Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

Doris Elizabeth Fuller
Nov 15, 2008
Elizabeth Fuller, 72, of Zanesville, died at 9:06 a.m. Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born January 6, 1936 in Greens Run, Ohio a daughter of the late Marshall and Lela Hazlette McNutt. She worked as a waitress for Holiday Inn for 37 years and was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post 29...
Charles R. Riggle
Nov 11, 2008
Charles Richard Riggle, 73, of Hopewell, died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born February 22, 1935, in Zanesville, a son of the late Carl and Margaret Sanders Riggle. He was a farmer and building contractor who owned Riggle Building, Remodeling and Repair from 1974 to 1999. He was a member of...
William F. Besser
Nov 10, 2008
William Franklin Besser, 64, of Zanesville, died at 6:35 p.m. Monday, November 10, 2008 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. He was born July 9, 1944, in Zanesville, a son of the late Earl R. and Mary G. Smith Besser. He had worked for United Technologies and in the maintenance department for Longaberger, Co. and Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was...
Eleanor H. Titko
Nov 8, 2008
Eleanor H. Titko, 86, of Zanesville, died at 11:10 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Autumn Healthcare. She was born April 10, 1922, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Harry and Bernice Terry Teisinger. She retired from Brockway Glass and was a member of Central Trinity United Methodist Church, Timber Run Grange, Promona Grange, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and...
Carl Richard Shirer
Oct 26, 2008
Carl Richard Shirer, 81, of South Zanesville, died at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, October 26, 2008 at his residence. He was born July 17, 1927, in Sonora, Muskingum County, the seventh son of the late Wilmer J. and Ina M. Gardner Shirer. After graduating from Adamsville High School Class of 1945, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in a...
James L. Parkinson
Oct 25, 2008
James L. Parkinson, 95, of Zanesville, died at 12:05 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Adams Lane Care Center. He was born July 7, 1913, on Putnam Avenue in Zanesville, a son of the late J. Roy and Clara B. Parkinson. He graduated from Lash High School and Meredith Business College, both in Zanesville. He was a member of Fair...

Sharon G. Baughman
Oct 22, 2008
Sharon Baughman, 70, of Zanesville, died at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born March 12, 1938, in Dayton, a daughter of the late Charles R. and Evelyn May Stupp Bowman. She was a daycare teacher at Kinder Care, was a member of Coburn United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and was a...
Glenn M. Gardner
Oct 21, 2008
Glenn Martin Gardner, 85, of Zanesville, died at 7:18 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born December 14, 1922, in Zanesville, a son of the late Earl and Abbie Bates Gardner. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of 6 years, serving in World War II. He was employed for 13 years in the driver's...

Gerald R. Jones
Oct 20, 2008
Gerald R. Jones, 73, of Zanesville, died at 11:50 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2008 at his residence. He was born December 1, 1934, in Muskingum County, a son of the late William B. and Grace Plumley Jones. He retired as a hot end supervisor for Owens Brockway Glass after 40 years of service. He attended Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church,...
Pauline S. Krohn
Oct 20, 2008
Pauline S. Krohn, 80, of Zanesville, died at 12:45 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2008 at her residence. She was born April 4, 1928, in Cleveland, a daughter of the late Saul and Irene Levy Schermer. She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Michigan and worked as a social worker in Cleveland prior to moving to Zanesville. She was...

Chester Sheward
Oct 18, 2008
Chester (Chet) Sheward, 52, of Zanesville, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at his residence. He was born February 24, 1956, a son of Dorothy Louise Arnett Sheward Ballenger and the late Otis E. Sheward. He was employed as a construction worker and loved the Cleveland Browns and was an avid motorcycle enthusiast. Surviving are his mother and step father, Dorothy...

Evelyn Jean Gallant
Oct 17, 2008
Evelyn Jean Gallant, 86, of Zanesville, died at 3:15 a.m. Friday, October 17, 2008 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born June 13, 1922, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Cora Hennessey Patterson. She was a member of the Putnam Presbyterian Church and the Margaret Blue O.C.C.L. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Davis and Gloria...
Gilbert Nach
Oct 16, 2008
Gilbert Nach, 89, of Zanesville, died at 2:15 a.m. Thursday, October 16, 2008 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born July 2, 1919, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Benjamin I. and Pearl Weinberg Nach. He was a retired stock broker and a US Army World War II Veteran. Surviving are his wife, Joan Diana Symons...
Ruth L. Fisher
Oct 13, 2008
Ruth L. Fisher, 92, of South Zanesville, went to be with her Lord, Monday, October 13, 2008 at her residence with her loving family around her. She was born January 16, 1916, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late Jess O. and Hazel Albright Wilson. Ruth was a person who loved life, her family, flowers and animals and Pink was...

George D. Lewis
Oct 12, 2008
George D. Lewis, 81, of Zanesville, died at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, October 12, 2008 at his residence. He was born October 20, 1926, in Zanesville, a son of the late John Albert and Christine Lewis. He was a retired foreman for Ohio Power, was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Amity Masonic Lodge #5 F&AM and the Freeland...

Leona Mae Harris
Oct 12, 2008
Leona Mae Bowers Harris, 89, formerly of Asbury Chapel Road and Maple Avenue High Rise, died at 6:12 p.m. Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Adams Lane Care Center, where her two sisters were also patients. She was born July 31, 1919, a daughter of the late William Henry and May Delia Melvin Bowers and was the last surviving member of...

Jenny L. Polk
Oct 11, 2008
Jenny L. Polk, 65, of Zanesville, passed away at 4:58 p.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born September 1, 1943, in Zanesville, the daughter of Joseph J. Polk and the late Norma M. Underhill Polk. Jenny was a member of the Trinity Full Gospel Church. Surviving are her father, Joseph J. Polk of...
Rev L. Henry Mayle
Oct 11, 2008
Rev. L. Henry Mayle, 86, of Zanesville, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 1:28 a.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the Adams Lane Care Center. Rev. Mayle was born September 10, 1922, in Washington County, the son of the late Carroll T. and Annice Croston Mayle. As a boy he grew up on a farm in the...

Charles L. Hannum
Oct 7, 2008
Charles L. Hannum, 86, of Zanesville, died at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Cedar Hill Care Center. He was born April 6, 1922, in Caldwell, Ohio, a son of the late Elmer and Laura Dennis Hannum. He retired after 26 years of service for the United States Army and later was employed by Boeing Aircraft. He was a...
Peggy J. Lewis
Sep 29, 2008
Peggy J. Lewis, 85, of Zanesville, died at 5:25 a.m. Monday, September 29, 2008 at Willow Haven Care Center. She was born February 5, 1923, in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late Ben B. and Ruth A. Conn Nichols. She retired as a sodder pot operator for United Technologies, was employed at the Sweet Station for 10 years and...
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