Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Rhea Colling
Nov 20, 2008
Rhea Colling, 87, of Roswell, New Mexico, formerly of Zanesville, died at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Eastern New Mexico Hospital. She was born November 25, 1920, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Mont and Elsie Holmes Hiles. She was a retired store manager for K Bowling Supply, a member of Rebekah Lodge Eastern Star and Amrou...
Moneen S. Morgan
Nov 18, 2008
Moneen Sue Morgan, 74, of Zanesville, died at 2:06 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Grant Medical Center emergency room. She was born April 21, 1934, in Portersville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Dunwood Bolner and Esther Crook Bishop. She retired after 13 years of service as a packer for Akro Corporation, was a member of the Crooksville Free...
Essel P. Lasley
Nov 16, 2008
Essel P. Lasley, 97, of Zanesville, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at her residence. She was born June 18, 1911, in Ostrander, Ohio, a daughter of the late Spencer and Bertha Stone Roush. She worked for the Muskingum County Treasurer's Office and was a former secretary and long time member at Fair Oaks Baptist Church. She was co-director along with...

Jerome J. Goodman
Nov 16, 2008
Jerome J. Goodman, 85, of Zanesville, died at noon Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born April 2, 1923, in Zanesville, a son of the late Abraham and Cecelia Rubin Goodman. Jerome was a 3rd generation owner/operator and bookkeeper of Goodman Steel for 61 years. He received his degree in Accounting from Miami University of...
Barney B. Bailes Sr.
Nov 15, 2008
Barney B. Bailes Sr, 49, of Newark, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his residence. He was born October 25, 1959, in Columbus, Ohio, a son of Edith L. Conrad of Lancaster and the late Charles H. Bailes. He was employed as an auto mechanic, was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and loved working on cars. Surviving are...

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...
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