obituaries

Aug 28, 2009

Lucille R. Curby, 92, of McConnelsville, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at 5:25 a.m. at the Genesis Health and Rehab Center in McConnelsville. She was born on March 19, 1917 in Pennsville Ohio to the late Elmer and Almeda Kirby Rouanzoin. She was a homemaker and a factory worker at Malta Manufacturing in Malta. She was a member of...

Aug 28, 2009

Marjorie Lois Ponchak, 83, of McConnelsville, died Friday, August 28, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. at the Genesis Health and Rehab Center in McConnelsville. She was born on July 2, 1926 in Malta Ohio to the Late Joseph M. and Grace Salzer Gessel. She was a housewife and a member of the old Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, a three time...

Aug 27, 2009

Terry Lee Riley, 53 of McConnelsville died Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 4:45p.m. at Genesis Hospice in Zanesville. He was born January 13, 1956 in Zanesville to George William and Opal Marshall Riley. He was a laborer at Taylor Woodcraft and was also self-employed. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles #2187 in McConnelsville and the...

Aug 22, 2009

Sandra Skinner McNally, 52, of Amesville, died Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 6:27p.m. at her residence. She was born on December 9, 1956 in Athens to the late Lawrence and Marion Hillyer Skinner. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hooper Ridge Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Jack McNally of...

Aug 21, 2009

George D. Gifford, 88 of Malta Ohio died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 at 10:00p.m. He was born in Penn Township on September 6, 1920 to the late Walter E. and Iva E. Smith Gifford. He was a farmer and retired from Malta Manufacturing in Malta. He was a WWII Army veteran and served in the 519th Military Police Battalion....

Aug 16, 2009

McConnelsville Darren L. Leopold, 20 of Zanesville died Sunday August. 16, 2009 at the Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He was born on November 7, 1988 in Marietta to Tim Leopold and Tressa Keys. He was a laborer and welder in construction work and loved being a body man and mechanic at Cubby's in White Cottage. He was a...

Aug 9, 2009

Lena G. Colerick Coleman, 86 of Beverly, died Sunday Aug. 9, 2009 at 5:30pm at her residence. She was born on Jan. 7, 1923 in Bartlett, Ohio to the late Carl and Gladys Swayne Colerick. She was a homemaker, attended the 5th street Church of Christ in Beverly and was a lifetime member of the Pennsville Volunteer Fire Department...

Aug 9, 2009

BARTLETT - Eva Ruth Cochran Eddy, 82, of Bartlett, Ohio, passed away on Sunday (Aug. 9, 2009) at Genesis Health and Rehabilitation Center in McConnelsville, Ohio. She was born in St. Marys, W.Va., on Oct. 26, 1926, the daughter of Raymond and Mary Goodman Cochran. She was a registered nurse/emergency medical technician, was owner and operator of Eddy's Hardware...

Jul 28, 2009

McConnelsville Wayland "Way" E. Carrel of Zanesville formerly of McConnelsville died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 1:25p.m. at the Adams Lane Care Center after a short battle with lung cancer. He was born October 10, 1930 to the late Peter G. and Helen Clark Carrel in Noble County near Dungannon but grew up in Center Township. He retired from...

Jul 28, 2009

Chesterhill: Nellie Louise Armstrong, 90, of Malta , died Tuesday, July 28, 2009at 10:50 am, at the Riverside Country Care Center in McConnelsville. She was born May 27, 1919 in Sharpsburg to the late Robert A. and Maria E. Beard Grimes. She was a machinist at Cleveland Graphite in McConnelsville. She was a member of Marion Rebekah Lodge 785...

Jul 24, 2009

Brady Christian Walker, 3 of Stockport, died Friday, July 24, 2009 at 4:56p.m. at Childrens Hospital in Columbus. He was born May 2, 2006 in Zanesville to Heath and Stephanie Smith Walker. He was a member of the Tabor Ridge Church of Christ where he also went to Friday School. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Tyler...

Jul 22, 2009

Shirley C. Slisher Age 72 of Malta: To some a friend but to us our mom is resting in the everlasting arms of our savior, died Weds. July 22, 2009 at the Genesis Morrison House in Zanesville at 2:50 am. She was born in Moundsville West Virginia on April 25, 1937 to the late Charles Richmond and Grace Moore...

Jul 16, 2009

Kenneth G. Dennis, 80, of McConnelsville, passed away at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the Genesis Health & Rehab Center in McConnelsville.

He was born May 30, 1929 in Zanesville the son of the late George and Mamie Cress Dennis. He was retired from Community Action of Morgan and Washington Counties.

He is...

Jul 12, 2009

Richard Lee Hill, 56 of New Lexington passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 2:15 a.m. at Mt. Aloysius where he had lived for the past several years. He was born September 30, 1952 in Zanesville to the late Delmar Ray Hill and Eva Rouanzoin Hill. Richard was a former employee of Perco in New Lexington and participated in...

Jul 7, 2009

Edna Mildred Thorne Ropeter 99, entered heaven on Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Formerly of Zanesville, She resided at the Genesis Health and Rehab Center in McConnelsville, Ohio. Edna was the daughter of A. W. and Ruth Emma Howard Thorne. She was born on April 24, 1910 in Seaman, West Va. Her family consisted of seven brothers and three sisters....

Jul 6, 2009

Phyllis W. Mayle Phyllis W. Smith Mayle, 65, of Chesterhill, died at 1:05 p.m. Monday, July 6, 2009, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, WV.She was born July 1, 1944, in Amesville, to the late Wilburn and Margeret Warner Smith.Mrs. Mayle was a retired factory worker at Kardex Corp. of Marietta. She was a member of the Mt. Hermon...

Jul 2, 2009

Richard Dick Haines 53, of 2651 Balderson Lane, Stockport, Ohio passed away Thursday at 8:11 a.m. at the Good Samartian Hospital in Zanesville following a motorcycle accident on St Rt 37 in Morgan County. He was born Feb. 2, 1956 in Beverly the son of Helen Ellison Haines and Ernest Bud Haines of McConnelsville. He was a custodian at...

Jul 1, 2009

John T. Mix, 85, 8137 West Sharps Ridge Rd., McConnelsville, died at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the home of Kurt and Marlys Barbee.

He was born June 23, 1924, in Butler, a son of the late Glenn J. and Mary L. Thompson Mix.

Mr. Mix was a millwright and served in the...

Jun 30, 2009

Virgil L. White, 80, of 1011 N. High Street Malta, passed away at 7:10 p.m. June 30, 2009 at the Willow Haven Care Center in Zanesville.

He was born April 4, 1929 in Muskingum County the son of the late Howard Curtis White and Mary Roberts White. He was retired from Ohio Ferro Alloy and was a...

Jun 23, 2009

Roger (Spank) Lyle Zumbro, 59, of Avon , Indiana passed away June 23, 2009. He was a Pilot for Duke Energy. He belonged to F.O.E. of Plainfield, IN., Webb Masonic Lodge #252 F & A.M. Stockport Ohio, Scottish Rite, Airline Pilots Association, Kingsway Christian Church and the National Rifle Association. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Vincent...