Remembering Loved Ones Local Obituaries

Jean L. Rodgers

Oct 14, 2016

Jean L. (Fears) Rodgers, 82, of Newark, Ohio, formerly of Rockport, wife of the late Robert T. Rodgers of Gloucester, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, October 14, 2016. She was born in Rockport on July 5, 1934, daughter of the late Robert and Margaret (Balzarini) Fears. A graduate of Rockport High School, Jean received her...

E. Ruth Dietz Lisle

Oct 13, 2016

A funeral service celebrating the life of E. Ruth Dietz Lisle will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Casey Wilson as celebrant. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville. The family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. until the time of the service...

Lloyd E. Philipps

Oct 11, 2016

A funeral service celebrating the life of Lloyd E. Philipps, 92, of Granville, will be held Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Casey Wilson and Rev. Jeff Smith as co-celebrants.  Burial will follow at Welsh Hills Cemetery with military honors rendered by the Licking County Veterans Alliance....

Millie M. (Foster) Snelling

Oct 10, 2016

A memorial service celebrating the life of Millie M. Snelling, 75, of Newark, formerly Granville, will be held Saturday, Oct 15, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at Woodside Presbyterian Church, 295 Woods Ave, Newark, Ohio with Pastor Judy Baker as celebrant.  A graveside service will be held prior to the memorial service at 9:30 A.M. at Welsh Hills...

Hobert C. Mills

Sep 30, 2016

Hobert C. Mills, 71, of Granville, died Friday Sept. 30, 2016 at his home.  Mr. Mills retired from Columbus Window Cleaning.

He is survived by his wife, Christel (Brookhart) Mills; daughter, Dawn A Mills; son, Buck Mills; five grandchildren; brothers, Hubert Mills, Fred (Hazel) Mills, and Gene Mills; and sister, Virginia (Carroll) Cornwell.

In addition...

Thomas L. Smith

Sep 28, 2016

Thomas Lee Smith, 68, of Granville, formerly of Los Angeles, California, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at his home in Granville. Tom was a retired truck driver and Army Veteran who served in Vietnam. A graveside service will be held at a later date with military honors at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

Stephen C. Mintos

Sep 28, 2016

Stephen C. Mintos, 89, passed away on September 28, 2016.  Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Steve was  retired from his career as a commercial lines underwriter with the McElroy-Minister Company in Columbus.  Steve was a graduate of Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio and of Bowling Green State University.  He was an avid golfer and a life-long...

Robert R Cotsamire

Sep 23, 2016

Robert “Bob” Cotsamire, 80, of Granville, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 at Riverside Hospital with his loving family at his side. He was born in 1936 to the late Roy and Garnetta Cotsamire in Bucyrus, Ohio. Bob retired from pharmaceutical sales with Rhone-Poulenc Rorer in 1991 after a 38 year career.

Bob was fascinated with all...

Harald Früchtnicht

Sep 10, 2016

Harald Früchtnicht, age 74, of Granville, formerly of Columbus, died peacefully at home on Saturday, September 10, 2016.  He was born in Kiel, Germany on March 3, 1942 to Peter Johann Früchtnicht and Alma Früchtnicht.

After completing a butcher’s apprenticeship, at age 19 he immigrated to New York where he became a German...

William W. Gray

Sep 8, 2016

Duty, Honor, and Country are three words that best describe Colonel William W. Gray, USAF (Ret.), 91, of Granville. Colonel Gray passed away September 8, 2016 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center, operated by Hospice of Central Ohio. He was born in Ishpeming, Michigan to the late William A. and Mary Bilkey Gray.

A 1947 graduate of...

Beverly R. Harris

Aug 24, 2016

A memorial service celebrating the life of Beverly R. Harris, 77, of Granville will be held Friday, August 26, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 107 E. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Applegate as celebrant.

Beverly, a retired deputy auditor from the City of Newark, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Middleton...

Joyce A. Munro

Jul 30, 2016

Joyce Munro, age 94, of Granville, passed away on July 30, 2016.  Joyce was born and raised in Suffern, NY, daughter of the late Basil M. and Mildred Hall.  She graduated from Tusculum College with a B.A. in economics and sociology after which she began an intensive course in structural design and engineering at Columbia University, followed by six...

Ross F. Jones

Jul 29, 2016

Ross Frank Jones, of Cincinnati, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2016 surrounded by family in the comfort of his home, following a valiant, eight-year battle with cancer. He was 45 days shy of his 70th birthday.

Ross was born on September 13, 1946 in Newark, Ohio. Following college at Muskingum ​University ​(‘68), he married Rebecca (Becky)...

Rose-Ann Brauner

Jul 26, 2016

Rose-Ann Brauner, 88, of Granville passed away July 26, 2016 at Kendal at Granville.  She was born in Columbus to the late Fred and Ernestine (Wirthwein) Frank.

Rose-Ann was smart, fun-loving, a great conversationalist, and a woman of strong faith.  She was raised in German Village and graduated from South High School.  She met her husband of...

Margaret W. "Maggie" (Wharton) Foster

Jul 20, 2016

Margaret Wharton Foster passed away at the age of 72 in her Heath, Ohio home on July 20 as a result of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.  She was born in Neffs, Ohio to W. G. “Mike” and Mary Wood Wharton on November 19, 1943.  Shortly thereafter, the family moved to the Hillsboro area, where they became successful in farming and farm-related...

Gordon D Fink

Jul 13, 2016

A funeral service celebrating the life of Gordon David Fink, 50, of Granville will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, in Granville with Rev. Kevin Koske as celebrant.

Gordon passed away unexpectedly due to deep vein thrombosis that caused a pulmonary embolism while on business...

Kenneth B. Maxwell

Jul 2, 2016

A funeral service celebrating the life of Kenneth B. Maxwell, 95, of Granville will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 11, 2016 at McPeek-Hoekstra Funeral Home, 133 S. Prospect St., Granville with Pastor Bob Long as celebrant. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Alexandria with military honors rendered by the Licking County Veterans Alliance. The family...

Joan Hauenstein

Jun 16, 2016

A private family service will be held for Joan E. Hauenstein, 83, of Granville.

Joan passed away Thursday, June 16, 2106 at Kendal at Granville. She was born in New York in 1932 to the late Robert and Helen (Kraus) Morgan.

Surviving are her children and their spouses, Peter and Kae Hauenstein, Susan and David...

Peter A. Jiran

Jun 15, 2016

A Mass of Christian Burial for Peter A. Jiran, 72, of Granville, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, June 18, 2016 at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 785 Newark Granville Rd., Granville with Monsignor Paul P. Enke as celebrant. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville.

A broker in the transportation business,...

Connie J. Westbrook

Jun 14, 2016

A memorial service celebrating the life of Connie J. Westbrook, 74, of Granville, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, in Granville with Rev. Stephen J. Cramer and Rev. Bob Long as co-celebrants.  The family will receive friends on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8...