Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Charles A. Franks
Dec 2, 2015
Charles A. Franks, 81, of Zanesville, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at his home. He was born June 21, 1934, in Monroe County, a son of the late George R. and Elma Hines Franks. He was a 1952 graduate of Lewisville High School, retired as a meat cutter from A&P and was a member of Market Street Baptist Church. He...
Freda "Dee" (Douglas) Dawson
Nov 29, 2015
Freda "Dee" Douglas Dawson, 96, of Zanesville, died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 3:40 A.M. She was born May 31, 1919 in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Stephen A. and Maggie E. Marple Douglas. She graduated from Lash High School in 1937 and Ohio Central Business College. She was a homemaker, and a former accountant at the Zanesville Y.M.C.A....

Helen L. (Walpole) Shirer
Nov 27, 2015
Helen L. Mason Shirer, 90, of Zanesville, died Friday, November 27, 2015, at her home. She was born October 8, 1925, in Zanesville. A daughter of the late Walter and Isabelle Lawson Walpole. Helen was a member of Central Trinity United Methodist Church and loved to bowl at Military and Sunrise Lanes. She is survived by her husband, Clarence E....
Mary E. (Labaki) Swope
Nov 26, 2015
Mary E. Swope, 94, of Zanesville, died Thursday, November 26, 2015, at her home. She was born June 21, 1921, in Westernport, MD, a daughter of the late Shaheed and Necema Batross Labaki. She and her husband Robert operated Hamline Market from 1945 to 1957. She was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. She belonged to the American Legion...
Vernon R. Smith
Nov 25, 2015
Vernon R. Smith, 61, of Zanesville, passed away November 25, 2015, at his home. He was born August 10, 1954, in Zanesville, a son of Catherine Veno Smith of Zanesville and the late Vernon L. Smith. He served in the United States Air Force from 1977-1980. Upon returning from duty, he pursued his love of automotives as a mechanic, and...

Ronald W. Robinson
Nov 21, 2015
Ronald W. "Ron" Robinson, 54, of Zanesville, died at 7:25 P.M. Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born August 10, 1961, in Warren, a son of Richard "Dick" and Joyce Garris Robinson of Warren. He graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science Engineering. He was a private consultant and before that...
Anna Mae (Daigle) Emerson
Nov 16, 2015
Anna Mae Emerson passed away peacefully at home on Monday, November 16, 2015, less than a month before her 91st birthday. She was born December 12, 1924, a daughter of the late Leonard and Evelyn Albarez Daigle. Anna Mae was raised in Plaquemine, Louisiana, and met Earl when he was stationed in Louisiana in World War II. After he shipped...
Norman T. Mccallister
Nov 15, 2015
Norman T. McCallister, 83, of Zanesville, died at 8:42 P.M. on Sunday, November 15, 2015, at the Genesis Hospital, after a 6 month illness. He was born May 29, 1932, in Nitro, WV, a son of the late Leonard and Pansa Lanham McCallister. He graduated from Lash High School in 1950 and Andrew's Barber College in 1968. He was a...

Dorothy A. (Buxton) Miller
Nov 15, 2015
Dorothy A. "Dot" Miller, 77, of Zanesville, died at 7:26 P.M. on Sunday, November 15, 2015, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born September 13, 1938, in Pataskala, a daughter of the late James A. and Clara J. Compton Buxton. She is survived by her loving husband Paul E. Miller, whom she married November 16, 1956; four children, Gregory Miller...
Patrick Matheney
Nov 14, 2015
Patrick "Pat" L. Matheney, 67, of Columbus, died at 1:45p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at James Cancer Center with his loving wife by his side. He was born July 24, 1948 in Zanesville, a son of the late Harry J. "Pat" and Juanita Shumate Matheney. He was a graduate of Zanesville High School and earned his Associate Degree in...
Norma Dae (Downing) Boykin
Nov 14, 2015
Norma Dae Boykin, 89, of Zanesville, died at 5:10 P.M. on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at The Oaks of Bethesda. She was born July 12, 1926 in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late Herman and Leona Lawrence Downing. She was a member of Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church and the Muskingum County Senior Center. Surviving are her three daughters,...
Laura K. (Bradford) Ferrell
Nov 11, 2015
Laura "Kay" Ferrell, 95, of Zanesville, died peacefully at 4:45 P.M. on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at her home. She was born February 17, 1920, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Isaac and Zella Wertz Bradford. She was a 1938 graduate of Adamsville High School and she retired after 20 years from the Muskingum County Courthouse where she worked...

Richard E. Miller
Nov 10, 2015
Richard E. Miller, 85, of Zanesville, died at 9:32 A.M. on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at the Adams Lane Care Center. He was born September 23, 1930, in Zanesville, a son of the late John W. and Frances Emma White Miller. He was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict, had worked for Rockwell International, and was a...
Carol Hansel
Nov 8, 2015
Carol M. Hansel, 77, of Zanesville, died at 1:17 A.M. Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Hospice of Central Ohio, Newark. She was born August 1, 1938, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Bernard Knowlden and Mignon Metcalf Knowlden Blake. She retired from Ohio Bell Telephone as a long distance operator after 23 years of service and retired from Genesis...
Elinor S. (Smith) Lyon
Nov 7, 2015
Elinor S. Lyon, 85, of Zanesville, OH, died on Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the Cedar Hill Care Center, Zanesville, OH. She was born May 6, 1930, in Ithaca, NY, a daughter of the late Rexford and Grace Puderbaugh Smith. She was a homemaker, a longtime member of Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church, an avid bridge player playing at least...

Craig R. Randolph
Nov 5, 2015
Craig R. Randolph, 62, of South Zanesville, died at 7:08 P.M. on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born November 18, 1952, in Zanesville, a son of the late Robert P. and Doris Smith Randolph. He graduated from Nashville Auto Diesel School, had previously worked at Sidwell Co. where he operated heavy equipment at mines, and...
Cheryl D. Harper Dennis
Nov 4, 2015
Cheryl D. Harper Dennis, 46, of Zanesville, died at 2:16 P.M. on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at the Genesis Hospital, Zanesville, where she gave the gift of life as an organ donor. She was born December 1, 1968, in Zanesville, a daughter of Diane C. Bess Harper of Zanesville and the late Robert L. Harper Sr. She had worked at...

Margaret Aileen (Barrington) Rumery
Nov 3, 2015
Aileen Rumery, 84, of Zanesville, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at her home. Ms. Rumery was born in Michigan, a daughter of the late Eugene and Elvira Barrington. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace United Methodist Church where she was active in a woman's circle and volunteered for various functions. She is survived by her daughter:...
Betty Z. (German) Kenily
Nov 2, 2015
Betty Z. Kenily, 95, of Zanesville, died at 3:15 P.M. on Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Adams Lane Care Center. She was born February 19, 1920, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Cyrus S. and Nellie Snyder German. She attended the Meredith Business College, had worked in the Engineering Department for the City of Zanesville, and as an...
Dora Rosalene (Sharrock) Clegg
Oct 31, 2015
Dora Rosalene Clegg, 91, of Zanesville, died at 5:45P.M. on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at Brookdale Zanesville. She was born December 6, 1923, in Norwich, a daughter of the late Jesse E. and Nettie A. Tucker Sharrock. She retired in 1989 from the shipping and receiving department at General Electric Corporation, and was a member of Norwich United Presbyterian Church,...
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