Faye Irene Harsh

July 23, 2024 at 4:28 p.m.


Faye Irene Harsh, of Brookville, was born on June 14, 1944, in Batesville, a daughter to George and Alma Anna Wolber Bauer.  She graduated from Brookville High School in 1962 and then married Phillip “Phil” Charles Harsh on December 21, 1963, at St. Thomas Lutheran Church.  Faye worked for the City of Oxford in accounts receivable as the billing supervisor and retired after 24 ½ years of service.  She was a member of the Brookville Women’s Club and enjoyed knitting, reading and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.  On Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the age of 80, she passed away at her residence surrounded by her loving family.

Those surviving who will cherish Faye’s memory include her husband of 60 years, Phil Harsh; daughters, Holly Murray and Heidi (Roger) Reuss; grandchildren, Candice (Robert) Kercheval, Wyatt (Morgan) Murray, Katrina (fiancé, Joel Alexander) Murray, and Reggie Reuss, and great-grandchildren, Luke and Nevaeh.  One sister, Joyce (Ivan) Bruns also survives.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Almeda Baudendistel, and brothers-in-law, Dale and Gene Baudendistel.  

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at Springfield Community 

Church, 3101 Oxford Pike, Bath, Indiana 47010 at 1:00 p.m. and friends may visit with the family beginning at 12 noon.  Memorial donations can be directed to the American Cancer Society or to the Franklin County Community Foundation FCHS-Band.

You may donate online, mail directly to the organization or send to the funeral home.  To sign the online guestbook or to leave a personal condolence, please visit www.cookrosenberger.com.  The staff of Cook Rosenberger Funeral Home is honored to care for the family of Faye Harsh.

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Faye Irene Harsh, of Brookville, was born on June 14, 1944, in Batesville, a daughter to George and Alma Anna Wolber Bauer.  She graduated from Brookville High School in 1962 and then married Phillip “Phil” Charles Harsh on December 21, 1963, at St. Thomas Lutheran Church.  Faye worked for the City of Oxford in accounts receivable as the billing supervisor and retired after 24 ½ years of service.  She was a member of the Brookville Women’s Club and enjoyed knitting, reading and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.  On Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the age of 80, she passed away at her residence surrounded by her loving family.

Those surviving who will cherish Faye’s memory include her husband of 60 years, Phil Harsh; daughters, Holly Murray and Heidi (Roger) Reuss; grandchildren, Candice (Robert) Kercheval, Wyatt (Morgan) Murray, Katrina (fiancé, Joel Alexander) Murray, and Reggie Reuss, and great-grandchildren, Luke and Nevaeh.  One sister, Joyce (Ivan) Bruns also survives.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Almeda Baudendistel, and brothers-in-law, Dale and Gene Baudendistel.  

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at Springfield Community 

Church, 3101 Oxford Pike, Bath, Indiana 47010 at 1:00 p.m. and friends may visit with the family beginning at 12 noon.  Memorial donations can be directed to the American Cancer Society or to the Franklin County Community Foundation FCHS-Band.

You may donate online, mail directly to the organization or send to the funeral home.  To sign the online guestbook or to leave a personal condolence, please visit www.cookrosenberger.com.  The staff of Cook Rosenberger Funeral Home is honored to care for the family of Faye Harsh.

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