Dorothy L. Gross Hootman

Dorothy L. Gross Hootman, age 95, of Dover, and formerly of Newcomerstown, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019.

Born June 21, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Harry and May West Stocker. Dorothy graduated from Port Washington High School in 1943, and was a loving homemaker.

She is survived by her children, William L. (Becky) Gross and Robert A. Gross, both of New Philadelphia, and Gloria (Gene) Cua of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina; her eight grandchildren; her many great-grandchildren; and her nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by her first husband, Chester M. Gross; her second husband, Ralph L. Hootman; her son, Randy Gross; her sisters, Martha McCormick and Wilma Gross; and her brother, Harry “Junior” Stocker.

Family and friends are invited to call at the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, Dover, on Monday, December 2, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. A funeral service will follow at 1:30, officiated by Pastors Jeffrey R. Gerber and Jill Lovett of New Philadelphia’s First United Church of Christ. Burial will be in Stone Creek Cemetery. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of Dorothy, please visit the Obituaries link on the funeral home’s website.