Camille McPeek grew up in Lipa City in the Batangas Province of the Philippines. The Philippines, located in Southeast Asia, is an archipelago made of more or less 7,000 islands. The three major groups of islands are Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Batangas province is in the southern part of Luzon Island. Growing up in Lipa […]
Morgan E. Eckelberry is a Coshocton County resident, who was born in Mt. Gilead, but raised in Plainfield and West Lafayette. A 1988 graduate of Ridgewood High School, Eckelberry attended Plainfield Elementary followed by Ridgewood Junior High School. While in high school, Eckelberry participated in the OWA/OWE programs. He admits he “did not like school” […]
Ashley Grassbaugh-Thomas a.k.a, Ashley Thomas, grew up in Coshocton and is a 2003 graduate of River View High School. Thomas enjoyed volleyball and was a member of the National Honor Society during her academic career. Outside of schooling, she worked at McDonald’s in Coshocton where she met her future husband, Jonathon. She intended to move […]
April Johnson is a Coshocton County native with both sides of her family deeply rooted in the county. She lived in Coshocton until first grade when her family moved to West Lafayette. A 1998 graduate of Ridgewood High School, Johnson played volleyball and basketball and was in Teen Institute, an “antidrug/Prom Promise” type of program. […]
Leadership Coshocton County held its welcome reception on Aug. 13, at Clary Gardens and treated everyone to snacks by Schumaker Farms. Members of the Leadership Coshocton County Class of 2025 were joined by family; employers; Leadership Alumni; and members of the Leadership Advisory Board for the official welcome and kick-off to the program year. The […]
Leadership Coshocton County held its 33rd graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 on May 16, at the M Event Centre, located on the grounds of Coshocton KOA. Family, friends and employers gathered on a warm spring evening to celebrate a year of success. Treated to presentations by members of the class, audience members learned […]
Jen Gatto was born in Cleveland and raised in Old Brooklyn, near the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. She attended Catholic schools; graduating in 1993 from Erieview Catholic School, an all-girls school located in downtown Cleveland not far from Cleveland State University. Hers was the first class to be offered post-secondary coursework, so Jen took classes at […]
Mary Jackson was born and raised in Liberty, Texas, a small town not unlike Coshocton, southeast of Houston. Following graduation from Liberty High School Jackson enlisted in the Army in 1995. She attended basic training in Fort Jackson, SC and then went to Fort Lee, VA for training as an automatic logistics specialist. Upon graduation, […]
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Kenneth DeWitt, age 74, of Coshocton passed away on January 22, 2025 at Aultman Hospital. He was born on March 7, 1950 in Coshocton to the late Raymond and Freida (Perkins) DeWitt. Following his graduation from high school, he entered the United States Army where he served as a tank commander in Germany from 1970-1972. […]
Carl R. Thorpe, 84, of Coshocton passed away at Lafayette Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation after a brief illness. Carl was born in Norristown, PA on March 4, 1940, to the late George and Dorothy (Zaehringer) Thorpe Sr. He spent fourteen years at McWane Ductile before owning and operating his own Barber Shop in Coshocton, “Carl’s […]
William “Bill” A. Doyle, 100, of Coshocton passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025. at his home. Bill was born in Akron, Ohio on December 24, 1924, to the late Leo F. and Mary I. (Hoffman) Doyle. He served in the United States Army during WWII in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater earning a Bronze Star, Good Conduct […]
Donald Eugene Billman, age 82, of Coshocton died Friday, January 17, 2025, at the Morrison House, Zanesville, Ohio. He was born September 17, 1942, in Coshocton to the late James Lewis and Anna Gertrude (Glazier) Billman. Donald served in the United States Navy 1959-1963. Donald was a printer at the Coshocton Tribune for 4 years, […]
Daniel “Dan” Bruening, 73, of Coshocton passed away Sunday, January 19, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in St. Petersburg, FL on May 5, 1951 to the late Raymond and Olga (Olsavsky) Bruening. Dan was a graduate of West Geauga High School and Kent State University. He worked at Edmonts […]
Larry Lee Bailey, affectionately known as Beetle, passed away on January 14, 2025, at the age of 87 in Canton, Ohio. Born on December 20, 1937, to Fred Bailey and Pauline Hite Bailey, Larry spent his life dedicated to helping others who crossed his path, both through his work and personal life. Larry proudly served […]
Betty D. Bratton, 93, of Coshocton, passed away at her home on January 19, 2025 surrounded by her family. Betty was born in Pulaski, VA, to the late Robert and Hazel (Kane) Via on January 10, 1932. Betty graduated from Pulaski High School in 1950. On December 22, 1951, she married the love of her […]