Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Reba Fern Vinsel
Oct 30, 2007
Reba Fern Vinsel, 88, of Zanesville, died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the Clay House. She was born September 25, 1919, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Herman and Mary Bertha "Mollie" Krout Clossman. She was a secretary for GE, was a longtime member of St. John's Lutheran Church and a former member of the Zanesville...

Rex A. Dunn
Oct 27, 2007
Rex Arlen Dunn, 60, of Zanesville, died at 9:07 a.m. Saturday, October 27, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan emergency room. He was born January 22, 1947 in Zanesville a son of Marjorie Mae Harrop McFarland of New Concord and the late Robert Edgar Dunn. He was a member of Ark Springs Baptist Church. Rex was in construction working with the...

Gregory J. Smith
Oct 27, 2007
Gregory J. Smith, 35, of Zanesville, died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, October 27, 2007 at his residence. He was born April 4, 1972, in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Clarence and Christa Stephens Smith. Gregory was a self employed floor and tile setter and a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Surviving are his wife, Giesela Jones Smith, whom he married...

Drake Charles Cover
Oct 23, 2007
Drake Charles Cover, 3 weeks, of Zanesville, died October 23, 2007 at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. He was born October 2, 2007, in Zanesville, a son of Scott M. and Christine L. Gamble Cover of Zanesville. In addition to his parents, he is also survived by a brother, Sam Cover of Newark; maternal grandmother, Judy Gamble of Zanesville; paternal...

Eloise M. Wheeler
Oct 20, 2007
Eloise M. Wheeler, 91, of Zanesville, died at 10:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born October 3, 1916 in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late Homer and Edna King Bendure. She was a member of the Pleasant Grove Grange for over 60 years. Eloise was an avid artist and had an extensive doll...
Elza Everett Jameson
Oct 17, 2007
Everett "Dagwood" Jameson, 87, died at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at Autumn Healthcare. He was born November 2, 1919, in Roseville, a son of the late Elza and Margaret Kysor Jameson. He was owner & operator of Speed-O-Print and worked in the shoe and men's clothing departments at JC Penney's. He was a member of North Terrace Church...
Edith M. Morrow
Oct 16, 2007
Edith M. "Peg" Morrow, 79, of Zanesville, died at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born July 14, 1928, in Muskingum County, a daughter of the late Charles and Grace Geyer Harden. She was employed for over 20 years as a taper at Essex Wire and was a member of Trinity United Presbyterian...

James N. Butler
Oct 14, 2007
James Norton Butler, of Zanesville, died at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born April 7, 1938, in Zanesville, the son of the late James H. and Mary Gill Butler. Jim was a 34 year employee at Buckeye Welding & Supply Co., a member of the Fair Oaks Baptist Church and was a...

Barbara Lane Painter
Oct 10, 2007
Barbara Painter, 84, of Lewis Center, Ohio, passed away peacefully at 9:12 a.m. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at the Highbanks Care Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born Barbara Arlene Lane, January 24, 1923, in Nashport, Ohio. She graduated from Lash High School in 1941 and worked for Kresge's Five and Dime in Zanesville. She married William "Bill" Painter in...
Cokie B. Turner
Oct 9, 2007
Cokie B. Turner, 104, of Frazeysburg, died at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at her residence. She was born August 4, 1903, in Freed, West Virginia, a daughter of the late George W. and Parentha Estella Raybuck Dye. She worked for RCA for 12 years. She was a member of the Richvale Grange, Pomona Grange, the 7th Degree Grange...

Hallie H. Alexander
Oct 8, 2007
Hallie H. Alexander, 97, of Zanesville, formerly of Luck Ave., died at 12:31 p.m. Monday, October 8, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan hospital. She was born May 18, 1910, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Edward and Blanche Maude Shick Switzer. She was a member of Coburn United Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Donna (Robert) Coleman of Pickerington;...
Charles V. Quimby Sr.
Oct 7, 2007
Charles V. Quimby Sr., 89, of South Zanesville, died at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born October 6, 1918, in Washington County, Ohio, a son of the late Vernon C. Quimby and Laura A. Allison Quimby Ellis. He retired from the Dura Corporation after 32 years of service as a machinist. He...
Robert Virgil Ankrum
Oct 5, 2007
Robert Virgil Ankrum, 87, died at 6:45 a.m. Friday, October 5, 2007 at his residence. Robert was born September 29, 1920, in Hopewell, Ohio, a son of the late Virgil F. and Gladys M. Boyer Ankrum and married his beloved Jean Carter in 1957 in Witchita, Kansas, on the baseball field at home plate. Robert "Bob" played baseball for the...

James F. Potts
Oct 3, 2007
James F. Potts, 73, of Zanesville, died at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at the Marietta Memorial hospital. He was born January 30, 1934, in Zanesville, a son of the late Clifford and Leone Runyan Potts. James attended the South Zanesville Schools and was an U.S. Army Veteran, protecting our country from 1957-1959 while stationed in Germany. Surviving are...
Rita V. Baylor
Sep 30, 2007
Rita V. Baylor, 76, of Zanesville, died at 7:45 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2007 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born March 20, 1931, in Crooksville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Asa and Faye Allen Brown. She worked in the clothing department at Heck's Department Store and was a member of East Forty Church of Christ. She enjoyed...
Doris V. Allwood
Sep 29, 2007
Doris Violetta Allwood, 92, of Zanesville, went home to be with Jesus at 5:03 a.m. Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born December 13, 1914, in High Hill, Meigs Twp., a daughter of the late George William and Edna May Mitchell Careins. She worked hard all her life, first, at the Hazel Atlas Glasshouse and for...

Edward Spinks Jr.
Sep 29, 2007
Edward Spinks, 80, of Zanesville, died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. He was born March 26, 1927, in Zanesville, the son of the late Edward C. and Georgie Colopy Spinks. Mr. Spinks was a seventeen year employee of the United Technology Corp, a member of the Market Street Baptist Church...
Marion Gary Hatfield Iii
Sep 26, 2007
Marion Gary Hatfield III, 38, of Zanesville, died at 1:01 p.m. Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at Licking Memorial Hospital emergency room in Newark. He was born July 7, 1969, in Zanesville, a son of Marion (Jr) and Mary Jo Hatfield of Adamsville. He was a construction worker and roofer for the Dwain J. Merriam Company and an active member of...
Patricia E. Dierkes
Sep 16, 2007
Patricia Ellen " Trish" Dierkes, 45, of Zanesville, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, September 16, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital emergency room. She was born October 13, 1961, in Barnesville, a daughter of Don L. and Amy M. Masters Hupp of Woodsfield. She was a homemaker, a member of North Terrace Church of Christ. The most important part of...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries when they are posted.