All Obituaries

Eleanor Louise Campbell, age 94, of Dover, originally from Cadiz and Freeport died at 10:40 p.m. Thursday, June 18, 2020 in Park Village Nursing Home, Dover, Ohio. Louise was born May 20, 1926, a daughter of the late Harold Adams and Ruth Alberta Dunlap Adams. She was a 1944 graduate of Cadiz High School. She was the first woman district manager for Silco Stores Inc.  where she worked for several years. She retired in 2000 after 25 years as the CFO for the Freeport Press in Freeport,...

Judy Kay Gorby, age 53, of Dennison went home to Jesus at 11:00 p.m. Saturday, May 30, 2020 in her home after a courageously fought battle with stage IV lung cancer. She was born November 5, 1966 in Dover, Ohio to Judy Kay (Lowe) Sullivan of Tippecanoe and the late Charles “Bud” Reynolds.  Judy Kay was a 1985 graduate from Lakeland High School, Freeport. After graduating she attended Belmont Tech in Cadiz and St. Clairsville receiving a typing certificate. Later, she took...

George Ferris, age 77, of 25177 Cadiz Road, Freeport died Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Aultman Hospital, Canton, Stark County, Ohio from complications after a heart procedure. He was born February 22, 1943 in Shippenville, Pennsylvania. He was a son of the late Floyd Bernard Ferris and Edna May Brown Ferris. George worked for Schwebel’s Baking Company in Solon, Ohio for thirty years in sanitation on the bread line. After retirement, they moved to the Piedmont area for their love of...

Connie Jean Fritter, age 70, of 203 East Main Street, Holloway died at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, 2020 in St. Cloud Regional Medical Center, St. Cloud, Florida from pneumonia, a complication of the COVID-19 virus. She was born July 11, 1949 in Wheeling, West Virginia; a daughter of the late Eva Jean Bradley VanFossen and Thomas Wayne VanFossen. Connie graduated in June of 1967 from Lakeland High School, Freeport, Ohio where she played the clarinet in the band. On August 5, 1967 she...

Mary L. Baker, age 93 of Coshocton, formerly of Freeport, died on April 14, 2020, in her apartment at Windsorwood Place, Coshocton, Ohio. Born in Massillon, Ohio March 9, 1927, she was a daughter of the late John Homer Ferrell and Marion Elizabeth Culberson Ferrell. She was a 1946 graduate of Freeport High School where she had been a cheerleader. She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 68 years, Lewis E. (Ed) Baker, who died September 8, 2015.  They were married October...

Liam Mathew Cunningham was born on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 12:45 p.m. at OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He soon was welcomed into the arms of Jesus. He was the infant son of Scott and Kayleigh Cunningham of Freeport.   Surviving in addition to his parents are his grandparents: Harlen and Rebecca Smith of Freeport and Charlie and Donna Cunningham of Quaker City; great-grandparents: Larry and Shirley Wells of Freeport, Mark and Sherri Kramer of Tippecanoe, and Donald and...

Jack Edward Roehrich, age 17, of 25611 Cadiz Road, Freeport died Sunday, March 22, 2020 on Skullfork Road near Freeport, as a result of a tragic accident associated with flood waters. Jack was born February 16, 2003 in Cambridge, Ohio; a son of Mark Allan Roehrich and Leila Ann McCarty Roehrich. Jack's primary education was provided all through his sophomore year of high school by homeschooling. This year, Jack's junior year, he began attending Mid-East Career and Technology Center...

Helen Maxine Henry Yarnell, age 83, of Newark, Ohio died at 12:50 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2020 in Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Born February 16, 1937 in Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio; she was a daughter of the late James William Henry and Mabel A. Cunningham Henry. Helen was a 1954 graduate of Madison High School. She worked in the customer service retail and food industry for many years. She believed in God, Jesus, our Savior and The Holy Spirit. She loved...

Golda Rose Ash, age 81,  of 28700 Norris Road, Tippecanoe, Ohio went home to be with the Lord Saturday, March 21, 2020 near Stillwater, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She was born January 4, 1939 in Tennessee; a daughter of the late Hucie Wicker and Nadine Wicker. Golda graduated from Uhrichsville High School in 1957. She was employed by Holy Grounds Café in Dennison as a cook. She was a member of the Tippecanoe United Methodist Church. Her husband, Charles Eugene Ash, Jr. died May...

          Billie Carol Gatts Borland, age 78, of Freeport died surrounded by her family at 9:12 p.m. Sunday, February 16, 2020 in the home of her daughter, Penny Shepherd where she had been living since November 2019.           Born in Carroll County, Center Township on October 31, 1941; a daughter of the late Roy Harding Gatts and Helen Maxine Dray Gatts.           Billie...