obituaries

Oct 18, 2012

Glenn Dayle McKee 80, of McConnelsville passed away at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 at the Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville.

He was born August 16, 1932 in Sharon, OH, a son of the late William Dayle McKee and Zola E. Teeters McKee.

He was retired from Central Ohio Coal Co. and the...

Oct 18, 2012

Phyllis Lorene Holbert Nichols age 76 passed away at her home Thurs. Oct. 18, at 2:55 p.m. in Chesterhill, O. She was born Jan. 26, 1936 in Columbus,O.the daughter of Luther and Dorothy Singer Holbert. She was a case manager in Education & Training for the Athens County Dept. of Human Services and Protestant by faith. Surviving are 3...

Oct 16, 2012

Oliver Wendell Hambel, 96, of Stockport, died on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 at 1:50 P.M. at the Highland Oaks Nursing Home in McConnelsville. He was born on May 19, 1916 in Corning, Ohio to the late Everett and Gladys Updike Hambel and was a self-employed construction worker. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was...

Oct 13, 2012

Goldie Mae Mayle, 97 of Amesville, died on Sat., Oct. 13, 2012 at 11:35 A.M. at the Arbors of Marietta. She was born on January 15, 1915 in Sharpsburg, Ohio to the late Granville and Mary Dalton Hill. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of God in Ravenswood, West Virginia. She is survived by 3...

Oct 12, 2012

Sharon Delores Mayle Lucas, 61 of Cutler died on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 at 8:45 P.M. at the Marietta Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on July 31, 1951 in Marietta Ohio to the late Alonzo and Esta Hurst Mayle. She was a house wife and a member of the Southland Mission Church in Cutler. She is survived...

Oct 10, 2012

Agnes Faye Mooney Love, 52 of Frazeysburg, died on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2012 at 10:00 P.M. at her residence. She was born on June 5, 1960 in Charleston West Virginia to the late Earl and Mary Price Mooney. She was a home maker and a former employee of Mark Rest Center in McConnelsville. She is survived by her fiancée...

Oct 2, 2012

Mary Lou Kern, 93, of McConnelsville, formerly of Stockport passed away at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012, at the Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville.

She was born May 22,1919 in Stockport to the late Clarence Ellis and Marie Grub Ellis.

Mary Lou was retired from the Clevite Corp. of McConnelsville, where she had...

Sep 28, 2012

Lucina D. Watts 96, of 2643 E. Hooppole Ridge Rd. McConnelsville , passed away at 6:10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville. She was born November 5, 1915 in Muskingum County the daughter of the late Richard Apperson and Della Demster Apperson. She was a housewife and helped on the farm with her...

Sep 27, 2012

Frank L. Koehnle Sr., 79, of McConnelsville, passed away at 4:40 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 at Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville.

He was born June 4, 1933 in Porters Falls, WV, a son of the late Forest Clyde Conley and Ruth Agnes Cherry Conley.

He was an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict...

Sep 25, 2012

Charles Edward Snider, age 82 of McConnelsville,O. passed away at 6:00 a.m. Tues. September 25. 2012 at the Highland Oaks Nursing Home McConnnelsville,O. He was born May 30, 1930 in New Lexington,O. the son of the late Edward and Mildred Beaver Snider. He was a retired Whitehall Police Officer, an Air Force veteran in the Korean Conflict, McConnelsville American...

Sep 20, 2012

Roger Dee Tompkins, age 68, of Reynoldsburg, Oho, passed away at 3:36 p.m. on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the OSU James Cancer Center in Columbus. He was born on December 16, 1943 in Zanesville, Ohio, a son of the late Robert W. and Margaret Barkhurst Tompkins . A Protestant by faith, he was a former Junior High School...

Sep 19, 2012

Marceline M. Kelley, 83, of 348 Oakwood Drive, McConnelsville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at the Highland Oaks Health Center in McConnelsville, surrounded by her loving six daughters.

She was born on February 25, 1929, in Frazeysburg, the daughter of the late Merle Baker and Ruth Fisher Baker.

Sep 17, 2012

Velma P. Nichols, 87, of 1020 St. Rt. 78 West, Malta, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 17, 2012 at her home near Ringgold.

She was born June 8, 1925 near Rosseau in Morgan County, OH, a daughter of the late Mahlon and Forest Glass Parsons.

She was a 1943 graduate of Homer-Union High School. She...

Sep 14, 2012

Trudy A. Apperson, 55, of McConnelsville, died on Friday, September 14, 2012 at 6:05 A.M. at the Highland Oaks Nursing Center in McConnelsville. She was born on August 20, 1957 in Zanesville, Ohio to Lyle and Carmelitta Cline Apperson. She owned her own rental business and was the secretary for Apperson's Heating and Cooling. She was a Methodist by...

Sep 13, 2012

Dorothy L. "Dolly" Spencer, 87, of McConnelsville passed away at 12:23 a.m. Thursday, Sept.13, 2012 at the Forest View Health Center in Zanesville.

She was born February 2, 1925, to the late Elizabeth Roach Mark and Allan Mark in West Virginia.

She was employed at the Morgan County Health Department most of her life. She...

Sep 12, 2012

Gay B. O'Keefe 85, of 2890 Airport Rd. McConnelsville, passed away at 11:36 a.m. September 12, 2012 at the OSU Wexner Hospital in Columbus. She was born to Dorothy and George Boggs in Chicago on May 31, 1927. She lived in Connecticut, Wisconsin and in Maine while growing up, and married Walter O'Keefe in 1947. They lived in Middletown,...

Sep 12, 2012

Shannon Lyn Lewis, 40 of Malta, died on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at her home. She was born on November 25, 1971 in Beverly, Ohio to David and Linda Hall Lewis. She worked in the kitchen at the Burr Oak State Lodge in Bishopville. She is survived by her father, David Lewis of the home, 1 sister, Tracey Lewis...

Sep 11, 2012

Ronald Lee Chappelear, 78, of Malta died on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 at the Genesis Morrison House Hospice in Zanesville.

He was born on June 18, 1934 on the family farm of his parents, Jesse and Mary Drake Chappelear on the banks of Sunday Creek in Union Township, Morgan County.

Ronald attended Ringgold Elementary School...

Sep 11, 2012

Frederick "Frog" Eugene Bolyard passed away September 11, 2012 just 2 days prior to his 73rd Birthday at home with Hospice and surrounded by his loving family after fighting a 10 year illness. He was born September 13, 1939 to the late Robert and Nellie (Wells) Bolyard. He retired from Robert M. Neff Trucking in Columbus in 2002 where...

Sep 10, 2012

Annie M. Grubb 90, of McConnelsville passed away at 4:55 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 at Riverside Landing in McConnelsville.

She was born February, 18, 1922 in Morgan County, a daughter of the late William Grubb and Bessie George.

She was a housewife and attended Cornerstone South Church in McConnelsville, and was an avid collector...