Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Wayne E. Gortner
May 19, 2009
Wayne E. Gortner, 80, of Zanesville, went to Heaven at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born March 2, 1929, in Red Haw, in Ashland County, Ohio, a son of the late Frank and Ethel Kline Gortner. He managed the Moore's Store in Zanesville for 26 years until they went out of business,...
Dr Bobby D. Young
May 18, 2009
Dr. Bobby D. Young, 84, of Zanesville, died at 3:24 p.m. Monday, May 18, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born October 29, 1924, in Crooksville, a son of the late W. Glenn and Lela Lanning Young. He was a graduate of Ohio University and a 1953 graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He was...
Raymond R. Berry
May 18, 2009
Raymond R. Berry, 76, of Norwich, died at 5:30 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan emergency room. He was born August 18, 1932, in Zanesville, a son of the late William B. and Lydia Science Berry. He was a topographic engineer with the rank of Master Sergeant retiring after 22 years of service with the United States...
Mary L. Murrey
May 15, 2009
Mary L. Murrey, 92, of Zanesville, died at 10:20 a.m. Friday, May 15, 2009 at Cedar Hill Care Center. She was born May 30, 1916, in Salamanca, New York, a daughter of the late John T. and Myrtle Wilson Droney. She graduated from the University of Buffalo as an RN. She was a member of the Finley United Methodist Church...
Charles H. Whiteman
May 14, 2009
Charles Henry "Charlie" Whiteman, 84, of South Zanesville, passed away at 11:17 a.m. Thursday, May 14, 2009 at his home surrounded by his loving family and his faithful bodyguard, Taz. He was born September 1, 1924, in Zanesville, a son of the late Charles F. and Hazel B. Snyder Whiteman. He retired after 26 years of service as a truck...
Nellie J. Pattison
May 14, 2009
Nellie Jane Craig Pattison,87, of Zanesville, died at 3:10 a.m. Thursday, May 14, 2009 at Genesis Hospice Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born January 9, 1922, in Jackson County, the daughter of the late John and Carrie Peoples Craig. She was a retired beautician. Surviving are her loving husband of 43 years, Joseph William Pattison Sr., whom she married June...
Helen Himes
May 12, 2009
Helen Himes, 77, of Zanesville, died at 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the LPN Health Care Facility in Newark. She was born August 11, 1931, in Noble County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Fred and Bertha Wickham LaHue. She was a member of the Evangelism Center UPC.. Surviving are a sister, Lalia (Oscar) Blaney of Zanesville; a...
Dorothy E. Norris
May 10, 2009
Dorothy Elinor Norris, 88, of Nashport, entered into Eternal Rest at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10, 2009 at her home. Mrs. Norris was born August 5, 1920, in Zanesville, a daughter of William and Julia Magee Barker. She was married to Basil Norris Jr. on April 27, 1938. She was a member of the Gratiot Rebekah Lodge of Gratiot, I.O.O.F....
Dr Robert C. Fenstermaker
May 8, 2009
Dr. Robert Crider Fenstermaker, 84, of Zanesville, died at 9:15 a.m. Friday, May 8, 2009 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House with his loving family at his side. He was born December 4, 1924, in Zanesville, a son of the late Harvey Fenstermaker and Helen Crider O'Dowd. He graduated from Western Reserve Ohio School of Podiatry in 1953 and retired his practice...
Emogene D. Ansel
May 7, 2009
Emogene Doris "Jean" Ansel, 83, of Zanesville, died Thursday, May 7, 2009 at her residence. She was born February 2, 1926, in Ashtabula, Ohio, a daughter of the late Pearl R. and Ressie Hill Kelly. She was a retired assembler for Essex Wire. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Jean Reed of Cleveland and Karen Glass of Zanesville; a special daughter...
Ruth E. Myer
May 4, 2009
Ruth E. Myer, 88, of Zanesville, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday, May 4, 2009 at her residence. She was born April 12, 1921, in Oakfield, Ohio, to George and Esther Frazier Triplett. She then moved to Corning, Ohio, where she went to school and spent most of her childhood. She later moved to Zanesville, where she attended high school and...
Earl E. Helmbrecht
May 4, 2009
Earl E. Helmbrecht, 82, of Zanesville, died at 9:14 a.m. Monday, May 4, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born July 21, 1926, a son of the late Clinton and Laura Hilliker Helmbrecht. He was a retired investment stock broker for the Ohio Company. He was a member of Market Street Baptist Church, Zavi Shrine, Aladdin Temple 32...
Robert D. Biggum
May 3, 2009
Robert D. Biggum, 86, of South Zanesville, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, May 3, 2009 at the Muskingum County Home. He was born February 1, 1923, in Zanesville, a son of the late Raymond Biggum and Mary Degelman Biggum Starr. He was the owner and operator of Auto Upholstery since 1948. Bob was a World War Two Army Veteran, member...
Betty L. Esselburn
May 2, 2009
On May 2, 2009, Betty Lucille Esselburn of North Fort Myers, Florida, passed away at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida. Beloved mother of Robert (Denise) Esselburn and grandmother of Katherine and Natalie Esselburn and dear and giving friend of many. Betty was born in Zanesville, Ohio on July 9, 1921. She attended Zanesville High School, graduated from The...
Clarence F. Durst
May 2, 2009
Casey Clarence F. Durst, 93, of Zanesville, died at 1:35 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital. Casey was born March 17, 1916, in Pomeroy, Ohio, the son of the late John and Alice Hood Durst. He worked for the Roekel Company for 48 years where he served as President for the last twelve years, retiring March...
Ella L. Phillis
May 1, 2009
Ella Louise Phillis, 80, of Zanesville, went to be with her Lord at 10:15 a.m. Friday, May 1, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital. She was born July 4, 1928, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Homer C. and Viola M. Fountain Wilson. She was a retired restaurant employee and was a Baptist by faith. Surviving are six daughters...
Doris King
Apr 24, 2009
Doris King, 79, of Zanesville, died at 10:45 p.m. Friday, April 24, 2009 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born February 2, 1930 in Beardstown, Illinois, a daughter of the late Ellis Tedwell and Joicy Hurt Mathis. She married Foy Hudson at Charlotte, TN and had three children. Following their divorce she married Kenneth King. Surviving are a son,...
Arthur Franklin Bell
Apr 22, 2009
Arthur Franklin Bell, 66, of Zanesville, died at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born June 2, 1942, in Zanesville, a son of the late Roy and Binnie Tish Bell. He retired after 35 years of service as a material handler for Lear Corporation. Surviving are a son, Roy Bell of Ocoee, Florida;...
Joysan Spragg Hartmeyer
Apr 18, 2009
Joysan Spragg Hartmeyer, 55, of Zanesville, died at 10:08 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009 at The Ohio State University Hospital. She was born February 16,1954, in Zanesville, a daughter of Laura Keller Spragg of Zanesville and the late Richard W. Spragg. She was a member of Bloomfield United Presbyterian Church. Joysan graduated from Muskingum College where she had been president...
Jean Carter Ankrum
Apr 16, 2009
Jean Carter Ankrum, 84, died on Thursday, April 16, 2009. Jean was born April 12, 1925, in Norman, Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Ralph James and Edna Rayburn Carter. She married her beloved Bob Ankrum in 1952 in Witchita, Kansas, on the baseball field at home plate. Jean graduated with a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma. After...
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