MOUNT VERNON -- Helen H. Ables, 87, of Highland Drive, Mount Vernon, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.

NEWARK -- A funeral service for Joanne D. Bowser, 78, of Newark will be Thursday, April 10, at 11 a.m. at Law-Baker Funeral Home, with Pastor Wes Ellis officiating. Burial will follow in Newark Memorial Gardens.

MOUNT VERNON -- Lester Charles Cline, 94, of Mount Vernon died April 5, 2008, at Knox Community Hospital.

MOUNT VERNON -- Nelson L. Frost, 73, of Johnson Avenue, Mount Vernon, passed away Monday, April 7, 2008, at the Whispering Hills Care Center.

MOUNT VERNON -- Dave Homer Eugene Lawson, 59, a Whispering Hills Care Center resident, died April 2, 2008, at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark.

MOUNT VERNON -- Tyrus R. "Ty"Rice, 84, of Yauger Road, Mount Vernon, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the Knox Community Hospital.

MOUNT VERNON -- Alan Lewis Schwarz, 60, of Mount Vernon died Sunday, April 6, 2008, in Mount Vernon.

MOUNT VERNON -- Lewis F. Treleaven, 89, of Mount Vernon passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 6, 2008.