Alma M. Dinsmore

Alma Marie Dinsmore, 93, passed away on Saturday morning, March 19, 2016 at Homewood Health Campus in Lebanon. She was born in Connersville, Indiana, on March 12, 1923, a daughter of the late John Clinton and Beulah Frances (Kerschner) Hubbell. On June 12, 1976, she was married to Marvin Elmer Dinsmore in Connersville, Indiana. He passed away December 19, 2005. Mrs. Dinsmore was raised and educated east of Connersville, in Waterloo Township. She graduated in 1941 from Connersville High School. She attended Purdue University from 1954 – 1959 where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics. In 1965, she earned a Masters degree from the University of Illinois. Alma began her teaching career in Crown Point, Indiana. For a period of time she taught at Carl Sandburg High School in a suburb of Chicago. She returned to Indiana and taught at Kokomo High School from 1968 – 1976. From there she taught at Tri West High School in Hendricks County, retiring in 1982. Mrs. Dinsmore held several memberships including: Boone County Retired Teachers, Indiana State Retired Teachers Association, and Order of Eastern Star Chapter 346 in Connersville. She was also a former member of the Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority in Lebanon and was a Boone County Farm Bureau Women’s leader. Alma was a member and leader of Fayette County 4-H for many years; she held officer positions at the county and district level for the Indiana Rural Youth. She belonged to the Gingham Gals Extension and was the chairman of Home Economic section of the Indiana State Teachers Convention. While in Illinois, she held the position of assistant chairman for the Illinois Dairy Association. She was also the Assistant Home Extension Agent for Hamilton County, Indiana. In addition, she and Mr. Dinsmore were faithful members of New Brunswick Church of Christ in Lebanon. Alma was a devoted wife and caring aunt to many nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at Myers Mortuary, 1502 North Lebanon Street, in Lebanon, Indiana, with Jim Coyle, officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., on Thursday, at the funeral home in Lebanon. Interment will follow services at Old Union Cemetery, rural Jamestown. Survivors: Sisters: Edna Caroline Simpkins – Rushville, Indiana Mary Frances Winks – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Several Nieces and Nephews Numerous Great Nieces and Nephews Many Great Great Nieces and Nephews In addition to her parents and husband, Alma was preceded in death by two brothers, Daniel Kermit Hubbell and Everett Clinton Hubbell; two brothers-in-law, Charles Simpkins and Donald Winks; and two nephews, Wayne Dinsmore and Phillip Dinsmore. Memorials: New Brunswick Church of Christ 6480 South State Road 39 Lebanon, Indiana 46052

Alma M. Dinsmore

March 12, 1923 - March 19, 2016