Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

James Allen Graves Sr.
Dec 27, 2006
James Allen Graves Sr., 67, of Zanesville, died at 10:05 p.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 14, 1939, in Dresden, a son of the late Wilbur and Marie McDonald Graves. He was a tankerman for Valero Energy. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Pennington Graves, whom he married January 22, 1977,...

Louise E. Kirkbride
Dec 24, 2006
Louise E. Kirkbride, 88, of Lake Wales, FL., passed away at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, December 24, 2006 at the Grove Center in Lake Wales, FL. She was born October 13, 1918, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late David H. and Charlotte Murphy Evans. Louise was office secretary at Zane Auto Parts, retiring in 1984. She was a longtime member...

Arietta Steed
Dec 24, 2006
Arietta Steed, 86, of Zanesville died at 1:54 p.m. Sunday, December 24, 2006 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born April 22, 1920 in Logan, WV., a daughter of the late Thomas and Ethel Garner Day. Arietta was the Co-Owner of Steed Music Centre and after its closing she worked for Good Samaritan Hospital for 10 years. She was...

Betty Lou Miller
Dec 22, 2006
Betty Lou Miller, 69, of Zanesville, went to be with her Lord and Savior and family at 3:30 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2006. She was born February 14, 1937 in Zanesville a daughter of the late Delbert and Constance P. Thompson Smith. She was a tester for Custom Coil and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Surviving are her loving...
Cecil Newton
Dec 21, 2006
Cecil E. Newton, 77, of Zanesville, died at 9:48 a.m. Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born April 9, 1929, in South Zanesville, a son of the late Oscar Newton and Grace Albers. Cecil was a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was a member of South Zanesville United Methodist Church and worked...

Mary E. Hill
Dec 20, 2006
Mary E. Hill, 89, of Zanesville, died at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born September 7, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of the late William T. and Mary Ethel ( Murphy) Tracey. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, an avid gardener and reader. Mary was a member of...

Sara M. Fish
Dec 17, 2006
Sara Rogovin Fish of Boca Raton, Fla, formerly of Cambridge, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 17, 2006, following a brief illness. Sara attended The Ohio State University and worked in the scrap metal business in Cleveland during World War II, where she met her future husband, Sidney. The Fishes returned to her hometown of Cambridge, where they raised three...
Barbara A. Taylor
Dec 16, 2006
Barbara Ann Taylor, 76, of Zanesville, died at 10:25 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2006 at the Genesis Hospice and Palliative Care. She was born January 29, 1930, in Zanesville, the daughter of the late Wayne and Margaret Wells Ross. Barbara was a former secretary for the Zanesville City Schools and later became a secretary at Sears & Roebuck until her...

Tam L. Greulich
Dec 13, 2006
Tam L. Greulich, 46, of Zanesville, died at 12:41 a.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at the OSU James Cancer Center in Columbus. She was born October 30, 1960, in Zanesville, the daughter of Alma Wilson Reeves and the late Homer Reeves. Tam attended the St Thomas Catholic Church and was an X-Ray Technician for HealthCare Specialists of Southeastern Ohio. Surviving...
Cyril C. Pletcher Sr.
Dec 11, 2006
Cyril C. (Cliff) Pletcher, 81, of South Zanesville, died at 5:28 p.m. Monday, December 11, 2006 at the Genesis Good Samaritan Medical Center. Cyril was born September 11, 1925, in Muskingum County, the son of the late Warren and Wanita Ashford Pletcher. He was a retired coal miner, a member of the Cornerstone Full Gospel Church, loved to hunt and...
Carolyn K. Davis
Dec 4, 2006
Carolyn K. Davis, 70, of Zanesville, died at 9:55 a.m. Monday, December 4, 2006 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was born February 1, 1936 in Ashley, Ohio, a daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Harry "Red" Kohler. She retired after 36 years of service at Lear Corporation. Carolyn enjoyed photography, taking many pictures of family, flowers and her...

Hugh K. Mcdonald
Dec 4, 2006
Hugh Kenneth McDonald, 87, of Dresden Ohio, died at 8:53 p.m. Monday, December 4, 2006 at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. Kenneth was born February 2, 1919, in Zanesville, the son of the late Hugh L. and Elsie Brill McDonald. He was a longtime farmer and also worked for the Department of Natural Resources as a Maintenance Supervisor at the Dillon...
Hilda M. Ruby
Dec 1, 2006
Hilda M. Ruby, 81, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Zanesville, died at 11:05 a.m. Friday, December 1, 2006 at Sunny Vista Living Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born January 11, 1925, in Middleport, Ohio, a daughter of the late Roy and Flora Jesse Lucas. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Surviving are...
Floyd E. Lemmon, Sr
Nov 25, 2006
Floyd E. Lemmon Sr., 80, of Zanesville, passed away at his residence on November 25, 2006. He was born June 21, 1926, in Zanesville, the son of the late Carl and Dorothy (McCoid) Lemmon. He was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. He was a World War II Army Veteran, a member of the VFW George Selsam Post 1058,...
Pamela K. Iden
Nov 23, 2006
Pamela K. Iden, 44, of Zanesville, died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, November 23, 2006 at Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus. She was born January 20, 1962, in Zanesville, a daughter of Mary Jo Fulton Iden of Zanesville and the late Donald B. Iden. She graduated from Zanesville High School Class of 1980, where she played basketball for the Lady Devils,...
Dianna L. Gillespie
Nov 22, 2006
Dianna L. " Dee" Gillespie, 49, of Zanesville, went to be with the Lord at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at her home. She was born May 17, 1957, in Long Valley, New Jersey, a daughter of Donald (Eileen) Hoffler Sr. of Beachhaven, N.J. and Gladys Fostle Hoffler of Panther Valley, N.J. She graduated from the University of Delaware...

Roberta J. Madinger
Nov 21, 2006
Roberta J. Madinger, 78, of Zanesville, died at 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at the Genesis Hospice Morrison House and Palliative Care. She was born June 11, 1928, in Coraopolis, PA., the daughter of the late George and Ruth Beggs Borne. Roberta was a retired waitress and a member of the Asbury Chapel Church. Surviving are two daughters, Sherry...
Gladys Mae Wylie
Nov 21, 2006
Gladys Mae Wylie, 84, of Zanesville, died at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at Genesis Extended Care & Rehab Center. She was born June 23, 1922, in New Concord, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Daisey Lyons Stevens. She was a member of First Baptist Church for over 50 years. Surviving are a son, Larry Wylie of Zanesville;...

Belva Lee Harris
Nov 20, 2006
Belva Lee Harris, 92, of Zanesville, died at 8:05 p.m. Monday, November 20, 2006 at the Genesis Hospice Morrison House and Palliative Care. She was born April 28, 1914, in Senecaville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles and Minnie Bowman Smith. Belva retired in the Glaze Sorting Department at the former Mosiac Tile Co. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara...
Ruth B. Micka
Nov 20, 2006
Ruth Eloise Fox Micka, 88, of Gahanna, died at 12:05 p.m. Monday, November 20, 2006 at Willow Haven Care Center. She was born July 11, 1918, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Frank and Helen Lemon Fox. She graduated from Lash High School in 1936, had worked for Ohio Bell Telephone as a switchboard operator and then retired from...
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