Jym Ganahl
A private funeral Mass was celebrated for Jym Ganahl, 76, who died Monday, Feb. 3.
Ganahl was a meteorologist for Columbus television stations for 45 years, first at WCMH-TV (Channel 4) from 1979 to 2016, then, after a brief retirement, for WSYX-TV (Channel 6) from 2017 until May 2024.
He was a 1970 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa. He began as the weather forecaster at KWWL-TV in Waterloo, Iowa at age 17, working there while going to college and serving in the U.S. Army before coming to Columbus.
He taught science to middle school students at Columbus St. Agatha School for three years during the day while continuing his nighttime duties as a meteorologist. He also taught science for a gifted student program at Ohio Wesleyan University.
He was involved in many public service activities for the two Columbus stations and performed in the cast of the “Tecumseh” outdoor drama in Chillicothe and for the Shadowbox Live theater group.
He is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Col. James A. Coning
Funeral Mass for Col. James A. Coning, 85, who died Tuesday, Jan. 2, was celebrated Saturday, Feb. 15 at New Philadelphia Sacred Heart Church. Burial was at Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Ohio.
He was born on Oct. 31, 1939 in Richmond, Indiana, to the late Lawrence and Clara (Driver) Coning.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1957, serving at various bases, and retired from active duty in 1998 as a colonel in the Ohio National Guard. He also was employed by Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Worthington.
He received a Bachelor’s degree in political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1966 and a Master’s degree in the same subject from the University of Mississippi in 1968.
He is survived by his wife, Anita (Cohee); a son, Father Jeffrey Coning, pastor of New Philadelphia Sacred Heart Church; daughters, Anne (Bill) Heishman and Susan (Lee) Shannon; stepsons, Marc (Shannon) Norman and Eric (Kim) Norma; stepdaughters, Cindy Bianucci and Michele Chalice; former wife, Donna; a sister, Betty (Al) Clark; a grandson, four granddaughters, 11 step-grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Victoria A. Michel
Funeral Mass for Victoria A. Michel, 67, who died Saturday, Feb. 1, was celebrated Saturday, Feb. 8 at Zanesville St. Nicholas Church. Burial was at Mount Olive Cemetery, Zanesville.
She was born on April 3, 1957 in Zanesville to Bernard and Patricia (Cooper) Barnes and was a 1975 graduate of Bishop Rosecrans High School.
For many years, she was the cafeteria manager of Zanesville St. Nicholas School, then Zanesville Bishop Fenwick School.
She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her mother; husband, Dennis; sons, Patrick (Bonnie), Brian (Shanon), Scott (Kari) and Stephen (Jackie), a daughter, Rebecca; a brother, Jeffrey (Bonnie); five sisters, Erin (John) O’Brien, Betsy (Doug) Merry, Mary Cronin-Peadon, Jennifer (George) Bates and Diane (Mark Lincicome) Hoffer; nine grandchildren, five-step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
AMATO, Lawrence “Larry,” 84, Jan. 2
St. Mary Church, Delaware
BADER, Rudolf, 88, February 2
St. Bernadette Church, Lancaster
BISCHOFF, Mary Lou T., 85, Feb. 5
St. Peter Church, Columbus
BLATERI, Frank, 91, Feb. 8
St. Brendan the Navigator Church, Columbus
BREECE, Grace Ellen, 81, Jan. 24
St. Mary Church, Marion
BREITENBACH, John P., 71, Jan. 28
St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell
CAMPBELL, Molly A., 82, Feb. 10
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
COOGAN, Charles, 92, Jan. 26
St. Peter Church, Columbus
COOK, JoAnne Ann, 91, Jan. 5
St. Mary Church, Marion
CUCCARO, Anthony, 91, Jan. 29
St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell
DOERSAM, Rosemarie A. (Roehrenbeck), 92, Feb. 3
St. Michael Church, Worthington
EMMERT, Bernard L. “Bernie,” 85, Jan. 24
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
ENGELHART, Marilyn Louise, 88, Feb. 10
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
EMSWELLER, Joseph Carl, 83, Jan. 11
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
EPIFANO III, James R., 78, Jan. 21
St. Rose of Lima Church, New Lexington
FABINY, Debra (Altier) 69, Jan. 13
St. Rose of Lima Church, New Lexington
FRANCIS, Raymond, 86, Jan. 24
St. Cecilia Church, Columbus
GADDIS, Eileen (Lucas) 88, Jan 22
St. Rose of Lima, New Lexington
GIRTON, Richard J., 81, Dec. 30
St. Mary Church, Delaware
HALL, Thomas, 95, Dec. 16
St. Mary Church, Delaware
HAUERSPERGER, Janet, 84, Dec. 27
St. Mary Church, Delaware
HILT, Joann, 85, Dec. 16
St. Mary Church, Delaware
HOLLERN, Jan R. (Reed), 73, Jan. 31
St. Elizabeth Church of St. Josephine Bakhita Parish, Columbus
HOLONITCH, Elizabeth A. “Betty,” 89, Jan. 24
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
JACOB, Norma, 101, Jan. 5
St. Mary Church, Marion
JAMES, Adalynn (Holdcroft), 89, Jan. 30
St. Joseph Church, Circleville
KAISER, Daine (Heft), 86, Jan. 31
St. Matthew Church, Gahanna
KASTLE, Andrew, 95, Feb. 7
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
LINARD, Elizabeth (Salrin), 75, Feb. 4
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
LOMBARDI, Jeanne (Kuechler), 90, Jan. 24
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
McCARTY, Denise Marie “Dee,” 56, Feb. 9
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
McSWEENEY, Timothy M., 86, Feb. 6
St. Mary, Mother of God Church, Columbus
MICHEL, Victoria Ann (Barnes), 67, Feb. 1
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
MILLS, Ronald L., 78, Jan. 28
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
PIRRIE, George Emil, 98, Jan. 14
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
REISCHMAN, Robert, 85, Jan. 31
St. Mary Church, Delaware
REYNOLDS, David H., 82, Feb. 6
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
SHACKELFORD, Margaret B. “Peig” (O’Connor), 83, Feb. 9
Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Canal Winchester
SICILIANO, Guy, 94, Feb. 12
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
SMITH, Gary, 76, Feb. 6
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
STUART, Kathryn, 85, Feb. 9
Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton
THURN, Betty (Schlegel), 88, Feb. 7
St. Aloysius Church, Columbus
TIBURZIO, Rudolph J., 89, Jan. 17
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
TONTI, Mary (Kirwin), 96, Jan. 20
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
VIGUE, Patricia (McGonagle), 88, Jan. 7
St. Patrick Church, Junction City
VISINTINE, John F. Jr., 92, Nov. 27. 2024
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
WALKER, Marvin E., 88, Jan. 27
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville