OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

Charles  A. Franks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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