Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
David B. Potts
Jan 10, 2010
David Buddy Potts, 70, of Zanesville, died at 9:47 p.m. Sunday, January 10, 2010 at Genesis Good Samaritan emergency room. He was born November 12, 1939, in Zanesville, a son of the late Delbert and Edna Mae Barrel Potts. He retired from Cooper Industries after 25 years of service and had worked for Lear Corporation. David was a U.S. Army...
Frances M. Thomas
Jan 8, 2010
Frances M. Thomas, 87, of Zanesville, died at 9:52 a.m. Friday, January 8, 2010 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born September 2, 1922, in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Carl and Mable Fish Waterhouse. She was a member of Immaculate Conception in Willoughby, Ohio and St. Thomas Catholic Church in Zanesville. Surviving are three sons,...

Robert L. Hardy
Jan 4, 2010
Robert L. Hardy, 79, of Zanesville, passed away Monday, January 4, 2010 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born at home, on August 2,1930 at Clover Hill, Ohio, to the late John S. and Nellie (McMillan) Hardy. He retired from Columbia Cement Plant after 36 years of service. After his retirement, he maintained the...
William H. Lent Sr.
Jan 3, 2010
William H. Lent Sr., 72, of Zanesville, passed away at 12:55 a.m. Sunday, January 3, 2010 at his residence. He was born May 15, 1937, in Zanesville, the son of the late Norval and Mary Catherine Leddy Lent. William was a retired supervisor at the Newark Air Force Station and a Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a...
Dorothy J. Yarger
Jan 3, 2010
Dorothy Jean Pickrell Arnold Yarger, 79, of Zanesville, died at 7:35 p.m. Sunday, January 3, 2010 at the Adams Lane Care Center. She was born December 24, 1930, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Roy Amos and Mary Soller Pickrell. She was a retired secretary for the former ARC. She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church and...

Patricia A. Spinks
Jan 2, 2010
Patricia Ann Spinks, 84, of Zanesville, passed away at 2:48 a.m. Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Genesis Hospice and Palliative Care Morrison House. Patricia was born January 10, 1925, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late George and Anna Moore Hanes. She was an assembler at the former United Technologies in Zanesville and a 64 year member of the Market...
Jane L. Wright
Jan 1, 2010
Jane L. Wright, 92, of Zanesville, died January 1, 2010 at 5:10 a.m. at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born November 1, 1917 in Clarksburg, WV a daughter of the late Charles Bryn & Louise Markert Waybright. She was a graduate of Washington Irving High School, Clarksburg, WV and Potomac State College. She also attended Vanderbilt University School of...

Carole Lynn Lutz
Jan 1, 2010
Carole Lynn Lutz, 51, of Zanesville, passed away at 10:00 p.m. Friday, January 1, 2010 at her residence. Carole was born June 8, 1958, in Zanesville, the daughter of Nancy Goff Lewis and the late Robert D. Lutz. She was a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ. Surviving are her mother and step father, Nancy Goff Lewis...

Janet Travis
Dec 31, 2009
Janet Travis, of Zanesville, died at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, December 31, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Williams Cemetery, Jersey Ridge Road, Zanesville with Dr. E. Wayne Stout officiating. Bolin-Dierkes Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 1271 Blue Ave., Zanesville is entrusted with all arrangements.
Shirley J. Gist
Dec 27, 2009
Shirley Jean Gist, 88, of Zanesville, died at 3:15 a.m. Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on August 17, 1921, a daughter of the late John and Ruth Dean Dawson. She was an office manager for her husband, Joseph M. Gist, MD. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Macalester...

Ronald E. Edwards
Dec 26, 2009
Ronald E. Edwards, 66, of Nashport, died at 5:05 p.m. Saturday, December 26, 2009 at the Muskingum County Home. He was born October 19, 1943, in Newark, a son of Laura Jean Hewitt Edwards of Nashport and the late William Edwards. Ronald had worked for Greif Brothers. Surviving in addition to his mother are two sons; Mark ( Karen) Edwards...
James F. Ward
Dec 25, 2009
James F. Ward, 84, of Blue Rock, passed away at 3:58 a.m. Friday, December 25, 2009 at Autumn Health Care of Zanesville. Jim was born December 13, 1925, in Elkins, West Virginia, the son of the late Lanier and Rena Harris Ward. He was the owner and operator of the Ward Service Center Garage. Jim was a excellent mechanic. He...
Violet M. Hennessey
Dec 20, 2009
Violet M. (Vi) Hennessey, 93, of Zanesville, passed away at 12:05 a.m. Sunday, December 20, 2009 at her residence. She was born August 11, 1916 in Zanesville, the daughter of the late Albert and Pansy Shrider George. Vi was a active member of the First United Methodist Church, a member of the OES Chapter #485, a former volunteer Gray Lady...
Dollie K. Hann
Dec 20, 2009
Dollie K. Hann, 88, of Zanesville, died peacefully at the home of her daughter surrounded by family at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, December 20, 2009. She was born September 6, 1921, in Corbin, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Edward Monroe and Laura Anne Clouse Corn. She was a former co-owner, along with her husband George, of the George Hann Men's...
Ralph Charles Long Sr.
Dec 18, 2009
Ralph Charles Long Sr., 64, of Hopewell, died at 10:00 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2009 at Genesis Hospice and Palliative Care surrounded by his family. He was born April 27, 1945, in Zanesville, a son of the late William and Gertrude Church Long. Mr. Long was a retired self- employed plumber. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam...
Francis F. Sheppard
Dec 17, 2009
Francis F. Sheppard, 94, Pinkerton Road, Zanesville, passed away and went to heaven at 5:35 p.m. Thursday, December 17, 2009 with his loving and devoted family by his side. Francis was born January 25, 1915, to the late Ella Stiers Sheppard and Harry Sheppard. Francis grew up in the Zanesville area, and then stayed in the area to raise his...
Garnet L. Mcgee
Dec 15, 2009
Garnet L. Caplinger Hayes McGee, 88, of Zanesville, died at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Genesis Hospice Morrison House. She was born January 26, 1921, in Swift, Ohio, a daughter of the late Obid Harrison and Nancy Provience Caplinger. She was a former cafeteria director for the YWCA and was a former baker for Hall's Restaurant. She was...

James E. Minosky
Dec 14, 2009
James E. "Jim" Minosky, 36, of Columbus, died at 10:30 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2009 at his residence. He was born November 16, 1973, in Zanesville, a son of John V. and Mary L. Howell Minosky. He was employed as a machine operator in the warehousing industry. Surviving are his mother, Mary L. Howell Minosky of Zanesville; his father, John...

Ernest L. Paynter Jr.
Dec 10, 2009
Ernest L. Paynter Jr., 77, of McConnelsville, died at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Cornerstone Hospice in Tavares. Florida following a sudden illness with cancer. He was born August 15, 1932, in Dresden, Ohio, the son of the late Ernest L. and Jeannette Kokensparger Paynter Sr. Ernest retired from the former McGraw Edison Co and was a retired...
Edna C. Boetcher
Dec 7, 2009
Edna C. Boetcher, 86, of Bellefontaine, died at 7:52 p.m. Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born February 11, 1923, in Canton, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Wade and Estella Johnson Cotter. She was a member of the Immanuel United Church of Christ and a mother and grandmother to many beyond...
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