All Obituaries

Roger Core, 84, of Granville, formerly of Weston, CT, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at his home.  Born in 1934, in Santa Barbara, CA, Roger attended the University of Michigan where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts before pursuing a career as an art director at New York city-based ad agencies and owner of an ad agency in Weston.  Roger was a renowned artist and professional photographer whose work was exhibited in galleries along the East Coast; his specialty was in...

A funeral service will be held for Raymond F. Funk, 89, of Granville, on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 6 P.M. at the McPeek-Hoekstra Funeral Home, 133 S. Prospect St., Granville with Elders John Krumm, Mitchell Krumm, and Glen Funk officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Private interment will be held at Scotts Creek Cemetery in Logan, Ohio. Raymond passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at Pataskala Oaks Care Center. He was born in Logan,...

A memorial service celebrating the life of Robert N. Phillips, 79, of Alexandria, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 2, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church, 110 W. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Karen J. Chakoian as celebrant. A graveside service will be held prior to the church service at 10:00 A.M. at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville with military honors. A retired middle school English teacher, at Gahanna East Middle School, Bob passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018. He was born to...

June Miller Kraus, 92, died peacefully and with family nearby on July 18, 2018. To the surprise of no one, she was stubborn to the end, holding onto pieces of her legendary sense of humor even after dementia had robbed her memory. She was born February 22, 1926, in Chicago. Her father, Max Miller, a Prohibition gangster, died when she was only two, and she and her mother Evelyn (Friedman) (Miller) Wachovsky, spent most of the next 36 years loving and protecting one another in a variety of...

A funeral mass celebrating the life of James A. Masterson, 85, of Granville will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, 785 Newark-Granville Rd, in Granville with Msgr. Paul P. Enke as celebrant.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.  Private burial will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery. Jim passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.  He was...

A funeral service celebrating the life of John N. Watkins, 91, of Granville, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Monday, July 16, 2018 at Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville with Rev. Bob Long as celebrant. The family will receive friends from 1:00-3:00 P.M. prior to the service at the church. John passed away July 12, 2018 at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Granville to the late Earl and Naomi Watkins. A former Licking County Engineer for 25 years, John also...

A private graveside service will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Granville for Nicholas A. Zaras, 76, of Newark. Nick passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at the Selma Markowitz Care Center operated by Hospice of Central Ohio. He was born in 1942 in Newark to the late Anthony (Tony) and Mary Zaras. Nick was a 1959 graduate of Newark High School. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Otterbein University where he was a member of Zeta Phi fraternity. He...

Edward “Jake” O. Floering, 97, of Granville, formerly of Estes Park, CO, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018 at his residence at Middleton Assisted Living.  He was born in Toledo, OH in 1920 to the late Edward and Gertrude Floering.   Edward was a 1939 graduate of Libbey High School.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army, 719th Railway Operating Battalion, proudly serving his country during WWII stationed in N. Africa and Italy. He came close to death in Italy after...

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Herman R. Leo, 81, of Johnstown, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at Church of the Ascension, 555 S. Main St., Johnstown, OH with Rev. Mark Ghiloni as celebrant. A private graveside service will be held at St. Mary’s Assumption Cemetery in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania. As a retired aircraft mechanic with Delta Airlines, Herman passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at the Inn at Summit Trail in Reynoldsburg. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA to...

Kirk Darryl Buckham, 69, of Westerville, Ohio entered eternal rest on June 20, 2018 after bravely battling cancer for many years.  Kirk was born in 1949 in Erie, PA to the late Kenneth and Lillian Buckham. He graduated from Denison University where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.  Kirk received his MBA from the University of Missouri.  He served in the United States Air Force as a Missile Launch Officer at Whiteman Airforce Base, Missouri.  He married his...