Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Edward G. Christman Jr.
Feb 28, 2009
Edward G. Christman, Jr., died at 5:00 p.m. February 28, 2009. He passed peacefully at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital with his wife by his side. He was born February 7, 1923, in Jacksonville, FL. to Edna Adams Christman and Edward G. Christman, Sr. Mr. Christman was a life-long resident of the city of Zanesville, a graduate of Lash High School...

Raymond E. Watts
Feb 23, 2009
Raymond E. Watts, 69, of Nashport, died at 5:15 p.m. Monday, February 23, 2009 at Willow Haven Care Center. He was born September 7, 1939, in Muskingum County, a son of the late Cecil and Eleanore Anderson Watts. He retired in 2004 after 40 years of service as a machinist for Burnham Boiler Corporation. He was a member of the...
Willard E. White
Feb 23, 2009
Willard E. White, 75, of 1645 West Park Avenue, Canton, Ohio, died suddenly surrounded by family on Monday, February 23, 2009, at 9:38 p.m. at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital. Mr. White was born June 16, 1933, in Zanesville, a son of the late Everett O. and Marian Bendure White. He attended elementary school in Frankfort, Indiana, began high school at...
Lynn Ann Wolfe
Feb 22, 2009
Lynn Ann Wolfe, 51, of Zanesville, died at 10:00 p.m. Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Genesis Bethesda Hospital emergency room. She was born July 8, 1957, in Zanesville, the daughter of Ernest L. Paynter of Lake Griffin, Fla. and Jeannine V. Harris Hannum of Zanesville. She was office manager at Zanesville Stoneware Company for 23 years and worked as an...

Shirley L. Armstrong
Feb 19, 2009
Shirley L. Armstrong, 74, of Zanesville, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday, February 19, 2009 at the Muskingum County Home. She was born March 31, 1934, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Loren and Daisy Besser Best Smith. Shirley had worked for Hazel Atlas and then retired after 25 years of service for Essex Wire and was a member of...

John E. Granger
Feb 16, 2009
John E. "Jack" Granger, 83, of Zanesville, passed away after a period of declining health at 8:25 p.m. Monday, February 16, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital. He was born January 7, 1926, in Zanesville, the son of the late Leon Malcolm and Florence R. Coyle Granger. He was a lifelong member of Central Presbyterian Church and was a member...
Frances L. Summers
Feb 15, 2009
Frances L. Summers, 89, of Zanesville, passed away at 10:25 p.m. Sunday, February 15, 2009 at her home. She was born May 6, 1919, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late Helen Kumick Butryn and Thomas Butryn. Frances was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women's Circle. She was a former employee of Mosaic...

Marjorie E. Monahan
Feb 14, 2009
Marjorie E. Maier Monahan, 86, of Zanesville, passed away at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, February 14, 2009 at her residence. She was born November 10, 1922, in Morgan County, the daughter of the late Jesse and Elizabeth Strohl Wheeler. Marjorie was a member of the North Terrace Church of Christ and served as a volunteer at the Red Cross and Bethesda...
Opal O. Roberts
Feb 14, 2009
Opal Odell Wallace Roberts, 94, of Zanesville, passed away at 12:40 p.m. Saturday, February 14, 2009 at her residence. She was born June 11, 1914, in Morgan County, the daughter of the late Charles and Lavina Alexander Wallace. Opal graduated from Reed Elementary School in Bloom Township, Morgan County and after moving to Zanesville at the age of fifteen, attended...
Corey Allen Taylor
Feb 13, 2009
Corey Allen Taylor, 19, of Zanesville died at 9:45 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2009 at Hopewell. He was born September 17, 1989 in Zanesville a son of Jamie Searls and the late Kenneth Taylor. He was employed by Tyson and Sons Lawn Care. Surviving are his mother, Jamie Searls of Zanesville, grandmother, Graci Searls of Zanesville; grandfather, Jim Searls of...
Pearl A. Frampton
Feb 9, 2009
Pearl A. Frampton, 88, of Gratiot, died at 2:11 p.m. Monday, February 9, 2009 at Autumn Healthcare of Zanesville. She was born June 14, 1920, in Newark, Ohio, a daughter of the late John and Violet Ramsey Houdeshell. She was a home maker, a devoted wife and mother and was a long standing member of the Gratiot United Methodist Church....
Evelyn L. Anderson
Feb 7, 2009
Evelyn L. Anderson, 79, of Zanesville, died at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, February 7, 2009 at her residence. She was born August 16, 1929, in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late Clyde and Goldie Batteiger Church. She grew up working for her family's Bakery, known as Lee's Bakery. Evelyn was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Surviving are two...

Howard C. Broom
Feb 6, 2009
Howard C. Broom, 83, of Zanesville, died at 9:08 a.m. Friday, February 6, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital. He was born October 11, 1925, in Alma Ill., a son of the late John Angus and Nellie Belle Schermerhorn Broom. He was the former owner and operator of Howard Service Company. He was a member of The Church of Jesus...
L Jean Shuey
Feb 3, 2009
L. Jean Shuey, 83, of Zanesville, died at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan emergency room. She was born February 13, 1925, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Lewis and Virtue Baker Showalters. She graduated from Lash High School Class of 1943, was a member of Finley United Methodist Church, the Ladies Aid Society and...

Phyllis J. Thompson
Jan 31, 2009
Phyllis J. Thompson, 67, of Zanesville, died at home, Saturday, January 31, 2009. She was born May 18, 1941, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Clyde and Bernadetta Friesinger Beisser. She retired as an executive assistant for Ohio University-Zanesville. Phyllis was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church, OES #485 and was a member and organizer of the...
Evelyn J. Wickham
Jan 25, 2009
Evelyn Joan "Jo" Wickham, 59, of Zanesville, died at 2:48 p.m. Sunday, January 25, 2009 at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born January 17, 1950, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Pearley Benjamin Wickham and Virginia Paynter Wickham Doyle. She was a member of the Bible Methodist Church of Zanesville and enjoyed all activities at the nursing home...
Barbara A. Carpenter
Jan 25, 2009
Barbara Lee "Bobbie" Carpenter, 72, of Zanesville, died at 3:22 p.m. Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital. She was born January 29, 1936, in Dresden, a daughter of the late Henry and Lizzie Farus Gill. She retired after 25 years of service as a paralegal for Gottlieb, Johnston, Beam & Dal Ponte, PLL, Attorneys at Law. She...
John W. Wolfley
Jan 24, 2009
John W. "Jack" Wolfley , 79 of Zanesville, died at 5:28 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Autumn Healthcare in Zanesville. He was born March 12, 1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana a son of the late Edward L. And Mary E. Trees Wolfley. He graduated from Purdue University in 1956 with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering. He was a U.S. Army...

Kay A. Smart
Jan 24, 2009
Kay Arlene Smart, 60, of Gratiot, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2009 at her residence. She was born January 12, 1949, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Roy Lee and Roma C. Varner Smart. She was a day care provider and a member of the Gratiot United Methodist Church. Surviving are a sister, Teresa L. Blackstone of...

Katherine Gard
Jan 22, 2009
Katherine Gard, 78, of Gallipolis, died at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, January 22, 2009 at The Ohio State University Medical Center. She was born September 19, 1930, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Walter and Anastazia Berykela Bednarczuk. She was a retired school teacher and was a former owner and operator of Places To Go Travel Agency. She was a...
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