Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

Oct 24, 2021

Marla K. Freeman, 70, of Mansfield, died at 3:45 P.M. Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the Arbors of Mifflin at Mansfield. She was born November 22, 1950 at Zanesville, a daughter of the late Clarence W. and Marjorie A. Parker Smith. Marla was a teacher at Madison Local Schools in Mansfield, and a member of OEA and NEA. She...

Oct 20, 2021

Daniel E. Hunsaker, 70, of New Lexington, died at 6:09 P.M. Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at the Genesis Perry Co. emergency room, Somerset. He was born March 15, 1951, in Zanesville, a son of the late Harvey A. and Mary Louise Rait Hunsaker.

Surviving are a twin brother, Dale Hunsaker; aunt, Peggy Fink and cousins, Mark (Vivian...

Oct 18, 2021

Charlene E. Wayne, 65, of Zanesville, died at 3:50 A.M. on Monday, October 18, 2021, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville. She was born March 25, 1956, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Pete and Memory (Eveland) Wayne. She retired after fifteen years at the Dollar General Distribution Center and had also worked at United Tech for twenty eight...

Oct 16, 2021

Charles E. “Sonny” Butcher, 77, of Zanesville, died at 5:34 P.M. on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville. He was born July 1, 1944, in Zanesville, a son of the late Charles W. and Mary (Glosser) Butcher. He retired from Economy Linen and was an avid fisherman who had a love for motorcycles, his family, and friends....

Oct 15, 2021

Rebecca L. Wheeler, 50, of Zanesville, died at 1:52 P.M. Friday, October 15, 2021 at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville. She was born December 15, 1970 in Hammond, Indiana, a daughter of Thelma Cooper Bolin Repasky and the late Howard Bolin. Becky was a true Ohio State Buckeye fan.

Surviving in addition to her mother are her loving companion,...

Oct 15, 2021

Thomas R. Paul, 41 of Zanesville died on October 15, 2021 at home. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on January 7, 1980, a son of Sharon Cox and David C. (Kyong Suk) Paul.

Surviving in addition to his parents are two sons, Tyler Paul and Alexander Paul; a daughter, Trinity Paul; a step-brother, Joshua Paul; a...

Oct 15, 2021

Theodore William Clark, Jr, 84, of Glasgow, KY, died Friday October 15th, 2021, at home with his wife of 61 years by his side. He was born November 9, 1936, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of Theodore and Adah (Fouch) Clark, Sr. He retired after 43 years in management from United Technologies, where he earned several awards for his...

Oct 13, 2021

David “Brian” Lackey, of Zanesville, OH, and Crystal Lake, IL, passed away unexpectedly October 13, 2021, at home. He was born May 3, 1957, in Sikeston, MO, to William and Sue Lackey who survive him. A 1975 graduate of Zanesville High School, Brian worked for the City of Zanesville Sanitation Department and later for Process Engineering in Crystal Lake,...

Oct 12, 2021

Patricia A. “Patty” Simon, 72, of Zanesville, passed away at 1:40 P.M. Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 2, 1949 in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Irvin and Kathryn Camp Carnes. She was married to her loving husband, Forrest D. Simon on October 4, 1969 for 48...

Oct 11, 2021

Tamara Jean “Tammy” Shepherd went home to be with the Lord Monday, October 11th, 2021. Tammy was born on October 10th, 1958 in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Jean (Grosscup) Lanning. Tammy met Mike Shepherd, her beloved husband, in 7th grade and were married 10 years later on February 16th, 1980. For the next 41 years,...

Oct 11, 2021

James K. Friel, 66, of Zanesville, died at 5:47 P.M. Monday, October 11, 2021 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville. He was born April 22, 1955 in Zanesville a son of the late Myles and Dorothy (Totten) Friel.  Jim graduated from Zanesville High School Class of 1973 and the University of Cincinnati Class of 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in...

Oct 11, 2021

Lillian M. Moore, 92, of Zanesville, died Monday, October 11, 2021 at Genesis Hospice- Morrison House surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 28, 1928, a daughter of the late Albert and Bernice Abbot Shaw. She was a machine operator for 14 years at Essex Wire.

She is survived by two daughters, Bonnie (Russell) Doyle...

Oct 6, 2021

Carol A. Greene, 81, of Zanesville, died at 4:20 P.M on Wednesday October 6, 2021 at Altercare of Zanesville. She was born April 12, 1940 in Gloster, Mississippi, a daughter of the late William and Warrene (Lamkin) McLain. She retired from AK Steel.

She is survived by her husband, Richard E. Greene; two children, Tanya (Jerry) Sturtz...

Oct 2, 2021

John J. Hellems, 62, of Zanesville, died at 8:05 P.M. Saturday, October 2, 20201 at his home. He was born August 19, 1959, a son of the late Carlton and Cecilia Scopelliti Hellems. John enjoyed shooting guns, working on cars and was a United States Army Veteran.

He is survived by a former wife, Debra Hellems; a...

Oct 1, 2021

Deborah A. Smith, 65, of Zanesville, went to join her parents in heaven at 10:44 A.M. on Friday October 1, 2021 at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville. She was born August 31, 1956 in Zanesville. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Virginia (Davis) Smith. She worked at K-Mart for over forty years where she met many friends that...

Sep 29, 2021

Tasha Nicole Nelson, 34, of Zanesville, died September 29, 2021 at her home. She was born June 6, 1987 in Newark, a daughter of George Brooks and Hazel Brown.

She is survived by her husband, Joshua Nelson; her mother, Hazel (Glenn Huddleston) Brown and her father, Gregory Books; two children, Joshua Drake and Isabelle Nelson; a brother,...

Sep 28, 2021

Christina A. Hutcheson, 59, of Newark, died at 5:03 P.M. Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark. She was born January 22, 1962 in Zanesville, a daughter of George Barker and the late Darlene Bunting Barker.  She was the manager for White Castle and loved her granddaughter and her fur babies.

She is survived by  ...

Sep 27, 2021

D. Maxine Taylor Tharp, 88, of Dunnellon, FL, passed away at 1:20 P.M. on Monday, September, 27, 2021 at Superior Residence at Ocala Hills, Ocala. FL. She was born February 23, 1933, in Webster Springs, WV, a daughter of the late Frederick and Golda (Eubank) Helmick. She lived in Norwich and worked as a legal secretary in Zanesville for...

Sep 25, 2021

Robert C. Mather, 68, of Zanesville, died at 8:25 P.M. Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville. He was born April 3, 1953 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a son of the late Joseph and Sylvia Dannelke Mather. He was a Catholic by Faith, loved to collect knives and enjoyed old black and white movies. Robert was a devoted family...

Sep 23, 2021

On the morning of September 23, 2021, Michael G. Allen 60 of New Concord earned his angel wings at The Ohio State University Medical Center of complications from liver transplant surgery, overlooking one of his favorite places on earth, “The Shoe” at The Ohio State University. Michael was born to the late Daniel and Norma (Nunley) Allen on March...