obituaries

Jan 18, 2014

Donald G. Taylor, 83 of McConnelsville passed away at 2:20 pm Saturday, January 18, 2014 at his home. He was born December 19, 1930 in Morgan County, the son of the late Lawrence Taylor and Gladys Barnhouse Taylor. He was retired from Federal Mogul after twenty-three years. He was a veteran of the Korean War, life member of Malconta...

Jan 17, 2014

Mary E. Riggs, 80, of Navarre, formerly of McConnelsville passed away January 17, 2014 in Navarre.

She was born December 31, 1933 in Adena, Ohio the daughter of the late Chester Bywater and Effie Mozingo Bywater. She was a housewife and attended the Seventh Street Church of Christ in McConnelsville, and was a wonderful aunt.

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Jan 12, 2014

Ruth E. Chappelear, 90, of McConnelsville, passed away at 9:25 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Riverside Landing Nursing and Rehab Center in McConnelsville.

She was born July 12, 1923, in Joy, to the late Warren Miller and Dessie Duncan Miller.

Mrs. Chappelear had worked at the Ohio State Bank in Columbus and was a...

Jan 11, 2014

Hazel Thompson Syphers, 100 of Pennsville, died on Sat. Jan. 11, 2014 at the Riverside Landing Nursing Home in McConnelsville. She was born on Sept. 15, 1913 in Pennsville to the late J. W. and Mary Thompson. She was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm. She was a member of the Pennsville Church of Christ. She...

Jan 10, 2014

Wilma Leone Waxler, 98, of Tucson, AZ, passed away January 10, 2014, in Tucson, at her daughter, Penny and Joe Atkinson's home.

She would have been 99 on March 18, 2014. She was the second daughter of Edward and Ester Clawson.

Mrs. Waxler was a housewife and seamstress for many years and was a 43-year...

Jan 7, 2014

Glenna D. Kennedy, 90 of Zanesville, died on Tues, Jan. 7, 2014 at the Genesis Morrison House Hospice in Zanesville. She was born on July 17, 1923 in Gastown, Ohio to the late John W. and Bernice Smith Tate. She worked for Timken Roller Bearing in Zanesville and retired from the National Battery Company in Zanesville. She was a...

Jan 1, 2014

Carmelita Scott, 73, of Duncan Falls, passed away at 4:00 a.m. January 1, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville.

She was born April 19, 1940 the daughter of the late C.R. Bill Janes and Aliene Lattimer Janes. She was a housewife and a member of Pennsville Church of Christ in Pennsville.

She is...

Dec 30, 2013

Leonard G. Tabler, 68, of Stewart, Ohio passed away on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 at the Hickory Creek Nursing Center in The Plains. He was born on Feb. 16, 1945 in Chesterhill, Ohio to the late Harley Tabler and Edith Tabler Conant. He worked for the Bern Township Trustee's. He is survived by 1 brother, William "Bill" Tabler of...

Dec 27, 2013

Delmer A. Wells, age 85, of Chesterhill,Ohio, passed away at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, December 29, 2013 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Born on December 24, 1928 in Dexter City, Ohio, he was a son of the late Ernest and Naomi Combs Wells. Delmer was a farmer, an oilfield worker for Murray Carr Drilling Company, and a United States Air...

Dec 26, 2013

Ada C. Blackburn 87, of Malta, passed away at 5:35 p.m. Thursday Dec. 26, 2013, at the Morrison House in Zanesville.

She was born March 28, 1926, in Manchester Township in Morgan County, the daughter of the late James N. Nelson and Maggie Gorrell Nelson.

Mrs. Blackburn worked at Muskingum Valley Grocery Co. She married...

Dec 26, 2013

James Dean Woodward, age 52, of Malta, Ohio passed away at 3:58 p.m. on Thursday, December 26, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Zanesville. He was born September 19, 1961 in Zanesville, the son of the late James B. Woodward and Donna Woodward of McConnelsville. Jim was a graduate of Morgan High School , class of 1980....

Dec 24, 2013

Irene E. Mills, 86 of Zanesville, died on Tues., Dec. 24, 2013 at her home. She was born on Dec. 31, 1926 in Coshocton County to the late Howard T. and Laura Smith Hartley. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband Charles in his ministry. She was a member of the First Assembly of God in Zanesville. She...

Dec 21, 2013

Virginia Lee Norris, 81, of Cutler, died on Sat. Dec. 21, 2013 at her residence. She was born on March 1, 1932 in Greens Run, Ohio near Glouster to the late Leo James and Fearl B. Harris Tate. She graduated from Bartlett High School and then attended Nursing School. She worked as an LPN at O'Blenness Hospital in Athens,...

Dec 16, 2013

View a Video Memorial Patrick Paul Creighton, age 79, of Stockport, Ohio passed away at his residence at 2:30 a.m. on Monday, December 16, 2013 . He was born May 24, 1934 in Barlow, Ohio, a son of the late John E. and Pauline Anderson Creighton. Pat was a Methodist by faith, a Boilermaker for 51 years with Local...

Dec 15, 2013

Georgia L. Pitz, 74, of Stockport, passed away at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville.

She was born May 8, 1939, in Rootstown, to the late Howard Cummins and Zona Hartleben Cummins Gillard.

Mrs. Pitz was a homemaker and was a member of the St. James Catholic...

Dec 10, 2013

William W. (Bill) Jadwin, 52, of Chesterhill, passed away at 9:30 p.m. December 10, 2013, at Riverside Hospital in Columbus.

He was born March 3, 1961, in Dayton, a son of Betty Roberts Jadwin of Chesterhill and the late Samuel Jadwin.

Mr. Jadwin was a truck driver.

In addition to his mother he...

Dec 9, 2013

Linda M. Keck, 69 of Stockport, died on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville. She was born on June 29, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Paul and Phyllis Magsig Shafer. She retired from the Northwest School System in Canal Fulton where she worked as a school teacher and was a member of...

Dec 8, 2013

Harriett J. Harris age 65 of Amesville,Ohio passed away Sunday Dec. 8,2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter (Janie Richards). She was born Aug. 28, 1948 in Akron, O. the daughter of the late Charles and Harriett Wood Harris. She retired from Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Santa Rosa, California. She was a member of the Barlow Presbyterian...

Nov 29, 2013

James D. Hallowell, 62, of McConnelsville passed away at 8:48 a.m., Friday, Nov. 29, at the Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville.

Hallowell was born August 26, 1951 in McConnelsville. James was a handyman and a musician.

He is survived by his father, Glenn Hallowell of Zanesville; two daughters, Heidi (Craig) Perkins of Lancaster and...

Nov 27, 2013

Hazel M. White, 84, of Stockport passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2013, after a long illness. She was born September 4, 1929, in Parma, MO.

She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Davis and Minnie (Hunt) Leslie, brothers John Allen Leslie and George Leslie and sister, Mary Ann Dunbar.

Hazel was an avid...