Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Joseph John Messina Jr.
Oct 7, 2025
Joseph John Messina Jr., 78, of Zanesville, died at 12:09 A.M. on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at Genesis Hospital. He was born November 29, 1946, in Dorchester, MA. A son of the late Joseph Messina Sr.
Joseph was a handyman and worked as a plumber. He loved reading his Bible and was a member of the Word of God Community Church...
Christopher "Chris" M. Starkey
Oct 3, 2025
Christopher “Chris” M. Starkey, 42, of Zanesville, died at 11:53 P.M. on Friday, October 3, 2025, at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. He was born April 24, 1983, in Zanesville, a son of late Frederick Roy Starkey and his mother, Earlene Mobley. Chris devoted more than twenty-two years working as a field supervisor for Formation Cementing in the oil...
Rev. Webster G. Cox
Oct 1, 2025
Rev. Webster G. Cox, 88, of Zanesville, died at 8:34 A.M. on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, peacefully at home. He was born February 10, 1937, in Hamilton, Ohio, a son of the late Dillard and Susie (Isaccs) Cox. Webster was a 1954, graduate of Trenton High School and attended Muskingum College, he graduated with his master’s degree in Divinity from...
Marion "Cecil" Butler
Sep 29, 2025
Marion “Cecil” Butler, 53, of Zanesville, died unexpectedly at 11:57 P.M. on Monday, September 29, 2025, at Genesis Hospital Emergency Room. He was born June 21, 1972, in Cleveland, a son of the late Donnie and Brenda (Hobbs) Butler. Cecil worked as a mechanic and was a true family man. He cherished spending his days with the love of his...
Mark Jeffrey Coganow
Sep 28, 2025
Mark Jeffrey Coganow, 73, of Columbus passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2025 while in the care of the Columbus Alzheimer's Center. He was born on May 16, 1952 to George and Hyacinth (Levine) Coganow in Zanesville, Ohio.
All local arrangements have been entrusted to the BOLIN-DIERKES FUNERAL HOME, 1271 BLUE AVENUE, ZANESVILLE. A private burial will take place at the...
Julie S. Norris
Sep 26, 2025
Julie Susan (Webb) Norris, 82, of Newark, went to be with her Lord at 7:20 A.M. on Friday, September 26, 2025, at Brookdale Senior Living. She was born September 2, 1943, in Coshocton, Ohio, a daughter of the late Harry and Edna (Randles) Webb. Julie was a graduate of Newark High School and married Basil Norris Sr. on July 21,...
Robert A. Russell
Sep 22, 2025
Robert A. Russell, 65, of Zanesville, died at 3:20 P.M. on Monday, September 22, 2025, at home. He was born March 22, 1960, in Zanesville, a son of the late Robert E. and Barbara E. (Waxler) Russell. Robert was a lively spirit and never knew a stranger, he was the first resident in the Muskingum Ark Housing Apartments for adults...
Mary Lou Hinton
2025
Mary L. (Reynolds) Hinton, a longtime resident of Lowell, Ohio, went to be with the lord on September 20, 2025. She was born on September 15 in Marietta, Ohio to the late Milo and Amanda Stauch Reynolds.
Mary was a graduate of Marietta High School in the class of 1956. She was a member of the Lowell United Methodist Church, the...
Elizabeth "Betty" Drake
Sep 19, 2025
Elizabeth (Betty) Drake was born Elizabeth Jane Pickrell on November 16, 1932 to Roy and Mary Pickrell of Zanesville, Ohio. She was 92 years old when she passed away on September 19, 2025. Betty is preceded in death by her husband, Thurman Drake Sr., her father Roy Pickrell and mother, Mary Pickrell and her 6 brothers: Dick, Bill, Ed, Ted,...
Deanna & Paul Smith
Sep 15, 2025
With love and sorrow, we announce the passing of Deanna J. Smith, who died September 15, 2025, and her beloved husband Paul V. Smith, who died June 11, 2025.
Deanna J. (Mansfield) Smith, 81, formerly of Winter Haven, FL, died September 15, 2025, at Genesis Hospice Morrison House. She was born December 17, 1943, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late...
Donald E. Jones
Sep 5, 2025
Donald E. Jones went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 5, 2025 at his home. He was born February 19, 1939, in Zanesville, Ohio, to the late Glenn E. and Edith M. (Lindamood) Jones. He was the grandson of the late Lonny Ray and Florance (Tom) Lindamood.
Don served in the Navy in 1959 to 1963. He...
Irma L. Timmons
Sep 2, 2025
Irma L. Timmons, 95, went home to be reunited with her husband of 70 years, son Mike, and daughter Deb on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. She was a devoted and beloved wife and mother. In her life she was a stay at home mom, church secretary, treasurer, and Awana leader among many other things.
She is survived by her daughter Pam...
Marilyn S. Swope
Sep 1, 2025
Marilyn S. Swope, 71, of Zanesville, passed away on September 1, 2025, at home. She was born September 24, 1953, in Columbia, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Harold R. and Virginia Marie (Roll) Hedges. Marilyn was married to the love of her life, Russell E. Swope for 26 years, who she married October 10, 1992, and was an active...
Larry Lee Neff
Aug 31, 2025
Larry Lee Neff, affectionately known as “Pap,” passed away peacefully at the age of 91 on August 31, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. A lifelong resident of Muskingum County, he made his home in Zanesville, Ohio. He was born in Cannelville, Ohio, to Robert Theodore “Ted” and Ruth E. (Maxwell) Neff, Larry grew up with his brothers, Thomas “Tom”...
Daniel Eugene Snider
Aug 30, 2025
Daniel Eugene Snider, 85, of Zanesville, died at 3:25 A.M. on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at The Oaks at Bethesda, Zanesville. He was born October 14, 1939, in Wheaton, Maryland. A son of the late Daniel Eli and Jacquelyn (Hagan) Snider. Dan retired as a Pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, where he poured his heart into sharing the word...
Robert Ralph Melsheimer
Aug 29, 2025
Robert Ralph Melsheimer, 70, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and Zanesville; passed away on Friday on August 29, 2025. He was born in Chicago, Il on December 10, 1954 to Ralph and Elaine (Wiedenhoft) Melsheimer. Bob was on the Genesis Healthcare Foundation Pro-am Committee as well as the Genesis Foundation Board. He and his wife, Susan, dedicated many years...
Douglas A. Milstead
Aug 28, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Douglas Ashley “Butch” Milstead, age 63, of Zanesville, Ohio, who passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on August 28, 2025, after a decades-long battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
Douglas was born on August 1, 1962, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Darrell Milstead and Patricia Mathews Walters. He retired from the United...
Susan A. Kuhn
Aug 28, 2025
Susan A. Kuhn, 79, of Nashport, died at 10:30 P.M. on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 7, 1946, in Zanesville, a daughter of the late Robert E. and Elsie (Spinks) Wright Sr. Susan worked as a Case Manager for Muskingum County Job and Family Services – Child Support Division from...
Jerry S. Henderson
Aug 22, 2025
Mr. Jerry Samuel Henderson, age 85, of New Concord, passed away surrounded by family at 3:45 p.m. on August 22, 2025, at Genesis Hospice Morrison House in Zanesville. He was born on August 11, 1940, in Townsend, Tennessee, the son of the late Nina and Samuel Henderson.
Jerry graduated from Alcoa High School in 1958 and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees...
John W. Young Jr.
Aug 22, 2025
John W. Young Jr., 77, of Zanesville, died on Friday, August 22, 2025 at his home. He was born July 10, 1948, in Zanesville, a son of the late John W. Young Sr. and Clara Ellen Glasscock. John retired from Kroger after 33 years and worked for Edy’s Ice Cream, where he won the “Oldest Rookie of the Year” award....
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