Obituaries

Sarah Ruth Mcconkey
Sep 20, 2011
Sarah Ruth "Ruth" (Milstead) McConkey, 86, of Warner, formerly of Byesville, passed away Tuesday (September 20, 2011) at Marietta Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born September 25, 1924 on Fish Creek Island (Woodland), WV and was the daughter of the late Jasper Milstead and Laura Leota (Hornbeck) Milstead Nutter. She was a former employee of Republic...
Thomas J. "Tom" White
Sep 19, 2011
Thomas J. "Tom" White, 84, of Cambridge passed away Monday (September 19, 2011) at his home. He was born March 14, 1927 in Canton and was the son of the late Thomas E. and Thelma Faye (Tilton) White. Mr. White was retired from Ohio Valley Dairy and the Guernsey County Family Services where he was a fraud investigator; he...
Leona K. Journey
Sep 18, 2011
Leona K. Journey, 79, of Cambridge, died Sunday (Sept. 18, 2011) at Cambridge Health Care Center, Cambridge. She was born March 9, 1932, in Marietta, daughter of the late Doug Fulton and Ruth Mitchell. Mrs. Journey was a former employee of RCA, NCR and Westinghouse, and a life member of the VFW Post 2901 Ladies' Auxiliary. She was Protestant...
Ethel Brady
Sep 17, 2011
Ethel Brady, 92, of Cambridge, passed away Saturday (September 17, 2011) at Cambridge Health Care Center. She was born February 19, 1919 in Copley and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia (Bolak) Nagy. Ms. Brady was a homemaker and a ceramic teacher for many years. She was a long time member of the Salvation Army and...
David Patrick
Sep 16, 2011
David Patrick, 59, of Pittsville, Alabama passed away Friday (September 16, 2011) at St. John Medical Center in Springfield, MO. He was born November 23, 1952 in Cambridge and was the son of the late Clyde and Lucille (Whitsel) Patrick. Mr. Patrick was a truck driver (owner/operator) and leased to J.P. Miller in Duncan Falls. He enjoyed raising Quarter...
Dorothy Ruth Bonnell
Sep 9, 2011
Dorothy Ruth Bonnell, 79, of Old Washington, passed away Friday (Sept. 9, 2011) at Countryview Assisted Living, Lore City. She was born March 7, 1932, in Guernsey County, daughter of the late Carl and Edith (Whitely) Pulley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, William and Emily Whitely and Roy and Opal Pulley;...
Alan J. Peterson
Sep 7, 2011
Alan J. Peterson, 59, of Columbus, died Wednesday (September 7, 2011) at his home. He was born March 25, 1952 in Xenia, son of Hildred (Fenlason) Peterson and the late Jay "Duke" Peterson. Mr. Peterson was a financial advisor with The Peterson Companies. He was an enrolled agent and also a financial advisor with First Global Capital Corporation of...
Mary E. Rocker
Sep 6, 2011
Mary E. Rocker, 89, of Lore City, died Tuesday (September 6, 2011) at her home. She was born March 4, 1922 in Cambridge, daughter of the late Joseph Melching and Carrie (McJeilton) Melching. She married George Rocker Sr. on October 24, 1947. Mrs. Rocker retired in 1984 from March Electric, where she had been employed as an assembler. She...
Pauline Dugan
Sep 1, 2011
Pauline Dugan, 95, of Cambridge, died Thursday (September 1, 2011) at the Beckett House at New Concord. She was born February 24, 1916 in Robins, daughter of the late Fred Murgatroyd and Susan (Scott) Murgatroyd. She married Vernon Dugan on September 1, 1940. Mrs. Dugan retired from Westinghouse in Byesville. She was a member of the Lore City United...
Ruth C. Mccormick
Aug 28, 2011
Ruth C. McCormick, 84, of Salesville, died Sunday (August 28, 2011) at her home. She was born October 17, 1926 in Wayne Township/Noble County, daughter of the late Fred B. Long and Mae (Vance) Long. She married Clarence H. McCormick on April 10, 1954. Mrs. McCormick was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family, working on the...
Joe Dean
Aug 28, 2011
Joe Dean, 73, of Kimbolton, died Sunday (August 28, 2011) at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge. He was born October 28, 1937 in Ranger WV, son of the late Edward Dean and Hattie May (Adkins) Dean. Mr. Dean was a machinist for the Ford Motor Company, retiring in 1991 after thirty-five years of service. He attended Clearfork Baptist...
Cynthia Nadine Hahn
Aug 28, 2011
Cynthia Nadine Hahn, 45, of Quaker City, died Sunday (August 28, 2011) in Caldwell. She was born December 6, 1965 in Camp Lejeune NC, daughter of Gerald Brown and Catherine (Potter) Brown of Quaker City. Mrs. Hahn was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a brother, Michael J. Brown. In addition to her parents, she is survived...
Dorothy Ellen Geary
Aug 27, 2011
Dorothy Ellen Geary, 89, of Cambridge, died Saturday (August 27, 2011) at the Cambridge Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 20, 1922 in Glouster, daughter of the late Herb Smith and Lucille (Andrews) Smith. Mrs. Geary retired from the Guernsey County Children's Home, where she had been a cook for many years. She was a 1940 graduate...
Larry Dean Mallett
Aug 26, 2011
Larry Dean Mallett, 64, of Salesville, passed away Friday evening (Aug. 26, 2011) at his home surrounded by his family. That's the way he always hoped it would be. He was the youngest of five children born to Paul and Tillie (Thompson) Mallett on June 7, 1947. He was preceded in death by his parents; a great-grandson, Jordan Michael...
Larry G. Hockenberry Sr.
Aug 25, 2011
Larry G. Hockenberry Sr., 58, of Cambridge, died Thursday (August 25, 2011) at his home. He was born June 20, 1953 in Dover, son of the late Robert Hockenberry and Mary (Walton) Hockenberry. Mr. Hockenberry was a US Air Force veteran. He was Catholic by faith. He is survived by a son, Larry G. Hockenberry II of Cambridge; two...
Barbara E. (Dennis) Thompson
Aug 24, 2011
Barbara E. (Dennis) Thompson, 43, of Marietta, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday (August 24, 2011) at her home, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born March 13, 1968 in Cambridge, daughter of Evelyn J. (Morrison) Dennis-Ayers and the late Harry Hubert Dennis. Mrs. Thompson worked at All-For-Kids, where she was a pre-school teacher. She was...
Annette S. Fraley
Aug 17, 2011
Annette S. Fraley, 64, of Quaker City, died Wednesday (August 17, 2011) at the Emerald Pointe Nursing Home, Barnesville. She was born July 23, 1947 in Franklin, daughter of the late Raymond Fraley and Kazella (Long) Fraley. She was the owner & operator of Annette's Beauty Shop for many years. She was a 1965 graduate of Miflin High School...
Jayce Mikeal Ryan
Aug 13, 2011
Jayce Mikeal Ryan, infant son of Donald E. "Junior" and Tamara (Frazier) Ryan of Cambridge, died Saturday (August 13, 2011) at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. He was born August 13, 2011 in Columbus. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Zyler Frazier and Bladen Ryan; his paternal grandparents, Donald L. & Dee...
Wilma J. Mcaninch
Aug 12, 2011
Wilma J. McAninch, 88, of Cambridge, died Friday (August 12, 2011) at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born March 26, 1923 in West Lafayette, daughter of the late George W. Wetzel and Edna (Duncan) Wetzel. Mrs. McAninch retired from the Wheeling Machine Company, where she had worked as a secretary. She was Christian by faith....
Rudolph Samuel "Rudy" Bonnell
Aug 9, 2011
Rudolph Samuel "Rudy" Bonnell, 78, of Lore City passed away Tuesday (August 9, 2011) at his home. He was born July 25, 1933 in Guernsey County and was the son of the late Alva A. and Myrtle (Brown) Bonnell. Rudy was a retired heavy equipment operator and he loved his home in the country, his children and his cat...
