Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
James Buchanan Foster
Jun 20, 2013
James Buchanan Foster, 81, of Zanesville, passed at his home on Thursday, June 20, 2013. He was born February 15, 1932, a son of the late Rosser T. and Grace B. Foster. He was employed as a Journeyman Roofer at Geo P. Frueh Roofing and Sheet Metal, Saup Roofing, and later formed Foster and Ryan Roofing and Sheet Metal with...

Donald A. Pierce
Jun 20, 2013
Donald A. Pierce, 77, of Zanesville, died at 1:30 A.M. on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Cedar Hill Care Center. He was born July 27, 1935, in Zanesville, a son of the late Adrian Pierce and Ruth E. Baseheart Pierce. He graduated from Philo High School, had worked as a Dock Man at Putnam Transfer, was a Teamster Retiree, and...
Dorothy E. (Winters) Tunis
Jun 20, 2013
Dorothy Eileen Tunis, 88, died at 6:10 P.M. on June 20, 2013, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House after a long struggle with dementia. A lifelong resident of Muskingum County, Dorothy was the daughter of the late Orville and Elizabeth Frick Winters. A bookkeeper for her family's business, Zanesville Implement, she also worked at the Muskingum County Board of Elections and served...
Edward Gramlich
Jun 16, 2013
Edward Gramlich, 87, of Zanesville, died at 9:13 P.M. on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Emeritus at North Hills. He was born April 11, 1926, in Zanesville to the late Charles Christian and Anna Louissa Ackerman Gramlich. Ed graduated from Lash High School, and following graduation was called to serve in the United States Army. He served in World War...
Frederick T. Schuster
Jun 16, 2013
Fred T. Schuster, 90, of Zanesville, died at 2:25 P.M. on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born April 7, 1923, in Columbus, a son of the late John and Rose Fleisher Schuster. He had worked as a Maintenance Supervisor for Central Ohio Coal, was a Veteran of the United States Marines and...

Carol L. (Mccoy) Stansfield
Jun 15, 2013
Carol L. McCoy Stansfield, 63, of Philo, died at 12:01 p.m. on June 15, 2013 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born August 16, 1949 in Athens County, a daughter of the late William and Audrey Thompson McCoy Sr. Carol enjoyed spending time with her family and adored her grandchildren very much. Surviving are a son, David Shane (Crystal)...

Elnora Catherine (Wheeler) Miller
Jun 13, 2013
Elnora Catherine Wheeler Miller, 76, of Zanesville, passed from this life to the next at 11:16 A.M. on Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born August 24, 1936, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Lloyd D. and June R. Williams Wheeler. She had worked as a waitress/bartender for many local restaurants in Dresden and...
Faye E. (Walker) Ullman
Jun 12, 2013
Faye E. Ullman, 90, of Nashport, died at 9:55 A.M. on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Autumn Healthcare. She was born February 18, 1923, in Stockport, a daughter of the late William and Etta Medley Walker. Surviving are two daughters, Linda (Jim) Hunt of Clarksville, TN, and Peggy Fouts of Zanesville; a son Daniel Ullman of Cambridge; seven grandchildren, Teresa...
Shawn R. Kerby
Jun 11, 2013
Shawn R. Kerby, 59, of Zanesville, died at 8:07 P.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at his home after a lengthy illness, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born February 8, 1954, in Zanesville, a son of the late Donald B. and Marilyn Mahaney Kerby, was a 1971 graduate of Maysville High School, and had worked as a...

Dallas E. Lockhart
Jun 11, 2013
Dallas E. Lockhart, 91, of Newark, died at 1:10 P.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Flint Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born February 8, 1922, in Shinnston, West Virginia, a son of the late Benjamin and Edith Taylor Lockhart. He was a minister at the Church of Christ, and a U.S. Army Veteran. Surviving are his wife,...

Guthrie R. Starkey
Jun 10, 2013
Guthrie R. Starkey, 92, of Zanesville, died at 11:40 A.M. on Monday, June 10, 2013, at Autumn Healthcare. He was born March 29, 1921, in Marietta, a son of the late Samuel and Sylvia McElfresh Starkey. He worked for 31 years as a manager for Western Union, retired from Balderson Motors in the parts department, and was a member of...

Richard E. Batteiger
Jun 8, 2013
Richard E. "Dick" Batteiger, 61, of Zanesville, died at 3:02 P.M. Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born June 14, 1951 in Zanesville, a son of the late Andrew and Sara Harper Batteiger. He retired from Hupp-Stiverson Vault Company after 30 plus years of service. Richard enjoyed farming, going to auctions, his family and taking...
Jean (Piper) Crawmer
Jun 6, 2013
Jean Crawmer, 91, of Zanesville, died at 12:23 A.M. on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born June 8, 1921, in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late W. Bryce and Marjorie Osler Piper. She graduated from New Concord High School in 1939, and attended Meredith Business College in Zanesville and Bliss Business College in Columbus....

Edward Lee Grace
Jun 6, 2013
Edward Lee Grace, 71, of Columbus, died on June 6, 2013, at his home. He was born December 29, 1941, in Coshocton, a son of the late Ralph E. Grace and Helen V. Howser Warren. He was a retired elementary school teacher for the Franklin Local School District, a volunteer for the Ohio Historical Society, and a member of the...
Sylvia Joan (Young) Wagstaff
Jun 4, 2013
Sylvia Joan Wagstaff, 78, of Zanesville, died at 6:35 A.M. on Tuesday, June 04, 2013, at Autumn Healthcare of Zanesville. She was born March 28, 1935, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Ralph Emerson and Edith Mary Bell Young. She worked at Sunrise Bowling Alley, and was a member of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church. On June 20, 1966, Sylvia...
Dorothy Pauline (Vickers) Starling
May 31, 2013
Dorothy Pauline Starling, 95, of 7370 Vickers Hill Drive, Nashport, died at 7:53 A.M. on Friday, May 31, 2013, at Autumn Healthcare. She was a retired school teacher who was born February 8, 1918, near Frazeysburg. Her parents were the late George B. Vickers and Daisey Devine Vickers. As a child, she grew up overlooking Wakatomika Creek and got her...
Banks Knudsen Brown
May 30, 2013
Banks Knudsen Brown, 71, of Zanesville, died at 2:34 P.M. on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the Genesis Good Samaritan Emergency Room. He was born July 3, 1941, in Montgomery, West Virginia, a son of the late Horace and Mildrid Fadum Brown. He graduated from Ashtabula High School in Ashtabula, Ohio, received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of...
Barbara M. Bowman
May 28, 2013
Barbara M. Bowman, 57, of Adams Mills, formerly of Zanesville, died at 8:45 A.M. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House after her long courageous battle with cancer. She was born September 3, 1955, in Zanesville. Barbara was currently employed by RLJ Management, where she worked as a Site Manager for the past 4 years. She also worked...
Evelyn L. (Dick) Ankrum
May 20, 2013
Evelyn Leora Dick Ankrum, 99, of Zanesville, died at 2:25 A.M. on Monday, May 20, 2013, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born March 5, 1914 in Hopewell, a daughter of the late Laysel and Zetta Hibbs Dick. After high school Evelyn worked at SS Kresege Company and later attended Meredith Business College. Later in life she worked as a...
Olive E. (Krouskoupf) Stemm
May 19, 2013
Olive E. Stemm, 89, of Zanesville, died at 5:25 A.M. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at The Helen Purcell Home. She was born October 14, 1923, in Zanesville, a daughter of the later Arthur and Pauline Ayasse Krouskoupf. Olive retired as an Assembler from United Technologies, and was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ. Surviving are a daughter,...
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