All Obituaries

Warsaw – Joseph Robert Prosek, 87, passed away at Beckett House Healthcare in New Concord on March 21, 2023. Arrangements will be finalized Wednesday morning. 

                  COSHOCTON- Sandra Kay (Miskimens) Kittell Reiss, 78., died Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Marion General Hospital.                 She was born May 3, 1944 to the late Earl James and Bessie Hilda (Cox) Miskimens. After graduating high school, Sandy worked a number of years at the Coshocton Bowling Alley. She was a member of...

     DANVILLE- Jeffrey A. Piar, 49, died Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.      Jeff was born in Mount Vernon to Bob and Nancy (Griffith) Piar on June 5, 1973. He was a 1991 graduate of Danville High School and was a member of the Moose Lodge 2555, and a lifetime member of the AMVETS Post 95 and VFW Post 4027 in Mt. Vernon.       He is survived by his parents, Bob and Nancy of Danville; his brother,...

                  WEST LAFAYETTE- Shelly Rena (Hains) “Graham, 56, died Sunday, March 5, 2023 at her residence.                 She was born Feb. 1, 1967 in Coshocton to the late Richard Earl and Bertha Maxine (Freetage) Hains. She was a 1985 graduate of Ridgewood High School. She worked at the former Coshocton Co. Memorial...

Danville - Samuel Laser passed away at home on Monday March 6, 2023. A celebration of his life will take place at a later time. 

Danville - Norma Marie (Frost) Barnett, beloved wife, mother, step-mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, passed peacefully at her home surrounded by family. Norma was born in Erie, PA.  She was raised and educated in Massachusetts, where she graduated from Newton-Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing in 1953.  She worked as a registered nurse for more than 50 years.  She started at the Lyndeborough, New Hampshire Central School as the school nurse....

                  COSHOCTON- Dylan Scott Ogle, 29, died Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at the Coshocton Regional Medical Center.                 He was born Sept. 23, 1993 in Zanesville to David and Cheryl (Gable) Ogle. He was a 2012 graduate of Coshocton High School, where he played football and baseball. He enjoyed fishing, hunting,...

                  WEST LAFAYETTE- John William Alberts, Jr., 82, died Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at Lafayette Pointe Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.                 He was born Nov. 4, 1940 in Mulberry, KS to the late John William and Alene (McCullough) Alberts. He was a 1958 graduate of West Lafayette High School, and retired...

     COSHOCTON -Jonathan Robert Miller, 70, of Coshocton, died Sunday, February 19, 2023 in Coshocton.        At his request , there will be no services.  The Fischer Funeral Home in Warsaw is assiting the family.

                  Warsaw – Emmett G. Sparks, Jr., 66, passed away on Thursday February 16, 2023 at the Knox Community Hospital.                 Emmett was born in San Francisco, CA on January 13, 1957 to Emmett and Mary (Trotter) Sparks. He was a member of the Perry Chapel Baptist Church and enjoyed teaching and talking about...