Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

Pauline J. (Baird) Welsh
Sep 11, 2013
Pauline J. "Polly" Welsh, 96, of Zanesville, died at 4:08 A.M. Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born May 6, 1917, in Hopewell Township, a daughter of the late Benton and Lottie Curry Baird. She had worked 27 years for Mosaic Tile, and retired from the Zanesville Times Recorder after 10 years. She was a lifelong...
Kathleen Joan (Tipton) Gardner
Sep 11, 2013
Kathleen Joan Tipton Gardner, 74, of Zanesville, died at 11:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at Willow Haven Nursing Home under Hospice care. She was born June 3, 1939, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Earl Eldon and Wilma M. Bell Tipton. She retired in 2004 from AmeriGas after 30 years, and was a member of Euclid United...
Jerry E. Kurtz
Sep 6, 2013
Jerry E. Kurtz, 74, of Zanesville, died at 6:00p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2013 at Genesis Hospice- Morrison House. Jerry was born on December 31, 1938 in Dayton, a son of the late John Edward and Beatrice Jackson Kurtz. He retired after 33 years of service from Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital as a nuclear medicine technician. After retiring Jerry worked...
Nancy J. (Wilson) Jackson
Sep 5, 2013
Nancy J. Wilson Hayes Jackson, 87, of Zanesville, died at 11:54 A.M. on Thursday, September 5, 2013, at her home. She was born November 2, 1925, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Harold and Ruth Hughes Wilson. She had worked for Ohio Bell Telephone, sold Avon for 12 years, was a member of Eastern Star 485, Salvation Army Auxiliary,...

David Dale
Aug 30, 2013
David H. "Fritz" Dale, 65, of South Zanesville, who gave the gift of life as a organ donor, died at 8:20 A.M. on Friday, August 30, 2013, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital emergency room. He was born January 16, 1948, in Zanesville, a son of Sara Birkhimer Dale McDaniel and the late David Dale. He was a Vietnam Veteran and...

Edith J. (Wilson) Gonda
Aug 28, 2013
Edith J. Gonda, 95, of Zanesville, died at 9:50 P.M. on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at Willow Haven Care Center. She was born June 14, 1918, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late John and Ruth Case Wilson. She had worked for Essex Wire, as a cashier at Powell's Grocery Store, and volunteered at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. Edith was...
Lynda K. Mccall
Aug 25, 2013
Lynda K. McCall, 56, of Lake Station, Indiana, died at 4:45 P.M. on Sunday, August 25, 2013, at Visiting Nurses Association of Porter County, IN. She was born January 11, 1957, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Lewis Tracey and Rose McCall. She had worked for Holiday Inn Express. Surviving are three sisters, Debbie Stage of Lake Station, IN,...
Byron E. Vandenbark
Aug 22, 2013
Byron Eppley Vandenbark passed away at 11:25 A.M. on Thursday, August 22, 2013, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. The first born of four sons, Mr. Vandenbark was born on October 8, 1923, in Zanesville, to the late Virgil and Clara (Eppley) Vandenbark. He attended Walker School, Roosevelt Junior High School and Lash High School. He worked at several places in the...
Dennis S. Guile
Aug 22, 2013
Dennis S. Guile, 92, of Roseville, died at 12:20 P.M. Thursday, August 22, 2013, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 25, 1921 in Dolgeville, NY, a son of the late Daniel and Amy Brace Guile. He graduated from Allentown Bible College, and was a minister for The Weslyan Church, serving thirteen congregations, and retired...

Velma L. (Aldridge) Wilson
Aug 21, 2013
Velma L. Aldridge Wilson, 91, of Zanesville, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnellsville. Velma was born on July 7, 1922, in Syracuse, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late John and Freda Dalton Aldridge. She was a 1941 graduate of Crooksville High School, attended Meredith Business College, and was a member...
Margaret Forker
Aug 17, 2013
Margaret A. " Peggy" Forker, 88 of Zanesville, passed away at 3:55 P.M. Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born January 25, 1925 in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Harry and Helen Hague Marsh. Peggy graduated from Lash High School Class of 1943. She retired as the Director of the West Main Street Senior...
Helen L. (Berggern) Hock
Aug 13, 2013
Helen L. Hock passed peacefully with her family around her on August 13, 2013 in Folsom, CA where she has resided for the last 20 years. She was born to parents, Gunnard "Whitey" and Lola Berggern on September 7, 1924 in Zanesville, Ohio where she lived for 69 years. She has one sister, Mrs. Evelyn Lastition, who resides in Florida....
Agnes Park
Aug 12, 2013
Agnes B. Park, 93, of Glenford, went home to be with her Lord Jesus at 7:30 A.M. on Monday, October 2, 2017, at her home. She was born February 2, 1924, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late J. Karl and Mabel Swingle Christ. She retired after twenty years from the Accounting Department at J.C. Penney Department Store. Agnes was...

John C. Elliott Jr.
Aug 8, 2013
John C. Elliott Jr., 72, of Philo, died at 2:30 P.M. on Thursday, August 8, 2013, at his home after battling a long illness. He was born September 5, 1940, in Zanesville, a son of the late John C. Sr. and Edna Mae Russi Elliott. He was a 1958 graduate of Philo High School, a Veteran of the United States...

Donald R. Davis
Aug 6, 2013
Donald R. Davis, 84, of Zanesville, died at 9:48 A.M. on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at his home. He was born December 25, 1928, in Zanesville, a son of the late Fletcher and Bessie Mae Lucas Davis. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict, and he retired as a supervisor from Brockway Glass where he had worked...
Mark A. Eppley
Jul 28, 2013
Mark A. Eppley, 60, of Zanesville, died on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at his home. He was born March 28, 1953, in Zanesville, a son of Mary Ruth Mock Eppley Howell of Zanesville and the late J. Richard Eppley. He had served as Vice President at Rankin & Rankin where he had worked for 36 years, a longtime member of...
Karen D. (Shelly) Havens
Jul 27, 2013
Karen Havens, 67, of Zanesville, died at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born June 2, 1946 in Zanesville a daughter of Marilyn O'Neil Shelly and the late Kenneth Shelly. Karen retired from Zanesville City Schools after 35 years of service, where she taught at Sheridan, Pioneer and McKinley. She was a member...

Dwight H. (Jr.) Long
Jul 26, 2013
Dwight H. Long Jr., 75, of Zanesville, died at 9:37 A.M. on Friday, July 26, 2013, at the Genesis Good Samaritan CCU. He was born January 11, 1938, in Zanesville, a son of the late Dr. Dwight H. Sr. and Lorna Brown Long. He graduated from Zanesville High School, class of 1955, and was a member of Coburn United Methodist...
Harry D. Ross
Jul 25, 2013
Harry D. Ross, 89, of Zanesville, died on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at his home. He was born November 5, 1923, in Highland Township, Muskingum County, a son of the late Walter and Alice Mock Ross. Harry worked in the construction trade; a 50 plus year member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters & Jointers. He was also a 40 plus...

Paul C. Brady
Jul 23, 2013
Paul C. Brady, 83, of Zanesville, passed away at 12:10 A.M. on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Heath Nursing Care Center, following a long illness of dementia. He was born December 30, 1929, in Gassaway, West Virginia, moving to Ohio in 1943. He was an Army Veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. Paul retired from Armco Steel in 1992 after...
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