Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Joe J. Polk
Jan 6, 2013
Joe J. Polk, 94, of Zanesville, died at 1:25 A.M. Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Cedar Hill Care Center, Zanesville. He was born September 4, 1918 in Zanesville, a son of the late Charles and Helen Olenchuk Polk. Joe retired from Brockway Glass after 49 years of service. He was a proud U.S.Navy Veteran serving in World War Two in...
Kenneth D Hammons
Jan 1, 2013
Kenneth D. Hammons, 65, of Coshocton, passed away on January 1, 2013. He was born May 3, 1947, in London, OH, a son of Evelyn Watson of Newcomerstown, and the late Raymond Hammons. He was a United States Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. In addition to his mother Evelyn, he is survived by his wife Karen of 45...
Glen Huddleston
Jan 1, 2013
Glen "Tex" Huddleston, 80, of Zanesville, passed away after a short, hard-fought illness at 12:29 P.M. Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born August 1, 1932, in Honeygrove, TX, a son of the late Elster and Georgia Meadors Huddleston. He was a United States Marine veteran of the Korean War and retired as an inspector...
Nettie Eileen Roller
Dec 29, 2012
Nettie Eileen Roller, 90, passed away at 7: 23 A.M. on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at Beckett House in New Concord. Eileen was born on January 13, 1922, in Zanesville, a daughter of the later Clyde and Mabel Wilson Roller. She graduated from Buffalo High School, Buffalo, OH. She worked at Universal Pottery in Cambridge, Shelma Plastic Co., in Zanesville...
David J. Embree
Dec 26, 2012
David J. Embree, 70, of Zanesville, died at 11:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at his home. He was born June 28, 1942, in Zanesville, a son of the late William and Nettie Hale Embree. He retired as a truck driver for Coca Cola after 38 years of service, and was a member of the Moose Lodge, Eagles Lodge...
Phillip E. Ross
Dec 26, 2012
Phillip E. Ross, 65, of Nashport, died at 6:52 P.M. on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born February 14, 1947, in Zanesville, a son of the late Ted and Dorothy Whittlinger Ross. He retired as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service, and was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam...
Ernest A. Frazier
Dec 25, 2012
Ernest A. Frazier, 94, of Zanesville, passed away at 7:35 A.M. Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, after a brief illness. He was born April 30, 1918 in Longmont, Colorado, the son of the late Emmett A. and Lena Walker Frazier. He graduated from Chandlersville High School in 1936, and attended Ohio and Northwestern Universities. Ernest enlisted in...
Robert W. Dingey
Dec 22, 2012
Robert W. Dingey, 85, of Zanesville, died at 5:25 p.m. on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. Robert was born September 21, 1927 in Zanesville a son of the late Enos and Mary Chriss Dingey. Robert retired from Cook Motor Lines as a truck driver. He was also a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and...
Dwight E. Clossen
Dec 21, 2012
Dwight E. Clossen, 92, of Zanesville, died at 8:40 A.M. on Friday, December 21, 2012, at the Helen Purcell Home. He was born May 19, 1920, in Adamsville, a son of the late Floyd G. and Lillian F. Knipe Clossen. He was a 1938 graduate of Lash High School and went on to graduate from Meredith Business College. He retired...
Kenneth L. Smith
Dec 20, 2012
Kenneth L. Smith, 63, of Zanesville, died at 7:57 A.M. on Thursday, December 20, 2012, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born September 22, 1949, in Chicago, IL, the son of the late Velma Peters. Surviving are his wife, Rita L. Kelly Smith, whom he married September 22, 1999, of the home; two sisters, Phyllis (Matt) Gaynor...
Lilyan G. (Frew) Minick
Dec 19, 2012
Lilyan G. Minick, 85, of Zanesville, went to heaven to be with her Lord on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Lilyan was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who was adored by her family. She was born July 16, 1927, in Frazeysburg, a daughter of the late Ross and Hazel Jennings Frew. Lilyan...
Florence Ada (Farris) Lyons
Dec 19, 2012
Florence Ada Lyons, 97, of Zanesville, died at 9:25 A.M. on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, surrounded by her loving family and friends at Genesis Hospice: Morrison House. She was born June 10, 1915, in Ohio, a daughter of the late William and Isa Gill Farris. She retired as a Line Supervisor from Essex Wire and was a member of Central...
Fritz Helms
Dec 18, 2012
Fritz Helms, 85, of Dresden, died at 9:11 P.M. on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born February 9, 1927, in Wheeling, WV, a son of the late Lyle and Florence Frazier Helms. He retired as a foundry worker from Clow, and had also worked in security and Woodcraft for the Longaberger Company. He was...
Anna Eloise (Hyatt) Williams
Dec 15, 2012
Anna Eloise Williams, 96, of Zanesville, died at 12:31 P.M. on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born September 3, 1916, in a two story log cabin near High Hill, Ohio, a daughter of the late Carl E. and Laurinda McIntire Hyatt. She retired as a nutritionist after 15 years of service for Muskingum County...
Peggy E. (Smith) Jay
Dec 14, 2012
Peggy E. Jay, 88, of Zanesville, died at 4:08 p.m. on Friday, December 14, 2012 at Autumn Health Care of Cambridge. She was born February 22, 1924 a daughter of the late Sidney & Eva Cohen Smith. Peggy was an office supervisor at Western and Southern Life Insurance Company. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, and the...
Mildred Alice (Whyde) Bartholomew
Dec 11, 2012
Mildred A. Whyde Bartholomew, 97, of Nashport, died at 12:05 A.M. on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at the Autumn Healthcare Center. She was born May 27, 1915, in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late Aden H. and Alta Middlemus Whyde. She was a member of Nashport United Methodist Church, and retired as a switch board operator from Bethesda Hospital...
Nancy A. Phillips
Dec 10, 2012
Nancy A. Phillips, 76, of Zanesville, died at 8:00 P.M. on Monday, December 10, 2012, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born October 30, 1936, a daughter of the late Clifford Kingswood and Dorothy Faye Rehl Miller. She retired from Phillips Meat Processing and was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Surviving are three sons, Dale (Roxann) Phillips...
Virginia L. (Mccelland) Himmelspach
Dec 10, 2012
Virginia L. Himmelspach, 85, of Zanesville, died at 6:35 P.M. on Monday, December 10, 2012, at Willow Haven Care Center. She was born October 28, 1927, in Columbus, to the late Samuel and Freda Cole McCelland. Virginia was an operator at United Technology and formerly resided in Athens, OH, where she had lived since she was seventeen years old. Surviving...
Wilbur L Gregg
Dec 8, 2012
Wilbur LeRoy "Roy" Gregg, 83, of Zanesville, died at 12:05 p.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Select Specialty Hospital at Good Samaritan. He was born on October 27, 1929 in Belmont, OH to the late Wilbur I. and Lucile W. Adams Gregg. Roy graduated from St. Clairsville High School and Muskingum College. He taught history for 37 years at...
James W Tweedy
Dec 8, 2012
James W. Tweedy, 59, of Zanesville, died Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. James was born on August 21, 1953 in Martins Ferry a son of Alberta Fetty Tweedy and the late Wilbur Tweedy. James was a retired U.S. Army Veteran. Surviving are his mother, Alberta Fetty Tweedy of Rayland, OH; two daughters, Cindy (Phil) Cohen of Zanesville...
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