Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Christy Lynn Knox
Jun 24, 2009
Christy Lynn Knox, 32, of Zanesville, died at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born March 3, 1977, in Zanesville, a daughter of Ethel Binkley Knox of Zanesville and the late Ronald Knox. She was employed in the Shipping Department for the Longaberger Basket Company. She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Bible...

Oscar W. Samson Jr.
Jun 24, 2009
Oscar W. (Towbar) Samson Jr., 76, of Zanesville, died at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the Genesis Good Samaritan emergency room. He was born August 27, 1932, in Philo, a son of the late Oscar W. Sr. and Rose Buck Samson. He was a retired truck driver for Bremen Fiber Glass. He was a member of the Rolling...

Donna L. Sites
Jun 22, 2009
Donna L. Sites, 84, of Zanesville, died at 10:35 a.m. Monday, June 22, 2009 at the Adams Lane Care Center. She was born December 13, 1924, in Zanesville, a daughter of Frances Sorrell Fisher and the late George Crossland. Surviving are a son, Larry Dickson of Las Cruces, NM; a granddaughter, D'Lynn Ford; a grandson, Aaron Dickson; a great granddaughter,...

Ann Duffy
Jun 20, 2009
Ann Duffy, passed away June 20, 2009 in Arlington, VA. Ms. Duffy was a graduate of St. Mary's High School and The Ohio State University. Ms. Duffy worked in advertising for Byer and Bowman and did radio spots on local Columbus radio stations for the Columbus Transit System and for Bob Evans Restaurants, among others. She moved to Virginia in...

Harold R. Chapin
Jun 19, 2009
Harold Rodney (Rod) Chapin, 72, of Zanesville, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born January 18, 1937, in Zanesville, the son of the late Harold Albert and Madge Elizabeth Barrett Chapin. Rod was a sales person and manager at the Fink's Harley Davidson at the location of Blue Ave. and...
Michael T. Dickinson
Jun 16, 2009
Michael Terry Dickinson, 45, of Las Vegas, passed on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Southern Hills Hospital. He was born July 2, 1964, in Zanesville, a son of Jacquie Dickinson and the late Robert Terry Dickinson. Michael was a Buddhist and frequently traveled to Thailand. His remains will be cremated in Las Vegas and his wife and daughter will take...
Charles J. Fink
Jun 16, 2009
Charles J. Fink, 82, of Zanesville, died at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born July 29, 1926, in Hebron, Oh., a son of the late Charles Paul & Nellie Prather Fink. He graduated from Lash High School Class of 1944. Charles retired from McGraw/ Cooper Industry after 42 years of service. He...
Paul M. Stiers
Jun 16, 2009
Paul M. "Willard P." Stiers, 58, of Reynoldsburg, passed on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at his residence. He was born September 4, 1950, in Zanesville, a son of Lawrence and Roberta Davis Stiers. He retired in 2000 as the Chief Fiscal Administrator for the Ohio EPA. He graduated with a BA Degree in English and German from Ohio University (Harvard...
Jon Weekley
Jun 13, 2009
Jon Weekley, 60, of Zanesville, died at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2009 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 14, 1948 a son of the late William and Phyllis Barnes Weekley. He was the owner and operator of Dutchland Motors since 1974. He was a member of the Fultonham United Methodist Church, an avid...

Dorothy J. Boetcher
Jun 8, 2009
Dorothy Jean Boetcher, 85, of Zanesville, died at 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2009 at Cedar Hill Care Center. She was born August 14, 1923, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Lawrence B. and Edna Shearer Combs. She was a member of the Meadow Farm United Methodist Church, Lady Elks #114 Auxiliary, Y-City Women's Club, Bethesda Guild, VFW George...
Estel Mae Riggs
Jun 6, 2009
Estel Mae Riggs, 90, of Tendercare Nursing Home in Mt. Pleasant, MI, formerly of Zanesville, Elyria, and Macedonia, Ohio, went to be with her Lord on June 6, 2009. She was born July 13, 1918, in rural Gallia Co., OH, to Random Fox Faulkner and Sarah Jane Sanders Faulkner. She married Maynard E. Riggs on January 20, 1940. He preceded...

Infant Jamie D. Lorey-Newell
Jun 1, 2009
Infant Jamie Deann Lorey-Newell died June 1, 2009 at Genesis Bethesda Hospital. Surviving are her parents, Kimberly Lorey and Brandon Newell, both of Zanesville; a step-sister, Brandi Newell of Newark; Maternal grandparents, Joyce (Terry) Byers and Jim Lorey, all of Zanesville; Paternal grandfather, Conard Newell of Zanesville; Maternal great-grandparents, Frank (Melva) Hill and Charlotte Lorey, all of Zanesville; Paternal great-grandfather,...
Eulalia Hutson
May 29, 2009
Eulalia Patton Hutson, 95, of Zanesville, died at 7:45 p.m. Friday, May 29, 2009 at Genesis Extended Care and Rehab. She was born June 3, 1913, in Waynesburg, PA., a daughter of the late William A. and Luvetta Ammons Patton. She was a homemaker, a member of Market Street Baptist Church, Crusaders Class and the Sarah Circle. Eulalia also was...
James A. Carroll
May 26, 2009
James A. "Bill" Carroll, 84, of Adamsville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. He was born September 7, 1924, in Santoy, Ohio, a son of the late Jesse Francis Carroll and Alta Frances Henry Carroll Steve. He was a...
Johnnie R. Boykin
May 25, 2009
Johnnie Ralph Boykin, 68, of Zanesville, died at 3:00 p.m. Monday, May 25, 2009 at Adams Lane Care Center. He was born February 9, 1941, in Wilson, North Carolina, a son of Nellie Davis Boykin of Zanesville and the late Johnnie W. Boykin. He was a retired assembly line worker for McGraw Edison. He was a member of Eagles Lodge...

Betty J. Howell
May 24, 2009
Betty Jean Howell, 88, of Zanesville, died at 12:00 a.m. Sunday, May 24, 2009 at the Willow Haven Nursing Home. Betty was born May 27, 1920, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late Sam and Tillie Salome. Surviving are two sons, Jerry (Nina) Watton of Coshocton, Ohio and Jeff (Jo Anne) Watton of Newark, Ohio; a step son, Jerry Lee...

Betty L. Pletcher
May 21, 2009
Betty L. Pletcher, 86, of Naples, Florida, formerly of Zanesville, passed away on May 21, 2009. Betty was born in Perry County, Ohio, to Ethel and Charles Ater in 1922. She graduated from Crooksville High School and Meredith Business College in Zanesville and attended The Ohio State University. Formerly residing in Ohio, Betty and her husband became residents of Florida...
Wayne E. Gortner
May 19, 2009
Wayne E. Gortner, 80, of Zanesville, went to Heaven at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born March 2, 1929, in Red Haw, in Ashland County, Ohio, a son of the late Frank and Ethel Kline Gortner. He managed the Moore's Store in Zanesville for 26 years until they went out of business,...
Dr Bobby D. Young
May 18, 2009
Dr. Bobby D. Young, 84, of Zanesville, died at 3:24 p.m. Monday, May 18, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born October 29, 1924, in Crooksville, a son of the late W. Glenn and Lela Lanning Young. He was a graduate of Ohio University and a 1953 graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He was...
Raymond R. Berry
May 18, 2009
Raymond R. Berry, 76, of Norwich, died at 5:30 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan emergency room. He was born August 18, 1932, in Zanesville, a son of the late William B. and Lydia Science Berry. He was a topographic engineer with the rank of Master Sergeant retiring after 22 years of service with the United States...
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