Mount Vernon News

Raymond O. Grandstaff, age 90, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his residence on Monday, January 1, 2024.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Kenyon College and the Knox County community will come together for the 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast: Out of a Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope.

Mary Louise (White) Miller, 94, born September 24, 1929, in Wellsville, Ohio, passed away December 30, 2023, Howard Ohio.

Darcy (Dar) F. Turner, 70, of Mount Vernon passed into eternal peace on December 18, 2023 in the care of his family in Cleveland, OH.

John “Jack” Kovach Jr., 83, of Delaware passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, December 28, 2023 at the Ohio Living Sarah Moore Home in Delaware surrounded by his loving family.

Jennifer (Balcom) DeWinter has been named Park Manager for Ariel-Foundation Park, located in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Sharon J. Gerber, 61, of Sugarcreek, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023 at Union Hospital following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

A funeral service for Jerry L. Hull, 75 of Utica will be held at 11am on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at the Utica Church of Christ, 115 N. Central Ave., Utica with Pastor Ben McKinstry officiating. Burial will follow at Bell Cemetery.

Ronald M. Hall, 70 of Delaware, and formerly of Mt. Vernon passed peacefully Monday, December 11, 2023 at Sarah Moore Home after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

Amber Carpenter gets right to the point with the students in her Principles of Food class at East Knox High School. “I tell the students my basic rule is this: When I demonstrate something, pay attention, ask questions and take notes – good notes. I’m showing you what you need to do,” Carpenter said.

Four students in grades five through eight have earned the right to represent Centerburg Local Schools in January’s Knox County Spelling Bee. They won recent grade-level competition in their district.

Fifteen Morgan Grange members met for a potluck supper and monthly meeting on Friday, December 8, 2023. Master Will Smith presided over the meeting as roll call was taken and minutes were read and approved.

The Northridge FFA chapter recently had 6 of our middle school members compete in their first ever CDE at the Ohio State Fairgrounds on November 30th, 2023.

On the 3rd of December students of the Northridge FFA chapter were asked to help out with the Live Nativity at the Croton Church of Christ.

Margaret (Betty) Richards, age 80 passed unexpectedly on October 2, 2023 in her home town of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

The family of Marjorie and Robert Herald will have a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 22, 2023 at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Mount Vernon. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the Mass at the church.

Patricia Ann Stelzer, 89, of Fredericktown, Ohio, passed away peacefully on November 30, 2023, at Country Club Rehabilitation Center, Mt Vernon. She was born on March 12, 1934, to Gerald and Helen (Null) Bucher in Jeffersonville, Ohio.

John Leslie Martin, age 80, died peacefully at his residence in Auburn, Nebraska, December 1, 2023, of natural causes.

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