Articles by Cook-Rosenberger Funeral Home

Cindy C. Orschell, of Okeana and previously Brookville, was born on November 18, 1968, in Connersville, Indiana, a daughter to Odell and Novella Lay Cross. She graduated from Laurel High School, class of 1987 and […]

Melvin Dunbar, of Sunman, was born on May 15, 1945, in Batesville, Indiana, a son to Floyd and Caroline Rahe Dunbar. He married Elizabeth “Betty” Knecht on May 11, 1968, in St. Peters, Indiana and […]

  Nancy L. Hemmer, of Brookville was born on February 4, 1950, in Batesville, Indiana the daughter of Howard and Helen Quinlan Stewart.  She graduated from Brookville High School, attended college and later settled in […]

Elton M. Kennel Jr., of Brookville, was born on January 18, 1934, in Middletown, Ohio, a son to Elton Sr. and Virginia Carbery Kennel. He married Helen Halcomb on February 18, 1952, in Brookville, and […]

Barbara Penny Baker, age 65, of Milan, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. She was born on May 5, 1959, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the daughter of the late […]

Donald M. Derenski, Sr., of Cedar Grove, was born on October 22, 1937, in Hamilton, Ohio a son to Henry and Bertha Ratliff Derenski.  He graduated from Whitewater High School in 1955 and later married […]

Kathleen E. Shannon, of Sunman, was born on November 8, 1953, in Dayton, Kentucky a daughter to Harold “Jack” and Helen C. Miller Shannon.  She obtained her nursing degree from St. Francis School of Nursing […]

Barbara Penny Baker, age 65, of Milan, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. She was born on May 5, 1959, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the daughter of the late […]

  Patricia C. Hancock, of Brookville, was born on November 17, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio a daughter to Gary and Laura Shepherd Sears.  She married Karl Hancock on June 2, 1985 in Bradenton, Florida and […]

John Edward Bihr, of Cincinnati, was born on August 14, 1955, in Batesville, Indiana, a son to Albert Joseph (Pete) and Martha Sartin Bihr. He graduated from Ball State University and worked in admissions at […]

Melvin Honeycutt, of Milan, was born on October 16, 1945, a son to Baxter Sr. and Elizabeth Calhoun Honeycutt.  He served his country with the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War. Melvin later […]

Joanna Lynn Eilers, of Everton, was born on January 4, 1979, in Cincinnati, OH, a daughter to Robert and Lowita Rieman Gauck. She married David Scott Eilers on December 21, 2011, in Brookville, and together […]