obituaries

Aug 14, 2015

Paul E. Bebout 93, of McConnelsville, passed away at 5:57 p.m. on August 14, 2015 , at the Primrose Retirement Community in Zanesville. He was born March 3, 1922, in Dale, Ohio the son of the late Carl Bebout and Mary Warfield Bebout. He worked 33 years for the Central Ohio Coal Co. in various capacities. He was a...

Aug 14, 2015

Luella Fern (Schrock) Schwartz, 53, of Malta, Ohio passed away Friday, August 14, 2105 at her home. Luella was born on December 23,1961 in Washington, Iowa to Edwin and Fannie (Beachy) Schrock. She was united in matrimony on Sept. 25, 2009 to Noah J. Schwartz at Malta, Ohio. At her death she was a member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church...

Aug 14, 2015

Loretta B. Stevens, 76, of Cambridge, Ohio, died on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 at her home. She was born on June 14, 1939 in Cutler, Ohio to the late Harry and Dorothy Mayle Hill. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cambridge Church of Christ. She is survived by 1 son, James Stevens Jr. of Cambridge, 3...

Aug 7, 2015

Helen J. Ball, 93, of Malta, passed away at 3;50 a.m. Friday, August 7, 2105 at the Genesis Hospice Morrison House in Zanesville.

She was born June 26, 1922 in Strasburg, Ohio to the late Lee Robinette and Mary Steitz Robinette. Helen and her late husband, Elwin owned and operated the Ball Studio in McConnelsville from 1948-1985....

Aug 3, 2015

Richard F. Malisher 89, of McConnelsville, passed away at 3 :11 p.m. August 3, 2015 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born August 2, 1926 in Arnold , Pa. the son of the late Joseph Malisher and Rose Killian Malisher. He was a mining engineer for Central Ohio Coal Co. and Chesterhill Stone. He was a member...

Aug 1, 2015

Larry D. Johnson, 64, of Stockport passed away at 8:22 a.m. Saturday, August 1, 2015 at his home. He was born July 1, 1951 in Zanesville to the late Chester Forrest Johnson and Bernice Newsom Johnson.

Larry worked for 30 years at the former Malta Manufacturing Com. and for 10 years at the McConnelsville Eagles Club where...

Jul 28, 2015

Gracie L. Hill, 82, of Chesterhill, passed away at 3:43 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville.

She was born April 12, 1933, in Athens County, to the late Benjamin Mayle and Janie Dalton Mayle.

Gracie worked as a nurse's aid at the State Hospital in Athens and at several area nursing...

Jul 28, 2015

Marilyn Quinn Wehner 78, of New Vienna, Ohio formerly of McConnelsville, passed away at 12 :50 p.m. July 28, 2015 at her home. She was born June 24, 1937 in Athens the daughter of the late Carl Grueser and Doris Whaley. She was retired from Western Electric and Malta Windows. She attended Coburn United Methodist Church in Zanesville and...

Jul 25, 2015

Patricia D. Van Ness, 78 of Stockport, O. passed away at 5:13 a.m. on Sat. July 25, 2015 at the Muskingum Valley Nursing and Rehap. Of Beverly, O. She was born July 16, 1937 in Van Nuys, Cal. The daughter of the late Bennington E. and Celia Belle Metcalf Few. She worked as a machinist at MIBA Bearing Co,...

Jul 21, 2015

Shirley Jane Harlow 79, of McConnelsville passed away peacefully at her home at 5:30 a.m. July 21, 2015 . She was born January 26, 1936 in Deavertown the daughter of the late Carl and Lucille Weaver. She was a telephone operator for Ohio Bell for 30 years, a charter member of the ladies auxiliary of the F.O.E. of McConnelsville...

Jul 19, 2015

Harry C. Cooper, 87, of Zanesville, died on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 5:10 P.M. at the Adams Lane Care Center in Zanesville. He was born on April 10, 1928 in Claysville, Ohio to the late Harry H. and Bertha R. Cubbison Cooper. He spent his life working as a meat processor working for Gibson Meat Packing in Zanesville,...

Jul 19, 2015

Robert E. Bellville, 89, of McConnelsville, died on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at the Riverside Country Care Center in McConnelsville, Ohio. He was born on July 13, 1926 in Zanesville, Ohio to the late Samuel "Okey" and Ruth Greene Bellville. He retired from the Central Ohio Coal Company where he worked as an oilier. He was a Member of...

Jul 14, 2015

Jack E. Roberts 93, of McConnelsville, passed away at 3:05 a.m. July 14, 2015 at Riverside Landing in McConnelsville. He was born July 22, 1921 in Dayton the son of the late Elmer Roberts and Tearah Neas. He was a controller at Apex Machine and Tool and attended the Main Street Church of Christ in McConnelsville, and was a...

Jul 6, 2015

Jerry C. Lemon, Jr., 51, of Malta, passed away Monday, July 6, 2015, at the Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus following a motorcycle accident near his home in Malta.

He was born Dec. 9, 1963, in Zanesville, to Jerry C. Lemon, Sr. and Mildred Nichols Lemon.

Jerry was a mechanic and had worked as...

Jul 2, 2015

Danny E. King 56, of McConnelsville passed away July 2, 2015 at his home. He was born June 8, 1959 the son of Betty J. Feldner King and the late Ancil W. King Sr. He retired in 2009 from ODOT after working 28 years. He was a farmer and was in the Military Air Force from 1976 to 1978....

Jul 1, 2015

Gary G. Hill, 71, of Stockport, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at the Genesis Hospital in Zanesville.

Hill was born December 3, 1943, in Penn Township, Morgan County, to the late Delmar Ray Hill and Eva Faye Rouanzoin Hill.

Gary was retired from Malta Manufacturing Company. He also had worked for Taylor Woodcraft and...

Jun 27, 2015

Mary Lucille Judson, age 57, of Malta, Ohio, passed away at 11:35 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, following an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1957 at home in Malta, a daughter of the late Glen and Lucille Kirkbride Judson. Mary was the little woman with a huge heart. She was...

Jun 26, 2015

Pauline L. Van Gundy, 85, of Stockport, Ohio passed away at 8:00 am. Friday, June 26, 2015 at her home in Stockport. She was born June 7, 1930 in Elk River, West Virginia to the late Herbert Clutter and Malinda Carpenter Clutter. Pauline was a homemaker. She is survived by 3 daughters Sandra Galloway of Sylvania, Ohio, Betty McCourt...

Jun 24, 2015

John L. Coakley, 76 of Malta, formerly of Logan, died on Weds. June 24, 2015 at his residence. He was born on Oct. 19, 1938 in Logan, Ohio to the late Louie and Myrtle Powers Coakley. He worked and helped maintain Camp Akita in Logan. He attended the Eagle Port Church near Malta. He loved hunting, fishing and was...

Jun 22, 2015

Gary A. Ford, age 62, of Beverly, Ohio died at approximately 7:00 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2015 in Caldwell, Ohio following a truck accident. He was born on July 13, 1952 in Marietta, a son of the late Leroy and Ruth Dovenbarger Ford. He was a truck driver for William E. Ford Trucking in Marietta, a former coal...