Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

Helen C. Moorhead
Jul 11, 2007
Helen C. Moorhead, 78, of Nashport, died at 7:58 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born June 19, 1929, in Westerville, Ohio, a daughter of the late James L. and Vesta Allberry Lambert. She was a retired LPN, enjoyed scrapbooking, quilting and building doll houses. Surviving are two daughters, Vesta "Diane" Fell of Zanesville and...
Ronald G. Rath
Jul 10, 2007
Ronald G. Rath, 65, of Byesville, died at 6:11 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at his residence. He was born October 17, 1941, in Zanesville, a son of the late Harold and Edith Brock Rath. He was self-employed for DHL for 15 years, was the former owner of Millers Flowers for 33 years, served as president of FTD in 1981,...

Martin I. Zwelling
Jul 6, 2007
Martin I. Zwelling, 94, of 1065 Johnson Ave., Newark, Ohio, died at 9:05 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2007 at the Chestnut House in Newark, Ohio. He was born June 5, 1913, in Zanesville, the son of the late Harry and Tillie Abraham Zwelling. Martin was an Engineer at the former McGraw Edison Corp., retiring in 1978. He was a member...
Russell E. Glaub Sr.
Jun 24, 2007
Russell E. Glaub Sr., 80, of Zanesville, died at 5:12 p.m. Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born July 30, 1926, in Zanesville, a son of the late Charles and Gladys Shearer Glaub. He retired as a Route Driver for Pepsi Cola after 35 years of service. He was a life member of Trinity Evangelical...
Charles R. Kreis
Jun 23, 2007
Charles Robert "Bob" Kreis, 89, died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Summerville, The Inn at North Hills. He was born September 18, 1917, in Adams Township, Muskingum County, a son of the late John William and Iona Belle Trottman Kreis. He was a 1935 graduate of Salem-Adams High School and the DeForest's School of Radio, Sound and...

Sally Ann Lemmon
Jun 22, 2007
Sally Ann Lemmon, 71, of Zanesville, died at 12:38 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2007 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 19, 1936, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Robert and Alice Marguerite Roach Zinsmeister. She was employed in Administration for 54 years for the Times Recorder. She was a 50 plus...

Eleanor D. Milder
Jun 20, 2007
Eleanor D. Milder, 92, of Zanesville, died at 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at her residence. She was born April 20, 1915, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Theodore H. and Cleo Baughman Lane. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. Surviving are a son, Geoffrey Milder of Zanesville. Besides her parents, she was preceded in...

Charles M. Headley
Jun 18, 2007
Charles M. Headley, 88, of Zanesville, died at 9:20 p.m. Monday, June 18, 2007 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born July 12, 1918, in Cannelville, Ohio, a son of the late George and Emma Hogg Headley. He worked on the railroad for 15 years, worked as a forklift operator for Brockway Glass for 20 years and was owner-operator of...
Jerry K. Dankers Sr.
Jun 18, 2007
Jerry K. Dankers Sr., 62, of Zanesville, died at 3:55 a.m. Monday, June 18, 2007 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital after a courageous battle with lung cancer, surrounded by great neighbors and family. He was born August 26, 1944, in Bremerton, Washington, a son of the late John and Velma Morehouse Dankers. He was employed in Parts and Sales for...
Larry G. Van Wye
Jun 17, 2007
Larry G. Van Wye, 70, of Heathrow, Florida, died at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, June 17, 2007 at his residence. He was born October 28, 1936, in Zanesville, a son of the late Paul W. and Pearl N. Gordon Van Wye. He was a area manager for the National Association for the Self Employed and the United Group Association as well...

Glenn C. Parker
Jun 14, 2007
Glenn C. Parker, 93, of Zanesville, died at 8:55 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2007 at his residence. He was born September 29, 1913, in Rutland, North Dakota, a son of the late Charles H. and Ella Christian Ahrlin Parker. He was a Lutheran by faith, received his PH D. from the University of Chicago - Illinois and was a superintendent...
Robert J. Wentzel
Jun 12, 2007
Robert J. Wentzel, 65, of Mount Perry, died at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at his residence. He was born October 1, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan, a son of the late Charles and Angelina Costoline Wentzel. He served 28 years in the United States Air Force, serving in the Vietnam War and was a fireman for 34 years for...

Sidney Fish
Jun 12, 2007
Sidney Fish, of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Cambridge, OH and Cleveland, OH, passed away on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 after an extended illness. As a teenager, Mr. Fish worked as a brick layer in his father's construction business in Cleveland until he enlisted in the US Army in 1942. Following his discharge in 1945, he married his beloved Sara...
Harry L. Best
Jun 10, 2007
Harry L. Best of 827 Talley Avenue, born May 11, 1910, died at the age of 97 of complications following a fall on the ice in February 2007. Born in Malta, OH, he graduated from M&M High School where he varsity lettered four years in basketball, baseball and football. He remained a life long sports fan and was a member...

Clarence J. Mansfield
Jun 7, 2007
Clarence J. Mansfield, 86, of Zanesville, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, June 7, 2007 at Cedar Hill Care Center. He was born November 18, 1920, in Zanesville, a son of the late James E. and Blanche Mattingly Mansfield. He was a retired cabinet maker for Mock Woodworking, was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, a life member of the...

Alma M. Eppley
Jun 5, 2007
Alma Marie Eppley, 85, of Zanesville, died at 12:38 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born October 14, 1921, in Stonewall, Oklahoma, a daughter of the late Heas and Nella B. Gouge Anderson. She retired as a dietician at Bethesda Hospital after over 20 years of service and had also worked for the West...

Shirley R. Wakeley
Jun 5, 2007
Shirley Ruth Wakeley, 63, of Zanesville, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital due to complications from surgery. She was born June 16, 1943, in Zanesville. She worked for United Technologies for 16 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, James R. Wakeley Sr; mother, Ruth E. Wickham; brother, Ralph (Bill) Robbins; brother, David...

Barbara E. Syphers
Jun 4, 2007
Barbara Ellen Best Syphers, 70, of Zanesville, died at 12:10 a.m. Monday, June 4, 2007 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House after a two year illness with Breast Cancer. She was born May 31, 1937 in Pennsville, a daughter of the late Russell and Mabel Hooper Best of Canton. Barbara graduated from Canton High School in 1954. She and Ronald Syphers where...

Marshall I. Beish
Jun 4, 2007
Marshall I. Beish, 87, of Zanesville, died at 1:40 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2007 at his residence. He was born June 16, 1919, in Woodland, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Alvin and Amelia Maines Beish. He retired as a maintenance worker for the Burnham Corporation after 21 years of service and had worked as a coal miner and for...
Wilma M. Smith
May 29, 2007
Wilma M. Smith, 81, of Zanesville, died at 11:38 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at the Muskingum County Home. She was born December 10, 1925, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Willis and Guyla Shreve Van Scoy. She sold Avon products for 13 years, was an avid bowler and she had belonged to many bowling leagues. She...
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