Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.

James W. Burch
Sep 20, 2016
James W. Burch, 70, of Zanesville, died at 4:45 P.M. on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. He was born June 6, 1946, son of the late Verna Jean Cook Ware. He loved working on the Polk farm, going to the fairs, and racing horses. James was an outdoorsman enjoying deer hunting and shooting. He never met a stranger and will be...
Rick Stires
Sep 16, 2016
Rick L. Stires, 44, of Zanesville, died at 11:23 P.M. on Friday, September 16, 2016 at Ohio State University Wexler Medical Center. He was born on March 9, 1972 in Zanesville a son of Alfred G. Bud Stires and the late Shirley E. Giffin Stires. Rick had worked at Stambaughs and Robertsons Heating and Cooling and attended Union Tabernacle Church....

Ruby J. (Perkins) Grimes
Sep 9, 2016
Ruby J. Grimes, 88, died at 8:26 A.M. on Friday, September 9, 2016, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville, Ohio. She was born March 9, 1928 in Matewan, West Virginia of the late Sylvester and Bertha Haney Perkins. Mrs. Grimes was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be greatly missed. She is survived by two daughters, Jonda...
Ellen Lea Wilkins
Sep 9, 2016
Ellen Lea Wilkins, 87, of Zanesville, died at 5:18 P.M. on Friday, September 9, 2016 at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 19, 1929 in Barberton, Ohio, daughter of the late Harry and Ada Fox Thompson. She graduated from Salem High School Class of 1947. Ellen married Gale D. Wilkins on July 2,...
Walter 'Deke' E. Miedel
Sep 9, 2016
Walter E. Deke Miedel, Jr., 71, of Zanesville, died at 07:40 A.M. on Friday, September 9, 2016, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House, Zanesville. He was born September 12, 1944 in Zanesville, son of Walter E. Sr. and Kathleen Waltz Miedel. Deke retired as a Police Sergeant with the Zanesville Police Department having served the city for nearly thirty years. He was...
Dorothy C Anderson
Sep 1, 2016
Dorothy C. Anderson, 85, of Brownsville, died at 8:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born August 2, 1931 in Putnam, Connecticut, daughter of the late Joseph Francis and Doris Adams Carlen. She worked at Willow Haven Nursing Home, was a member of New Life Apostolic Church in Glenford, was an avid bird watcher,...

Clarence Russell Vincent
Aug 31, 2016
Clarence Russell Vincent, 61, of Beverly Ohio, died at 3:40 P.M. on Wednesday August 31, 2016 at Muskingum Skilled Nursing Home and Rehabilitation. He was the son of the late Russell Miller and Lydia Ann Noland Vincent. He is survived by his wife, Diane E. Jenkins Vincent; two daughters, Lodema (Matt) Walker of Zanesville and Mary (Bill Marshal) Vincent of...
Michael Gentry
Aug 29, 2016
Michael Anthony Gentry, 55, of Zanesville, died at 5:03 A.M. on Monday, August 29, 2016, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born February 15, 1961 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, son of Kermit and Sandy Gentry. He attended Zanesville High School where he participated in both football and basketball. He also attended Concord College in Athens, West Virginia. Mike loved sports, in...

E. Virginia Shafer
Aug 29, 2016
E. Virginia Shafer passed away August 29, 2016 at the age of 93. Virginia was a life member of the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association. She was a retired editor, feature writer and columnist for the Zanesville, Ohio, Times Recorder. Virginia was a member of Central Presbyterian Church of Zanesville, and the Zanesville Business and Professional Womens Club. Surviving are...
Lisa Ridgway
Aug 29, 2016
Lisa Ridgway, 49, of Zanesville, died at 10:13 A.M. on Monday, August 29, 2016, in the Genesis Hospital Emergency Room, Zanesville. She was born June 30, 1967 in Zanesville, a daughter of Donald and Nancy Butler Newman. She enjoyed riding Harley motorcycles and watching her Dallas Cowboys. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two daughters, Audrey Ridgway...

Joseph Berman
Aug 28, 2016
Joseph Berman, 72, of Zanesville, died at 4:46 P.M. Sunday, August 28, 2016, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born December 17, 1943 in Jackson, Mississippi, son of the late Dr. Louis and Mona Linden Berman. He was a member of the Beth Abraham Jewish Synagogue. He graduated from Salem College in Salem, West Virginia with a Bachelor Degree in...
Robert 'Rob' T Miracle
Aug 27, 2016
Robert T. Rob Miracle, 45, of South Zanesville, died Saturday, August 27, 2016, in Salyersville, Kentucky as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born September 12, 1970 in Zanesville, a son of Steve Miracle and the late Shirley (Grear) Ball. He was the owner-operator of Miracle Custom Coatings for over 15 years. He was a member of Down...
Kathryn G. Nabb
Aug 27, 2016
Kathryn G. Kate Nabb, 95, of Zanesville, died at 5:15 P.M. Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Zanesville Health and Rehab Center, Zanesville. She was born August 7, 1921, in Sonora, a daughter of the late Carlos and Florence Teisinger Nabb. Kathryn was a member of Immanuel Church of Zanesville and retired from Krogers after 40 years of service. She was...

Phyllis A. Shroyer
Aug 25, 2016
Phyllis A. Shroyer, 67, of Zanesville, died at 12:03 A.M. on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at The Oaks at Northpointe. She was born February 3, 1949 in Zanesville, daughter of the late Ernest and Helen Morosko Huber. She was a homemaker and Catholic by faith. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Larry Shroyer, whom she married July...
Juanita Williams
Aug 25, 2016
Juanita Somers Williams, 83, of Zanesville, died at 11:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at her home. She was born August 7, 1933 in Zanesville. She was a 1951 graduate of Lash High School. She and Roy G. Williams were married in 1952 and were divorced in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2002. She was an artist and lived...
Carl Dean Applegate
Aug 24, 2016
Carl Dean Applegate, 84, of Zanesville, died at 11:50 P.M. on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at home. He was born February 1, 1932 in Zanesville, son of the late Earl and Gretchen Bramhall Applegate. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict and retired from AT&T after 36 years of service. He was past master of Malta Lodge...
Nancy Ann Makin
Aug 24, 2016
Nancy Ann Makin, 77, of Zanesville, died at 10:24 P.M. on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. She was born July 17, 1939 in Zanesville, daughter of the late Claude Masterson and Doris Paxson Masterson Boyd. She was a homemaker and had worked at Essex Wire. She was a member of Zanesville Moose Lodge #867. She is survived...
Kenneth Russell Morrison
Aug 21, 2016
Kenneth Russell Russ Morrison, 80, of Zanesville, died at 3:18 P.M. Sunday, August 21, 2016, at Genesis Hospital. He was born in Blue Rock on January 31, 1936, a son of the late Kenneth Ross and Dollie Shook Morrison. He retired as lead mechanic at ODOT after 47 years. He served in the United States Army National Guard of Ohio....
Wanda C. Hayes
Aug 19, 2016
Wanda C. Byers Hayes, 84, of Zanesville, died at 11:20 A.M. on August 19, 2016 at Adams Lane Care Center. She was born March 29, 1932 in Zanesville, daughter of the late Stanton and Mary Groves Byers. A graduate of Lash High School, she worked for ABLE Adult Basic Education for 22 years. She was a member of the Zanesville...

Ronald Barnhart
Aug 19, 2016
Ronald Barnhart, 51, of Columbus, died at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, August 19, 2016 at Scioto Pointe Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born on March 6, 1965 in Zanesville a son of the late Ronald L. and Wanda J. Brown Barnhart. No Calling hours or services will be held. A dignified cremation will take place. BOLIN-DIERKES FUNERAL HOME &...
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