All Obituaries

  Samuel Wherry Cunningham, age 95, of 76795 Valley Knoll Road, Flushing (Piedmont) died at 3:25 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2022 in the Harrison County Home, Cadiz, Ohio where he had been a resident for thirteen months.  He was born March 6, 1927 in Londonderry Township, Guernsey County, Ohio; a son of the late Lester Zellars Cunningham and Mary Margaret Tedrick Cunningham. Sam was the Salutatorian of the 1944 graduating class of Freeport High School. He attended Muskingum...

Virginia Lee Tobin, age 89, of New Philadelphia, formerly of Columbus and Freeport, died at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, 2022 in Park Village Southside, New Philadelphia, Ohio. She was born May 5, 1933 in Smyrna, Guernsey County, Ohio to the late Albert Leroy Stine and Lois Lorine Mallarnee Stine. Virginia was a 1951 graduate of Madison High School and was a devoted homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Grove City and was formerly affiliated with the Freeport...

Timmy Mullins, age 65, of 73790 Freeport Road, Freeport, Guernsey County, died at 2:40 p.m. Friday, July 29, 2022 in Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge after a brief illness. He was born August 7, 1956 in Pikeville, Kentucky; a son of the late Charles Moon Mullins and Brooke Rogers Mullins. In his younger days, he was an underground coal miner until his mining accident which left him disabled. Timmy liked to watch Flat and Skruggs DVDs with his dog, Baby. His wife,...

John Howells III, age 66, of Freeport died at home on Sunday, July 24, 2022 after a long illness. He was born August 25, 1955 in Trenton, New Jersey; a son of the late John Howells Jr. and Charlotte Barnard Howells. He served in the United States Navy, joining when he was seventeen years old. He retired in 2012 from Bill Hawk Inc. of Dover where he was in Laborer’s Union. He welded and operated heavy equipment there for fifteen years.  John liked to fish, hunt, and being on...

Rosie E. Yoder, age 43, of Freeport died at home at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Rosie was born February 5, 1979 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania; a daughter of Emanuel J. Miller and Sara J. Byler Miller. Surviving are her husband, Henry A. Yoder; seven sons: Aden (Elizabeth), Emanuel, Abe, Andy, Henry Jr., Joseph, and Roman; four daughters: Mary, Fannie, Emma, and Verna; two brothers: Freeman (Ruthie) Miller and Emanuel (Nancy) Miller, Jr.; and two sisters: Mary (John, Jr.) Detweiler...

Paul Edward Lynn, age 78, of Dover was pronounced dead at 10:37 a.m. in his home on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. He was born September, 23, 1943 in Bethesda, Belmont County; a son of the late Carl Edward Lynn and Virginia Mae Murphy Lynn. He was a graduate of Union Local High School. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army and served his country for three years as a radio operator in Germany. He was employed by Fruehauf Trailer Corporation in Lorain building...

Helen Louise Wilson Lake, age 93 of Winter Haven, Florida, formerly of Londonderry, Ohio died at 4:45 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2022 in Brookdale Senior Living Facility in Winter Haven, Florida. She was born December 10, 1928 in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late William Eldridge Wilson and Lena D. Arnold Wilson. She was a 1946 graduate of Freeport High School. Helen retired in 1989 after working twenty-six years for Champion Spark Plug in Cambridge, Ohio. She...

Douglas Edward Sharp, age 67, of Piedmont died at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in WVU Hospital, Wheeling, WV. Born October 16, 1954 in Barnesville, Ohio; he was a son of the late Ethel E. Garrett and Edward Arigoni. He formerly lived in Mt. Vernon and drove truck for a Columbus construction site hauling heavy equipment for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Loretta Hammons Sharp, a brother, Gregory Sharp, Surviving are two daughters: Amy Lynn Sharp of Mt. Vernon and...

Wayne NeMoyne Vanfossen II, age 76, of Holloway died peacefully at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 26, 2022 in his home. He was born August 31, 1945; a son of the late Wayne NeMoyne Vanfossen and Pearl Elizabeth Fritter Vanfossen. Wayne was a veteran of the United States Army, joining the army July 31, 1963 and was honorably discharged July 30, 1969.  He received his GED then went to work in the Morton Salt Mine in Fairport Harbor, Ohio where he worked for thirty plus years. Surviving is...

Donald Dean Pettay, age 79, of New Philadelphia, formerly of Freeport, died peacefully surrounded by his family Sunday June 26, 2022 at 8:40 a.m. in Truman House Community Hospice in New Philadelphia, Ohio after a long period of declining health. He was born November 1, 1942 in Coshocton, Ohio; a son of the late Donald Rolland Pettay and Virginia June Widder Pettay.    He was a 1960 graduate of Freeport High School. Following graduation, he attended Linotype School which led...