Local obituaries for Zanesville, Ohio and Muskingum County.
Jerrold Arthur Smith
Dec 15, 2014
Jerrold Arthur Smith, 84, of Zanesville, died at 3:20 A.M. on Monday, December 15, 2014, at the Willow Haven Nursing Home. He was born December 22, 1929, in Muskingum County, a son of the late James Richard and Marie Josephine Mitchell Smith. He retired as a truck driver for Thompson Movers and Thompson Moving Mail Route and was a member...
Jay R. Pride
Dec 14, 2014
Jay R. Pride, 66, of Zanesville, went to be with his loving wife of 47 years, Catherine Miller Pride at 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, December 14, 2014. Jay was born May 10, 1948 in Iron Spot, OH to the late Harold and Margaret Pierce Pride. He retired as a journeyman from Brockway Glass after 35 years of service. Jay was...
Thomas William Young
Dec 12, 2014
Thomas William Young, 74, of Zanesville, died at 5:02 P.M. on Friday, December 12, 2014 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. Tom was born on August 25, 1940 in Zanesville a son of the late Charles T. and Clara Belle Mauller Young. He graduated from Maysville High School in 1958 where he excelled in basketball and baseball. He was elected to...
Thomas E. Ryan
Dec 10, 2014
Thomas Edward Ryan, 66, of Zanesville, died at 1:40 A.M. on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born December 21, 1947, in Zanesville, only son of the late Mandle G. and Anna F. Fuchs Ryan. He was a United States Army Vietnam veteran, worked as a Communications Technician for Ohio Bell Telephone for 30 years, and...
Cecil J. Dennis
Dec 8, 2014
Cecil J. Dennis, 82, of Zanesville, died at 12:25 A.M. Monday, December 8, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 9, 1932, in South Zanesville, a son of the late William P. and Stella G. Dean Dennis. He retired as a dipper from Roseville Pottery, and also worked as a logger and dry-waller, was a member of...
Ronald F. Nethers
Dec 8, 2014
Ronald F. Nethers, 78, of Zanesville, died at 8:42 P.M. Monday, December 8, 2014, at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born January 10, 1936, in Nashport, a son of the late Fred J. and Bessie Bowser Nethers. He retired from Rockwell International after 29 and a half years, was in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, and was a member...
Richard J. Shafer
Dec 7, 2014
Richard "Dick" J. Shafer, 69, of Zanesville, died at 9:17 P.M. Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his home. He was born July 1, 1945, to Willis A. and Vivian J. Anders Shafer. Surviving are his loving wife Barbara Shafer; children John, Thomas, and Richard Kessler, and Vicki Mokhtar; two brothers, his twin Dan (Kristy) Shafer and James (Ramona) Shafer; many...
Rodney David Cox
Dec 3, 2014
Rodney David Cox, 83, of Zanesville, died at 11:09 A.M. on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born September 18, 1931, in in West Lafayette, Ohio, a son of the late Robert and Jeannette Ross Cox. He was a graduate of Jefferson (Dresden) High School. He served in the Army, stationed for over a...
Shirley I. (Hiestand) Krouskoupf
Dec 2, 2014
Shirley I. Krouskoupf, 79, of South Zanesville, died at 6:35 P.M. on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 2, 1935, in Basil, a daughter of the late Raymond C. and Doris I. Raver Hiestand. She retired after 22 years with the Bethesda Hospital as an Admitting Specialist, and was a member of Tree...
Charles Lee Snider
Dec 2, 2014
Charles Lee Snider, 72, of Mount Perry, died at 6:18 P.M. on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born July 6, 1942, in Zanesville, a son of Clyde Snider of Gratiot and the late Ruth Foster Snider. He had worked over 30 years in the oil field and also for the Newark Roper Company and the...
Dora I. (Mcintyre) Beitzel
Nov 29, 2014
Dora I. McIntyre Beitzel, 88, of Zanesville, died peacefully at 7:17 A.M. on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at her home. She was born February 28, 1926 in New Philadelphia, Ohio a daughter of the late John and Ada Gartrell McIntyre. She was a member of the Central Trinity United Methodist Church. Dora was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt....
Delbert Lee Giffin
Nov 28, 2014
Delbert "Nick" L. Giffin, 74, of Zanesville, went to be with his savior at 6:31 P.M. on Friday November 28, 2014 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. He was born November 22, 1940 in Athens County to the late Elige and Daisy Rutter Giffin. Nick was a retire Culligan Man after 27 years of service. He is a member of the...
Sandra S. (Larrison) Williams
Nov 25, 2014
Sandra S. (Larrison) Williams, 66, of Zanesville, died at 8:57 P.M. on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at her home surrounded by family and friends. She was born February 18, 1948, in Columbus, to the late Clarence "Bo" Larrison and Virginia McClellan Larrison Himmelspach. She was a cook for many years at the Val-Mar Lounge in Downtown Zanesville. Surviving are her...
Vivian Murel (Cagle) Wills
Nov 23, 2014
Vivian Murel Wills, 88, of Zanesville, died at 7:05 A.M. Sunday, November 23, 2014, at the Oaks at Northpointe in Zanesville. She was born July 8, 1926, in Wesson, MS, a daughter of the late Luther E. and Lula Ratliff Cagle. She had worked as an Inspector for Owens Brockway, and was Baptist by faith. Surviving are a son David...
Javad Habibi
Nov 23, 2014
Dr. Javad Habibi, PhD, born July 30, 1943, passed away Sunday Nov 23, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gity, daughter, Marjan (Dr. Frederick) Frost, and son Mehran (Dr. Angela) Habibi. He leaves behind four loving grand children, Shahrzad and Kian Frost, Rowan and Adrian Habibi, and four brothers and several nieces and nephews. Dr. Habibi...
Jay Charles Griffin
Nov 23, 2014
Jay Griffin, 72, of South Zanesville, died at 9:16 A.M. on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at his home. No services will be held.
Lewis E. Finley
Nov 23, 2014
Lewis E. Finley, 90, of Zanesville, died at 8:20 P.M. on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Genesis Hospice-Morrison House. He was born February 4, 1924, in Ipswich, South Dakota, a son of the late John Edgar and Pearl Leola Crane Finley. He was a WWII Navy Veteran, worked as a Tow Motor Operator at Anchor Hocking Glass, and was a...
Vivian (Thompson) Nicholson
Nov 21, 2014
Vivian Nicholson, 93, of Columbus, formerly of Zanesville, died at 5:40 A.M. on Friday, November 21, 2014, at Abbington of Arlington. She was born April 25, 1921, in Derwent, a daughter of the late William and Emma Saultz Thompson. She had worked as an Operator for Ohio Bell, was a long time Avon Representative, and was a member of Brighton...
Robert M. Tanner
Nov 20, 2014
Robert Michael Tanner, 77, of Zanesville, died at 11:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 20, 2014, at his home. He was born January 19, 1937, in Zanesville, a son of the late Michael R. and Amelia Monsour Tanner. He was Catholic by faith, a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict, had worked as an Independent Truck Driver. Surviving are...
Robert D. Samson
Nov 18, 2014
Robert D. Samson, 71, of Zanesville, died at 9:29 A.M. on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at his home. He was born August 27, 1943, in Zanesville, a son of the late Oscar W. and Rosie Buck Samson. He retired after 36 years of service from Owens Brockway Glass, was a member of the Central Ohio Off Road Association, and he...
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