All Obituaries

A memorial service celebrating the life of Judith M. Sandbrink, 77, of Granville, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, December 12, 2022 at Central Christian Church, 587 Mt. Vernon Rd., Newark with Rev. Kara Swartz as celebrant. A private graveside service will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery, Granville. A 1963 graduate of Granville High School, Judy passed away December 7, 2022 at her home. She was born in Newark to the late Dwight and Kathryn Sawyer. After graduating from Central Ohio...

Funeral service arrangements are incomplete for Carolyn S. Chambers, 87, of Newark, formerly of Granville. Carolyn passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022 at her home surrounded by family.

Jane Hall, 81-years-old, passed away in the comfort of her home on Saturday, November 26, 2022 after celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday surrounded by friends and loved ones. In honor of the holiday, Jane shared her love of poetry and gratitude by reading aloud. Jane was born Sept. 2, 1941, in Clendenin, W. Va. to Billie and Max Simmons. She earned her BSW and MSW from West Virginia University and professionally served as a hospital social worker at facilities in the Cleveland and Columbus...

Doris Simoneau Humiston, 100, formerly of Rye, New Hampshire, passed away at Middleton Senior Living in Granville Ohio on November 25, 2022. Dot was born in Laconia, New Hampshire, the first of five children, to the late Jean Baptiste Simoneau and Helen Allaire Simoneau on August 31, l922.  It was in Laconia that she would grow up, marry the love of her life, Sheldon, in 1947, start a family, and embark on many adventures from Bangor, Maine to Mobile Alabama where Sheldon’s work...

A private graveside service will be held for Nasreen Behdad, 62, of Granville, at College Cemetery, Denison University. A Senior Accountant with Huntington Bank, Nasreen was a graduate of Denison University where she majored in Sociology and Anthropology. She passed away Thursday, November 24, 2022 at her home surrounded by family. Surviving are her husband, Sohrab; children, Siavash and Yasameen; and granddaughter, Sanaz.

A funeral service celebrating the life of Betty A. Lehnert, 82, of Alexandria will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 28, 2022 at the Alexandria United Methodist Church, 72 Church St., Alexandria with Pastor David Klawitter officiating.  The Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the Church on Monday.  Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.  Following the graveside service, a wake luncheon will be held at the Church beginning at...

John Thomas Bizic - dedicated husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many passed away tragically on November 8, 2022 at the age of 56 as a result of a work-related incident. John was born to Rudolph “Rudy” Bizic and Susan Shields Bizic in the Ohio Valley. He graduated from St. Clairsville High School before attending The Ohio State University, where he received a degree in Agricultural Engineering. After graduation, he pursued a career in North Carolina and...

A private service was held for David E. Rechsteiner, D.D.S., 87, of Granville, Ohio. David passed away November 5, 2022. He is survived by his family.

Janet Louise Barton Englefield, age 92, passed away to be with her beloved husband Bill and her Lord and Savior on October 31, 2022, in her home surrounded by her dedicated HomeInstead caregivers and loving family. Janet was proud to have been born and raised in Massillon, Ohio. She had a degree in nursing and enjoyed volunteer work with the Red Cross Blood Mobile, and memberships in Twig and 20th Century Club. She loved the OSU Buckeyes and the Cincinnati Bengals, the Columbus Symphony...

David (Tommy) Thomas Meurer, 84, died peacefully surrounded by his family October 23, 2022. David was born on February 14, 1938 in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Edward Charles Meurer and Elizabeth (Walsh) Meurer.  He attended Saint Peter’s University and enjoyed a long career in various capacities with Schindler Elevator Corporation, working and living in first Bloomington, Indiana then Toledo, Ohio and finally in Washington DC before retiring to Granville, Ohio.  He...