Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Kenneth E. Leasure
May 22, 2015
Kenneth E. Leasure, 92, of Zanesville died at Oaks at Northpointe on Friday, May 22, 2015. He was born Jan 15, 1923 in Zanesville, a son of the late Harold and Nelda Ford Leasure. Kenny co-founded and owned Suburban Drilling Company and later was employed by Mid-Atlantic Canners Association. He was an avid target rifle sharpshooter throughout his lifetime and...
Richard A. Bell
May 21, 2015
Richard A. Bell, 44, of Zanesville, died at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the Genesis Good Samaritan Emergency Room. He was born December 23, 1970, in Zanesville, a son of Margaret R. Koska Bell of Zanesville and the late Donald R. Bell. He was a Veteran of the United States Army, was an ordained minister in Georgia,...
Lillian H. (Founds) Shaw
May 19, 2015
Lillian H. Founds Shaw died May 19th, 2015 at The Oaks at Bethesda. She was born February 25, 1924 in Youngstown the eldest child of the late Joie Emerson Founds and Elsie Ellen Barton. Lillian graduated from Chandlersville High School in 1942 as Salutarian and from the New England School of Broadcasting in the 1960s. During World War II she...
William Ellis Dickson
May 18, 2015
William Ellis Dickson, 96, of Zanesville, died at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, May 18, 2015, at The Oaks at Bethesda. He was born December 5, 1918, in Brownsville, a son of the late Orris S. and Annette Tusing Dickson. He was a United States Army Veteran of World War II, and retired from Armco Steel after 41 years of service....
John E. Bunting
May 14, 2015
John Ernest Bunting, 89, of 5715 Dresden Road, Zanesville, peacefully passed away at 12:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at his home of natural causes. He was born December 19, 1925, in Zanesville, a son of the late Orville and Addy Harris Bunting. John graduated from Jefferson High School. He was a lifelong farmer, Auctioneer, Muskingum Township Trustee, and...
Harry D. Kearns
May 12, 2015
Harry Donald Kearns, 100, of Zanesville, died at 12:04 P.M. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the Genesis Good Samaritan Emergency Room. He was born at the family farm on March 26, 1915, at what is now 3850 Kearns Drive. Growing up on the family farm he learned as a young boy to work the family horses cultivating his father's...
Richard L. Watson
May 11, 2015
Richard L. Watson, 88, of Zanesville, died at 6:47 P.M. on Monday, May 11, 2015, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born January 4, 1927, in Cumberland, OH, a son of the late Cecil R. and Louise Ward Watson. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving during World War II and the Korean Conflict, and retired after...
Robert F. Adams
May 5, 2015
Robert F. Adams, 79, of Norwich, died May 5, 2015. He was born in Zanesville, February 12, 1936, the son of the late Robert and Mabel (Durant) Adams. He graduated from Lash High School in 1954 (the last Lash graduating class) and Muskingum College with a degree in speech communication. Retiring in 1997 as vice president of development for the...
Hawk K. Spearman
May 5, 2015
Hawk K. Spearman, 42, of Zanesville, died at 2:30 A.M. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born February 28, 1973, in Birmingham, Alabama, a son of David O. Spearman and Delores Fields Cullison. Hawk was a Bounty Hunter. Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife Karen L. Phillips Spearman, whom he married...
Leslie Keith Boykin
May 2, 2015
Leslie Keith Boykin, 64, of Zanesville, died at 8:27 P.M. on Saturday May 2, 2015 at Genesis Hospice - Morrison House. He was born January 6, 1951 in Wilson County, NC to the late Johnnie W. and Nellie Gray Davis Boykin. Keith was a factory worker, delivery driver and worked in office jobs throughout his life. As an adult Keith...
Connie L. (Carpenter) Stines
Apr 24, 2015
Connie L. Stines, 58, of Zanesville, died at 5:35 A.M. on Friday, April 24, 2015, at Cedar Hill Care Center, Zanesville. She was born December 10, 1956, in Zanesville, a daughter of John and Elsie Hittle Carpenter of Zanesville. She had worked as a tool and die maker for United Technologies and Lear Corporation. Connie received an Associate Degree in...
Dr. Melvin R. Krohn
Apr 23, 2015
Dr. Melvin R. Krohn, 91, of Zanesville, OH, died peacefully on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Cleveland, OH. He was born March 18, 1924, in Cleveland, the son of the late Abe and Anne Aron Krohn. He received his Bachelor's Degree at the University of Michigan, his Master's Degree in Chemistry at The Ohio State University and his M.D. from...
Nancy A. (Morris) Keeling
Apr 21, 2015
Nancy A. Keeling, 86, of Zanesville, died at 9:17 A.M. on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at the Adams Lane Care Center.
Clifford A. Mitchell
Apr 21, 2015
Clifford A. Mitchell, 84, of Gratiot, died at 9:50 A.M. on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at his home. He was born November 28, 1930, in Newark, a son of the late Ivan and Mary Loughman Mitchell. He was a graduate of Glenford High in 1948, a mold maker by trade, and retired from Kaiser Aluminum. He was a member of...
Florence Bernice (Lundell) Powell
Apr 20, 2015
Florence Bernice Powell, 89, of Zanesville, died at 5:14 P.M. Monday, April 20, 2015 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born September 13, 1925, in Shinnston,WV, a daughter of the late Harvey John and Margaret Ashcraft Lundell. She was a homemaker, a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, and was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Surviving are...
Jeffrey V. Delong
Apr 18, 2015
Jeffrey Virgil Delong, 57, of Zanesville, died Saturday, April 18, 2015, at his home. He was born February 5, 1958, in Zanesville, a son of the late Virgil Delong and Shirley Hiestand Krouskoupf. Surviving are three daughters, Jennifer, Heather and Bethy; two sisters, Diane Delong and Cindy Kessler; his step-mother, Mary Jane; five step-brothers, Conrad, Donnie, Jeff, and Robert Krouskoupf...
Marian E. (Mcpherson) Frank
Apr 16, 2015
Marian Eileen Frank, 96, of Zanesville, died at 11:18 A.M. Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Darby Glenn Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born September 15, 1918 in Crooksville, a daughter of the late LeRoy Felton and Mary Etta Zinn McPherson. She was a homemaker, worked at Hazel Atlas and worked for Essex Wire from 1966- until she retired in...
Ronald Earl Newton
Apr 16, 2015
Ronald Earl Newton, 46, of Zanesville, died at 5:50 A.M. on April 16, 2015, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. Ron was born May 26, 1968 in Zanesville to the late Ralph Arnold and Juanita Ruth Hunter Newton Sr. Ron was a member of Cornerstone Full Gospel Church and retired from the Army after 21 years of service. Surviving are his wife,...
Paul Mack Jr.
Apr 9, 2015
Paul E. Mack Jr., 67, of Nashport, died at 10:40 A.M. on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, following a lengthy illness. He was born November 10, 1947, in Zanesville, a son of the late Paul E. Sr. and Myrtle Bates Mack. He retired after 38 years of service from the Energy Cooperative. He had previously worked...
Stephen D. Welsh
Apr 6, 2015
Stephen D. Welsh, 71, of Roseville, died at 3:17 P.M. on Monday, April 6, 2015, at his home. He was born November 28, 1943, in Zanesville, a son of the late Herbert T. and Esther Bonifield Welsh. He was a 50 year member of Richvale Grange and attended Word of Life Ministries. Surviving are his wife of 32 years, Veta...
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