Remembering Loved Ones Local Obituaries

Mar 11, 2018

A memorial service celebrating the life of Doris Jefferson Mavis, 93, of Granville, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 17, 2018 at St. Luke’s Church, 107 E. Broadway, Granville with Deacon Mary Raysa as celebrant. A reception following the service will be held from 1-3 P.M. in the Amelia room at Kendal at Granville. Private interment will...

Mar 7, 2018

Sidney S. Lantz, 77, of Granville, died Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Arlington Care Center in Newark.  He was born in 1940 in Granville, OH to the late Wayne and Bright Lantz.

A 1958 graduate of Granville High School, Sid worked construction as a welder with H.C. Attebery Co. and Jack Feid Construction.  Sid was...

Feb 28, 2018

A memorial mass for Andrea D. Markley, 49, of Granville will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 785 Newark-Granville Road, in Granville with Msgr. Paul P. Enke as celebrant.  The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. in the gathering...

Feb 27, 2018

A memorial service celebrating the life of Songin K. “Sunny” Benjegerdes, 52, of Granville, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Casey Wilson as celebrant. A private graveside service will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville with military honors conducted by the Licking...

Feb 23, 2018

We are saddened to announce the passing of Susan Faye Davis in the early hours of February 23, 2018. She had recently taken up residence at Kendal at Granville following months of cancer treatment for a brain tumor. Even more bittersweet, we just celebrated her 57th birthday on February 20 along with her children, Nicholas and Valerie Reed, as...

Feb 19, 2018

Loren W. Poff, born on October 13, 1926 in Newark, OH, passed away on February 19, 2018 in Bolivia, NC. A graduate of Granville High School in 1943, he enlisted immediately in the V-12 Naval Program, serving until the end of World War II. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Civil Engineering. Loren spent...

Feb 16, 2018

A memorial service will be held at later date for Heather Ruth Rossborough Hughes Titley, 96, of Granville. Mrs. Titley passed away February 16, 2018 at Kendal at Granville. She was born in Koondruck, Victoria, Australia in 1921 to the late Francis Fullerton Hughes and Kathleen Meredith Dann Hughes.

Heather was owner/broker at Sellers’ Real Estate in...

Feb 16, 2018

A memorial service celebrating the life of June Upper Vastyan, 98, of Granville will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church, 110 W. Broadway, Granville with the Rev. Karen Chakoian as celebrant.

June passed away Feb. 16, 2018 at SharonBrooke in Newark.  She was born April 11, 1919 in Painesville,...

Feb 15, 2018

Kenneth Dirk Redman, 64, of Frazeysburg passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Zanesville in 1954 to the late Dale T. Redman and Beverly F. (Ashcraft) Redman.

A life-long resident of Perryton, Ohio, Dirk graduated in 1972 from Tri-Valley High School in Dresden. He was owner and operator...

Feb 3, 2018

Lorraine Elizabeth Arcese Wales departed on Saturday, February 3rd, in the caring hands of the Kendal Granville staff and Hospice of Central Ohio,  surrounded by her family and the spirit of her recently deceased husband of 67 Years, George S. Wales.

Lorraine was born on May 15, 1932 in Newton, MA to Italian immigrants, Anthony and Dora...

Feb 2, 2018

Robert B. Munro, 96, of Granville, passed away on February 2, 2018. He was born Dec. 30, 1921 in Tenafly, NJ, son of the late Bruce and Mildred Munro.  After high school, he attended Curtis Wright Technical School and Columbia University and was employed as an aircraft engineer at Grumman Corp. on Long Island, NY.  Two of his favorite...

Jan 28, 2018

A celebration of life gathering for Rebecca L. Shannon, 64, of Newark, will be held at 5:00 P.M. Friday, February 2nd at the Owens Corning Union Hall, 350 Hudson Ave., Newark. Dress casually and plan on having a good time, after all it’s what Becky wanted!

Becky was born in Newark to the late Robert L. Shannon...

Jan 24, 2018

Michael P. Ratterman, 78, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Granville, died on Jan 24, 2018. Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church, Sarasota, FL. Funeral arrangements by: Brown& Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 26th Street Chapel.

Jan 16, 2018

A funeral service celebrating the life of Barbara L. Brush will be held at 11:30 A.M. Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Alexandria United Methodist Church, 72 Church St., Alexandria with Rev. Kenn Barton as celebrant. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.  An Eastern Star service will be conducted at 10:30 A.M..

Jan 14, 2018

A Memorial Mass will be held for Lee M. Fellows at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at the Chapel of Saint Thomas Aquinas, 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.

Lee entered into eternal peace on January 14, 2018 after a courageous battle with Lupus related health issues for the past 26 years. She was...

Jan 12, 2018

Ellen S. Ruhm, 75, passed away January 12, 2018 at Middleton in Granville. She was born in 1942 in Newark, Ohio to the late J. Dale and Rowena Forman McNamar.

After growing up in Granville and attending Granville and Newark schools, Ellen earned a B.A. from The Ohio State University. An optician, Ellen was an...

Jan 10, 2018

A graveside service will be held for Barbara Somers Vockel at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville with Rev. John Kauffman as celebrant. The family will receive friends at noon in the Undercroft at St. Luke’s Church, 107 E. Broadway, Granville.

Barbara died January 10, 2018 at Kendal at Granville. She...

Jan 7, 2018

**A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOHN & ANNALOU WILL  BE SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018 AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT 1:00 PM**

A graveside service will be held at 10:00 A.M. for John E. Campbell on January 18, 2018 at Newark Memorial Gardens Chapel with Rev. Karen J. Chakoian as celebrant. Military honors will be...

Dec 29, 2017

A private graveside service will be held for Priscilla J. Kerchner Evans at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville.

Priscilla passed away December 29, 2017 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center in Newark. She was born in 1945 in Abington, Pennsylvania to the late Joseph W. and Grace M. (Nickerson) Kerchner.

A graduate of Whetstone High...

Dec 29, 2017

A Celebration of Life Ceremony for Sterling T. Apthorp, Jr. will be held Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at the Thomas Worthington High School Auditorium in Worthington, Ohio.

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Sterling T. Apthorp Jr., a retired assistant principal for the Worthington City Schools, passed away December 29, 2017 at the Selma Markowitz...