Remembering Loved Ones Local Obituaries

Thomas J Skufca

Sep 6, 2018

A graveside service honoring the life of Thomas J. “Tom” Skufca, 52, of Clintonville, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville with full military honors rendered by the Licking County Veterans Alliance. The family will receive friends from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. prior to the graveside...

George Lige Davison

Aug 27, 2018

A funeral service celebrating the life of George Lige Davison, 92, of Alexandria, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Alexandria Baptist Church, 94 E. Main Street, Alexandria.  Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Alexandria with military honors rendered by the Licking County Veterans Alliance.

A retired dairy farmer, Lige passed...

Doris Jane Conway

Aug 23, 2018

A memorial service will be held for Doris Jane Conway on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 at 1:00 P.M. at the United Church of Granville.

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Doris Jane Conway, of Granville, OH passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at Kendal at Granville.  Doris Jane was a retired management consultant and facilitator with the...

Roger Core

Aug 7, 2018

Roger Core, 84, of Granville, formerly of Weston, CT, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at his home.

Born in 1934, in Santa Barbara, CA, Roger attended the University of Michigan where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts before pursuing a career as an art director at New York city-based ad agencies and owner of an...

Mary Jane Jagger Mcdonald

Aug 6, 2018

A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, October 27, 2018 at  10:30 A.M. at Swasey Chapel

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It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Jane Jagger McDonald announces her death at the age of 81 on Monday, August 6, 2018.

Mary Jane...

Raymond F. Funk

Jul 31, 2018

A funeral service will be held for Raymond F. Funk, 89, of Granville, on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 6 P.M. at the McPeek-Hoekstra Funeral Home, 133 S. Prospect St., Granville with Elders John Krumm, Mitchell Krumm, and Glen Funk officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Private interment will...

Robert N. Phillips

Jul 28, 2018

A memorial service celebrating the life of Robert N. Phillips, 79, of Alexandria, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 2, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church, 110 W. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Karen J. Chakoian as celebrant. A graveside service will be held prior to the church service at 10:00 A.M. at Maple Grove Cemetery in...

June M. Kraus

Jul 18, 2018

June Miller Kraus, 92, died peacefully and with family nearby on July 18, 2018. To the surprise of no one, she was stubborn to the end, holding onto pieces of her legendary sense of humor even after dementia had robbed her memory.

She was born February 22, 1926, in Chicago. Her father, Max Miller, a Prohibition gangster,...

James A. Masterson

Jul 17, 2018

A funeral mass celebrating the life of James A. Masterson, 85, of Granville will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 785 Newark-Granville Rd, in Granville with Msgr. Paul P. Enke as celebrant.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the...

John N. Watkins

Jul 12, 2018

A funeral service celebrating the life of John N. Watkins, 91, of Granville, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Monday, July 16, 2018 at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Bob Long as celebrant. The family will receive friends from 1:00-3:00 P.M. prior to the service at the church.

John passed away July...

Nicholas A. Zaras

Jul 10, 2018

A private graveside service will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville for Nicholas A. Zaras, 76, of Newark.

Nick passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center operated by Hospice of Central Ohio. He was born in 1942 in Newark to the late Anthony (Tony) and Mary...

Edward O. Floering

Jul 5, 2018

Edward “Jake” O. Floering, 97, of Granville, formerly of Estes Park, CO, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018 at his residence at Middleton Assisted Living.  He was born in Toledo, OH in 1920 to the late Edward and Gertrude Floering.

Edward was a 1939 graduate of Libbey High School. ...

Herman R. Leo

Jul 3, 2018

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Herman R. Leo, 81, of Johnstown, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Church of the Ascension, 555 S. Main St., Johnstown, OH with Rev. Mark Ghiloni as celebrant. A private graveside service will be held at St. Mary’s Assumption Cemetery in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania.

As a...

Kirk D. Buckham

Jun 20, 2018

Kirk Darryl Buckham, 69, of Westerville, Ohio entered eternal rest on June 20, 2018 after bravely battling cancer for many years.

Kirk was born in 1949 in Erie, PA to the late Kenneth and Lillian Buckham. He graduated from Denison University where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.  Kirk received his MBA from the...

Stanley J. Gilkes

Jun 15, 2018

Stanley John Gilkes, 91, of Granville, died Friday, June 15, 2018 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center in Newark operated by Hospice of Central Ohio.  Stan was born November 7, 1926 in Youngstown, Ohio to the late John and Josephine (Kotodzris ) Gilkes.  He attended Immaculate Conception School and was a 1945 graduate of East High School in Youngstown....

Judith Thomas, Ph.D.

Jun 5, 2018

Dr. Judith Wayne Thomas passed away peacefully on June 5, 2018 in her home at the age of 79.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry Griffin, her children, Elizabeth Wayne Thornberry Maher, Richard Lancaster Thornberry, Katy Thornberry McNulty, her grandchildren Sean Milo Maher and Cassidy Wayne Maher, her brother BC Thomas, her stepchildren Nicholas Griffin, Rachel...

Mark B. Evans

Jun 3, 2018

A memorial service celebrating the life of Mark B. Evans, 86, of Granville, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 9, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church, 110 W. Broadway, Granville with the Reverend Karen Chakoian as celebrant. The family will receive friends in Heritage Hall, at the church, following the service.

Mark passed away Sunday, June...

D. Ellen Gorrell

May 31, 2018

Dorothy Ellen (D. Ellen) Gorrell, 95, of Granville, passed away on May 31, 2018. She was born in Vandalia, IL, to Agnes E. (Kaley) Brown, a teacher, and Otis A. Brown, a school principal. An only child, D. Ellen was reared by parents who valued education at a time when many women did not attend college. Her mother, an...

Adriaan Janssens

May 20, 2018

Adriaan “Arie” (born Adrianus) Janssens, resident of Kendal at Granville, Ohio, died peacefully in Newark, Ohio, on May 20, 2018. Arie was born August 19, 1933, in Ginneken, the Netherlands, the second child of Anna J. Timmermans (1905 – 1995) and Hendrikus A.C.J. Janssens (1904 – 1936). Arie grew up in Eindhoven, from where he emigrated to the United...

John W. Lantz

May 15, 2018

A private graveside service will be held for John W. Lantz, 85, of Newark, at Newark Memorial Gardens.

A Korean War veteran, John passed away on May 15, 2018 at Flint Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newark.