Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Roy E. Smith
Sep 24, 2009
Roy E. Smith, 80, of Zanesville, died at 4:35 a.m. Thursday, September 24, 2009 at his residence. He was born October 1, 1928, in Muskingum County, a son of the late Ray and Bessie Gray Smith. He worked for 16 years as a salesman for Woodman Accident and Life Insurance Company and then retired after 20 years of service as...
Hazel Moore Rambo
Sep 23, 2009
Hazel Moore Rambo, 91, of Zanesville, died at 5:55 a.m, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Cedar Hill Care Center. She was born June 3, 1918 in Walkon, Iowa, a daughter of the late James and Hattie Davidson Wickham. She retired as an assembly production line worker for Essex Wire. She was a member of the Zanesville First Church of the...

James L. Eck
Sep 22, 2009
James L. Eck, 80, of Chandlersville, went home to be with his Lord at 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born January 30, 1929, in Zanesville, a son of the late Erhardt and Bula Lyons Eck. He retired in 1988 as a Vocational AG Teacher for the Muskingum Area Joint Vocational School and was...
Doris M. Kreis
Sep 20, 2009
Doris M. Kreis, 80, of Zanesville, died at 12:41 p.m. Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born November 7, 1928, in Clinton, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Michael and Katherine Springer Palusko. She retired in 1992 after 40 years of service as an assembler for Essex Wire and was a 60 year member of the...

Vera R. Hoback
Sep 13, 2009
Vera Racine Hoback, 90, of Glendale, Arizona, formerly a resident of Zanesville for 76 years, died Sunday, September 13, 2009. She was born January 22, 1919, in Morgan County, Ohio. She was a real estate broker and a former member of the Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church. Surviving are a son, Lynn Hoback; a daughter, Lori Miller; and four grandsons,...
Clyta Mae Blaney
Sep 10, 2009
Clyta Mae Blaney, 103, of Zanesville, died at 5:07 a.m. Thursday, September 10, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born February 8, 1906, a daughter of the late Frank D. and Maglena Somers Simmons. She was a lifetime member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, started by her grandfather, H. B. Simmons in the late 1800's...

Alice G. Beish
Sep 10, 2009
Alice G. Beish, 84, of Zanesville, died at 1:57 a.m. Thursday, September 10, 2009 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born October 25, 1924 in Clearfield, PA, to the late Jacob and Sarah Smell Duck. She was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses South Congregation. Surviving are a daughter, Gloria (Lawrence) Lee of Zanesville; three sons, Marshall A. (Betty) Beish...
Kenneth D. Avery, Jr.
Sep 5, 2009
Kenneth D. Avery Jr., 29, of Zanesville, died at noon, on Saturday, September 5, 2009, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born on April 23, 1980, in Ypsilanti, MI, a son of Kenneth D. Sr. and Esther Newman Avery of Zanesville. He was a member of the Carey Street Mission Church and was a graduate of Philo High School...

Rita Himmelspach
Sep 5, 2009
Rita F. Himmelspach, 87, of Zanesville, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the Abbot Home. She was born October 4, 1921 in Zanesville a daughter of the late Edward F. And Edna B. Mattingly Himmelspach. Rita worked for Cooper Industries for 50 years as a Supervisor in the Accounting Department.She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, past President...
Florence E. Myers
Sep 1, 2009
Florence Ellen Boyd Otero Myers, 86, of Zanesville, went to be with her Lord and Savior at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, September, 1, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born August 4, 1923, in Cambridge, a daughter of the late John Kenneth and Vialla L. Smith Boyd. She graduated from Quaker City High School and had training at Cambridge...

Beverly Ann Hannum
Aug 30, 2009
Beverly Ann Hannum, 71, of 1856 Adams Lane, Zanesville, died at 1:24 a.m. Sunday August 30, 2009 at the Adams Lane Care Center. She was born September 5, 1937, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late John and Vivian Eppley Galigher. Beverly was a homemaker and a member of the St Nicholas Catholic Church. She assisted her husband, Captian Daniel...

Virginia F. Miller
Aug 30, 2009
Virginia F. Miller, 93, of Zanesville, died at midnight, Sunday, August 30, 2009 at Genesis Extended Care & Rehab Center. She was born December 20, 1915, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late George E. and Dollie G. Gale Davis. She graduated from Zanesville High School, was a volunteer at Bethesda Hospital from 1969 to 1997, and was a lifetime...
Danny L. Smith
Aug 30, 2009
Danny Lee Smith, 60, of Zanesville, died at 10:45 p.m. Sunday, August 30, 2009 at his residence. He was born August 18, 1949, in Zanesville, a son of Ruth Jones Smith of Zanesville and the late Charles Smith. He was employed as a superintendent for the Zanesville Waste Water Plant, was a member of the Sharon Avenue Free Methodist Church,...
Betty Jean Mox
Aug 29, 2009
Betty Jean Mox, 90, of 1122 West Taylor St., died at 3:50 p.m. Saturday August 29, 2009 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home. She was born September 14, 1918, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late George and Bertha Stemm Fusner. Betty was an assembler at General Electric, retiring in 1981. She was a PFC in the United States Army...
Marilyn J. Smart
Aug 28, 2009
Marilyn J. Fenton Smart, 61, of Zanesville, died at 5:33 p.m. Friday, August 28, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born May 18, 1948, in Pontiac, MI , a daughter of the late Thomas Fenton and Elizabeth King Fenton. Marilyn was a former employee at Custom Coil, and a longtime member of the Chandlersville United Methodist Church. She...

Dean E. Filkill
Aug 28, 2009
Dean E. Filkill, 71, of Hopewell, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday, August 28, 2009 at his residence. He was born February 18, 1938, in Muskingum County, a son of the late Ivan and Ardith Walker Filkill. He was a former employee for Burnham Corporation for 22 years, Conesville Coal Company Preparation and was the owner/operator of Filkill Water Well Drilling....
Carl R. Fleming
Aug 22, 2009
Carl R. Fleming, 87, of Zanesville, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at his home, after a long illness. He was born on April 17, 1922 in Frazeyburg, a son of the late Thomas C. Sr. and Rhoda Lecky Fleming. Carl served in the United States Air Corp in World War II and he retired...

Holiday Kay Todd
Aug 22, 2009
Holiday Kay (Mattlin) Todd, of Dresden, died unexpectedly on August 22, 2009. She was born December 31, 1960, a daughter of Jack and Judy Mattlin of Lancaster. She was a graduate of Bloom-Carroll High school. She moved to the Dayton area, only after re-connecting with her High school sweetheart did she return home to be close to family. Besides her...

Eva Rogovin
Aug 21, 2009
Eva Rogovin, 94, of Zanesville, died Friday, August 21, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. at the Helen Purcell Home. She was born January 28, 1915 in Cleveland, a daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Kraus. She was a member of the Beth Abraham Synagogue. Surviving are two sons, Richard (Linda) Rogovin of Columbus and Arthur (Toby) Rogovin of Zanesville; six...
Brian Casey Walsh
Aug 19, 2009
Brian Casey Walsh, 28, of Zanesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Wednesday, August 19, 2009 in Fayetteville, WV. He was born September 27, 1980, in Zanesville, a son of Lewis Edward and Cynthia Howard Walsh of Zanesville. He graduated from Zanesville High School Class of 1999, where he was a member of the Blue Devil...
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