, 2022, at Reid Health in Richmond.
Nancy was born in Brookville on September 4, 1938 to Harry and Edna Holliday Butler. She graduated from Brookville High School with the Class of 1956. After graduation she married Robert Burns on June 16, 1956 in Brookville and they...
Danny Scott Garrison Sr.
August 16, 2022
Danny Scott Garrison Sr. 58, of Brookville died on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.
Danny was born in Cincinnati on September 23, 1963, to Harold B. and Elizabeth Walsh Garrison. He served his country in the U.S. Army Reserves. Danny married Tammy Reese on July 5, 1986 in Mt. Carmel. He was employed...
Nova Hafenbridle Rutherford
August 4, 2022
Nova Hafenbridle Rutherford, of Frankfort, Indiana was born January 11, 1937, in Knott County, Kentucky, a daughter to Bent and Perlecy Jean Combest Noble. She graduated Hindman High School and later moved to Sunman, Indiana, where she met and married the love of her life, John Hafenbridle in 1964. After John's death in 2000, Nova was lucky to find...
Lester Bernard Bruns
July 30, 2022
Lester Bernard "LB" Bruns, of Brookville, was born on February 23, 1936, at home in Oak Forest to Ambrose and Edna R. Meyer Bruns. He graduated from Springfield School and later married fellow classmate JoeAnn Barbour in Oxford Ohio at St Mary Church on April 14, 1956.
Lester and JoeAnn began their married life on the farm...
Jenny Kay Fritsch
July 29, 2022
Jenny Kay Fritsch (Osburn), 82, of Sunman-IN, passed away July 29th, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born July 2nd, 1940, in Batesville-IN to Clarence "Tim" and Delta (Sunman) Osburn. On February 13, 1960, she married James E Fritsch, of Sunman, at the St Nicholas Catholic Church, where they were lifelong members. They celebrated 50 wonderful years of...
