Lila Carmen O’Connell

April 2, 2024 at 7:07 p.m.


Lila Carmen O’Connell, 98, Pierceton, died at 2:03 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Parkview Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.
She was born June 30, 1925, in Peru, Ind., to Mary Bernice Hopper Mull and Homer Grant Mull. She married Thomas O’Connell at St. Charles Catholic Church in Peru, Ind., on Aug. 28, 1943.
Lila’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, and officiated by Deacon Fred Cruz of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church of Pierceton. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from noon to 3 p.m. She will be laid to rest at Oakwood Cemetery of Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to the Lakeland Art Association, 302 E. Winona Ave., Warsaw, IN 46580; Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School, 125 N. Harrison St., Warsaw, IN 46580; or to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 408 W. Catholic St., Pierceton, IN 46562.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.

Lila Carmen O’Connell, 98, Pierceton, died at 2:03 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Parkview Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw.
She was born June 30, 1925, in Peru, Ind., to Mary Bernice Hopper Mull and Homer Grant Mull. She married Thomas O’Connell at St. Charles Catholic Church in Peru, Ind., on Aug. 28, 1943.
Lila’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, and officiated by Deacon Fred Cruz of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church of Pierceton. Friends and family may visit prior to the service from noon to 3 p.m. She will be laid to rest at Oakwood Cemetery of Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to the Lakeland Art Association, 302 E. Winona Ave., Warsaw, IN 46580; Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School, 125 N. Harrison St., Warsaw, IN 46580; or to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 408 W. Catholic St., Pierceton, IN 46562.
Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s website at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.

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