Obituaries

Oct 20, 2012

Jack R. Newcome, 85, of Dresden, Ohio died Saturday evening, October 20, 2012 at Autumn Health Care Center in Coshocton, Ohio. Born March 20, 1927 in Trinway, Ohio he was a son of the late Merrell and Nellie (Bumpus) Newcome and was a 1945 graduate of Dresden Jefferson High School. Mr. Newcome was a veteran of World War II serving...

Oct 14, 2012

Joseph D. McCann, 95, of Nashport, Ohio died Sunday evening, October 14, 2012 at Adams Lane Care Center in Zanesville, Ohio. Born March 1, 1917 in Nashport he was the son of the late Joseph D. McCann, Sr. and Viola B. (Cross) McCann. Mr. McCann was a graduate of Nashport High School and served in the Army Air Corp during...

Oct 12, 2012

Betty Louise Hickman Murphy, 91, of Newark, Ohio died Friday morning, October 12, 2012 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville, Ohio. Born February 25, 1921 in Licking County she was a daughter of the late Clarence Walter and Della Leora (Tucker) Hickman and was a 1940 graduate of Utica High School. Betty co-owned and operated The Dick & Betty...

Oct 6, 2012

James L. "Orville" Ashcraft, 71, of Frazeysburg, Ohio died Saturday morning, October 6, 2012 at The Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus, Ohio. Born October 1, 1941 in Frazeysburg he was the son of the late Leland and Eloise (Larr) Ashcraft and was a 1961 graduate of Union High School. Mr. Ashcraft retired in 2007 from the Longaberger Company where...

Oct 3, 2012

Betty L. "Lou" Hutchinson, 84, of Frazeysburg, Ohio went home to be with her Lord, whom she loved very much, Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Born June 25, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Joseph Perciful and Leona Pearl (Clements) Copeland and was a 1946 graduate of Hebron High School. Betty was a former member of...

Oct 2, 2012

Pauline Wright, 93 of Dresden died Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at her residence. Born December 24, 1918 in Round County, Kentucky; a daughter of the late Henry and Maude (Padgett) Ellington. Mrs. Wright was a member of the Zanesville First Church of God. She was a resident of the area for 62 years. She was a volunteer at the Muskingum...

Sep 29, 2012

FRAZEYSBURG: L. Maxine Newsom, 86 of Nashport died Saturday morning, September 29, 2012 at Willow Haven Nursing Home. She was born March 12, 1926 in Stockport to the late Elmer E. and Elsie (Coler) Longfellow. Mrs. Newsom had worked for Essex Wire and later United Technology. She was a member of Nashport United Methodist Church, where she belonged to the...

Sep 26, 2012

Kathryn F. Longaberger, 97 of Dresden died September 26, 2012 at Autumn Healthcare of Coshocton.

She was born December 22, 1914 in Bristol, PA to the late Clarence and Ellen (Bilger) Craig. From the age of eight she was raised by Frank and Kate Ogle.

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Sep 21, 2012

Betty J. Alaimo, 80, of Frazeysburg, Ohio died Friday evening, September 21, 2012 at Arlington Nursing Home in Newark, Ohio. Born August 3, 1932 in Huntington, West Virginia she was the daughter of the late Lesley and Gladys (Hodge) Spencer and was a graduate of Sandyhook High School in Sandyhook, Kentucky. Betty was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother,...

Sep 20, 2012

- Mary Ellen Shepard, 50, of Malta, Ohio, formerly of Frazeysburg, Ohio died Thursday morning, September 20, 2012 in Coshocton County, Ohio. Born March 22, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Donna (Byrum) Gambill and was a 1980 graduate of Licking Heights High School. Following high school she served in the United States...

Sep 12, 2012

Thomas L. Lepi, 56 of Zanesville died Wednesday morning, September 12, 2012 at Willow Haven Nursing Home. He was born November 5, 1955 in Detroit, MI to the late Steve and Helen (Alexa) Lepi.

Tom had worked for Ford Motor Company and in maintenance. He was a member of...

Sep 10, 2012

Elogene P. Wagner Roberts Wilson, 85, of Newark, Ohio died Monday morning, September 10, 2012 at her home. Born February 24, 1927 in Norwich, Ohio, she was one of thirteen children born to the late Manoah and Sarah Pethtel Cameron and was their last surviving child. She was a 1945 graduate of Frazeysburg High School and was a former cheerleader....

Sep 5, 2012

David J. "Hoss" McClellan, 69, of Toboso, Ohio died Wednesday morning, September 5, 2012 at his home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He is now with his loving Savior, Jesus, and his precious daughter, Tawn. Born August 9, 1943 in Ironton, Ohio he was a son of the late Lindsay W. and Ada K. (Barstow) McClellan and was...

Aug 28, 2012

James H. Lynn, 92, of Nashport, Ohio, formerly of Dresden, Ohio died Tuesday morning August 28, 2012 at his home. Born July 29, 1920 in Dresden he was a son of the late Ernest E. and Freda D. (Graves) Lynn and was a 1938 of Dresden Jefferson High School. Mr. Lynn was a retired farmer and he also worked for...

Aug 23, 2012

– Ruby R. Daugherty of Frazeysburg, Ohio died Thursday morning, August 23, 2012 at Flint Ridge Nursing Home in Newark, Ohio. Born in Glendale Springs, North Carolina she was a daughter of the late Luther F. and Florence D. (Hodges) Woodie. Mrs. Daugherty was a former instructor at 3-B Beauty School in Newark. She was a member of the Frazeysburg...

Aug 22, 2012

Helen Carolina Horner, 96, lovingly known as "Aunt Bell" passed away Wednesday night, August 22, 2012 at Sycamore Run Nursing Center in Millersburg, Ohio. A life-long resident of the Frazeysburg vicinity, she was born August 8, 1916 to John Riley and Nellie (Little) Horner on the family farm north of town. She moved to Frazeysburg with her parents in 1944...

Aug 16, 2012

Dennis E. Brookover, 65, of Newark, Ohio died Thursday, August 16, 2012 at his home. Born November 17, 1946 in Newark he is the son of Walter E. and Letha V. (Miller) Brookover of Toboso and was a graduate of Licking Valley High School. Mr. Brookover was also a graduate of Otterbein College and was a former teacher at Frazeysburg...

Aug 8, 2012

Dorthey M. Wolford, 91, of Frazeysburg, Ohio died Wednesday evening August 8, 2012 at Forest View Nursing Home in Zanesville, Ohio. Born September 13, 1920 in Jackson Township of Muskingum County she was a daughter of the late Emmett and Minnie May (Moran) Sheppard and was a homemaker. Mrs. Wolford was a member of the Frazeysburg Community Bible Church. Surviving...

Aug 8, 2012

Martha A. Cameron, 95, of Frazeysburg died Wednesday morning, August 8, 2012 at Genesis Morrison House in Zanesville. Born March 2, 1917 in Muskingum Township of Muskingum County she was the daughter of the late John T. and Alice (Vandenbark) Riley and was a 1934 graduate of Dresden Jefferson High School. She was also a 1939 graduate of the Bethesda...

Aug 5, 2012

Hazel Mae Chambers, 95, of Zanesville, Ohio formerly of Duncan Falls, Ohio died Sunday morning August 5, 2012 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital. Born February 1, 1917 in Vinton County, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Thomas Eli and Edna Alice (McKibben) Weed and was a graduate of McArthur High School. She and her late husband operated H....