Stella F. Claypool, 93, of Zanesville, formerly of the Pleasant Valley area, died at 7:30 p.m., Monday, February 20, 2006 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born December 24, 1912 in Nashport, to the late Walter F. and Anna E. Brown Minnick. Stella was a homemaker and attended First Baptist Church. Surviving are cousins, Evelyn Douglas of Sturgis S.D., Gerald C. Minnick and Gene Minnick, both of Nashport Ohio, Betty (Rick) Roose of Middlefield, Oh., Helen Condrath of Montgomery Ala., and Harold Brown of Cleveland. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest R. Claypool (1984), three aunts Florence Blackman, Esther Minnick and Ruth Starner, three uncles, Fred V. Brown, Edward Minnick and Ralph Minnick Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at the Bolin-Dierkes Funeral Home, 1271 Blue Ave., Zanesville. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 23, 2006 at the funeral home with the Rev. Reginald Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Williams Cemetery, near Zanesville.. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions be made to the First Baptist Church, 105 South 6th St., Zanesville, Ohio