Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

Roy E. Carpenter Jr.

Dec 1, 2022

Roy E. Carpenter Jr., 74, of Hopewell, died 5:25 P.M., Thursday, December 1, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 6, 1948, in Zanesville, a son to the late Walter Harold Sr. and Ella Jean (Iden) Carpenter. He was a member of Hopewell Free Methodist Church, worked for Owens Corning as a Group...

Michael D. Stotts

Dec 1, 2022

Michael Dale Stotts, 66, of Zanesville, died at 1:53 A.M. on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where he gave the gift of life through organ donation. He was born March 1, 1956, in Zanesville, a son of the late Dale and Patricia (Butler) Stotts. He was a retired Rock Truck Driver for...

Christine E. (Covert) Cannon

Nov 29, 2022

Christine E. Cannon, 70, Zanesville died at 1:37 P.M. Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville. She was born December 20, 1951, to the late Joe and Vonda (Taylor) Covert. She was a member of the Westwood Baptist Church and worked in the Radiology department of Good Samaritan Hospital for twenty three years.

Surviving are...

Bernard E. Mitchell

Nov 17, 2022

Bernard Eugene Mitchell, 94, of Zanesville, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Cedar Hill Care Center, Zanesville. He was born July 16, 1928, in Dexter City, Ohio, as son of the late Charles Albert and Mildred Louise (Fouss) Mitchell. He graduated from Dexter City High School in 1947, and was a All County Center and was inducted into...

Dale "Bruz" A. James

Nov 17, 2022

Dale A. “Bruz” James, of Boca Raton, Florida, passed away unexpectedly on November 9, 2022. Dale was born in Zanesville, Ohio to the late Dale & Jean James.

Dale enjoyed traveling to the US National parks and hiking beside his lifelong partner Tracy. After over 40 years of service, Dale retired from Publix Supermarkets Inc....

Vijay V. Varanasi

Nov 11, 2022

Vijay V. Varanasi, 74 of Cambridge, Ohio passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on November 11, 2022 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus after suffering a stroke. He was born in 1948, in Hyderabad, India to Venkataramana and Alivelu (nee Mangamma) Varanasi.

Vijay grew up in Hyderabad, India and came to the U.S. in 1972 to...

Janet Mae Scheffler

Nov 7, 2022

Janet Mae Scheffler, 89, of Zanesville went to be with her Lord and Savior, November 07, 2022 at the Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville. She was born October 17, 1933, Zanesville to Carl and Iola (Crawford) Scheffler.

Janet was a lifelong resident of Zanesville, she was a waitress at the old Holiday Inn for 23 years and many...

Lovera Huff

Nov 6, 2022

Lovera Huff (92), of Zanesville, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 6, 2022. She was born October 28, 1930, in Zanesville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Ernest and Wilma Stall of Blue Rock, Ohio. She worked at Newberry’s for 10 years and Harts for 30 years. She was a member of St. Nicholas and...

William K. Bowman

Nov 2, 2022

William K. Bowman, 82, of Zanesville, died at 12:23 P.M. Wednesday, November 02, 2022 at Genesis Hospice- Morrison House, Zanesville. He was born December 20, 1939 in Zanesville, a son of the late William and Dorothy (Stillwell) Bowman. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, a U.S. Army reserve Veteran, an avid hunter, fisherman, well known taxidermist and...

Sharon "Mimi" (Richardson) Wise

Nov 1, 2022

Sharon Richardson Wise, 81, born July 16, 1941, passed away at her home surrounded by family on November 1, 2022.

Sharon is survived by her high school sweetheart and husband of 62 years, Robert L. Wise; daughter, Susan (Kirt) Jones; son, Jeffrey (Crystal) Wise; grandchildren, Adam (Shaye) Jones, Andrew (Kendall) Jones, Ali (Kyle) Colopy, Shania (Tiara Krouskoupf)...

Sharon S. (Richardson) Wise

Nov 1, 2022

Arrangements pending.

Donna L. (Cleveland) Lucas

Oct 29, 2022

Donna L. Lucas, 89, of Zanesville, died at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, October 29, 2022, at Clay Gardens Place, Zanesville. She was born May 18, 1933, in Zanesville, Ohio a daughter of the late Myrtle Wallace and Louis Cleveland. Donna was a 1951 graduate of Lash High School. She was a home maker and devoted mother; she was also a...

Clark C. Nicholson

Oct 28, 2022

Clark C. Nicholson, 75, of Nashville, TN, formerly of Zanesville, died at 12:25 P.M. on Friday, October 28, 2022, at Alive Hospice in Nashville.

He was born January 26, 1947, in Zanesville to the late Clarence C. and Ruth G. (Collins) Nicholson. For over twenty-five years he worked at Nicholson Refrigeration Heating and Air Conditioning Co. alongside...

John V. Minosky

Oct 28, 2022

John V. Minosky, 89, of Zanesville, died on Friday, October 28, 2022, at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville. He was born November 19, 1932 in Ava, Ohio to the late Pete and Susie (Frajdy) Minosky.

He retired from the United States Postal Service as a mail carrier after 28 years of service. John was a Catholic by faith, a...

Freddie R. Grimes

Oct 24, 2022

Freddie R. Grimes, 76, of Zanesville, died at Genesis Hospital, Thursday, October 24, 2022.

A cremation was performed under the direction of BOLIN-DIERKES FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY 1271 BLUE AVENUE ZANESVILLE.

Donald W. Allen

Oct 24, 2022

Donald Wayne Allen, 91, of Zanesville, Ohio, passed away on Monday, October 24,, 2022 in Kokomo, IN at North Woods Village nursing home.

He was born on September 20, 1931 in Zanesville, Ohio, a son of the late Howard and Dorthy Allen. He graduated from Zanesville High School in 1950. In 1952, he attended Johnson Bible College...

Margaret Rose Smith

Oct 16, 2022

Margaret Rose Smith, 87, of Zanesville, died at 3:16 P.M. Sunday, October 16, 2022 at Genesis Hospital, Zanesville. She was born November 12, 1934, in Alexander Manitoba, Canada, a daughter of the late Francis and Catherine Paterson Amos. Margaret was a retired Registered Nurse for Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Y-City...

Stuart Lamont Zwelling

Oct 15, 2022

Stuart Monte Zwelling, 67, of Zanesville, died at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, October 15, 2022 at his home.

He was born May 2, 1955 in Zanesville, a son of the late Jerold and Ruth E. Krauthamer Zwelling. Stuart was a member of the Beth Abraham Synagogue and was in Sales all his life.

Surviving are his...

Timothy Smart

Oct 14, 2022

Timothy J. Smart, 59, of Zanesville, died at 6:40 A.M. Friday. October 14, 2022 aat Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville. He was born October 22, 1962, in Muskingum County, Ohio, a son of Roy and Sharon Poole Smart. Tim worked for Flecto Construction as a truck driver. He loved to hunt.

Surviving in addition to his parents, are...

Edna L. (Brown) Craigo

Oct 14, 2022

Edna L. Craigo, 73, of Heath, Ohio, formally of Uhrichsville, died at 12:06 P.M. on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark. She was born May 3, 1949, in Zanesville, a daughter to the late William and Letty Smith Brown. She enjoyed watching The Ohio State Buckeyes, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, the sci-fi channel and horror movies....