Died February 9, 2021.

Crooksville Middle School, Crooksville, OH

Language Arts, Science

Obituary:

Amy Jo Ward, 48 of Crooksville, Ohio died suddenly at approximately 12:30 Pm, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at her home due to complications of COVID 19.

She was born February 23, 1972 in Zanesville, the daughter of Thomas Fell of Crooksville and the late Leona Kaye (nee: King) Fell who died November 17, 2007.

Amy was a 1990 graduate of Crooksville High School and later received her Bachelors’ degree from Ohio University-Zanesville. She was a beloved and dedicated middle school teacher in the Crooksville School System. She enjoyed reading and posting on Facebook. Amy was very active in the Crooksville Band Boosters while her son was a member of the band and, more recently, she had served as the junior high cheerleader advisor. She attended Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. She will be greatly missed by her family, her colleagues, her students and friends.

In addition to her father, left behind to mourn her passing is her son, Collen Ward; her brother and sister-in-law, Jason and Jodie Fell; her step-mother, Susan Fell; her furbabies, Katie and Moonshine and a host of friends.

Due to the COVID pandemic, the family will hold private services for Amy at Goebel Funeral Home, 36 N. Buckeye St., Crooksville. She will be laid to rest next to her mother in Zanesville Memorial Park.

Contributions may be made in Amy’s memory to Pleasant Gove United Methodist Church or Crooksville Band Boosters.