Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Arlene B. Rentsch
Feb 15, 2013
Arlene B. Rentsch, 95, of Dover died Friday, February 15, 2013 in the New Dawn Retirement Center. Born April 1, 1917 near Stone Creek, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Florence Ferrell Miller. Arlene was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Rentsch on April 17, 1986; son Stanley Rentsch, a brother, Eugene Miller and...
Sarah M. Connor
Feb 14, 2013
Sarah M. Connor, 89, of Park Village and formerly of Bell Ave., Dover died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at Park Village following a brief illness. Sarah was a retired employee of the Tuscarawas County Health Department where she previously managed the WIC program and also formerly worked for the Tuberculosis Association. Born Nov. 23, 1923 in Caldwell, Ohio, she was...
George Stuart Hackett
Feb 14, 2013
George Stuart Hackett, age 56, passed away suddenly in his home at Dover on February 14, 2013. George was born January 22, 1957, at Dover, to the late George Stuart and Virginia Weinsz Hackett III. He was a 1975 graduate of Garaway High School. George attended The University of Akron and Walsh University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in...
Adele Marie Gephart
Feb 13, 2013
Adele Marie Gephart 90, of Dover, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, February 13 after a brief illness. Born February 10, 1923, in Modena, Italy she was the only child of Bruno and Desolina Panini. Modena is located on the south side of the fertile Po River Valley in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and is 30 miles west of Bologna...
Roy Curtis Humrighouse
Feb 13, 2013
Roy C. Humrighouse, 89, of Dover died Wednesday morning, Feb. 13, 2013 in the Community Hospice House at New Philadelphia following an extended illness. Roy was a retired supervisor for the Marlite Corporation where he worked for 38 years. Born Sept. 24, 1923, in Feed Springs, Ohio, he was the son of the late Frederick and Bessie (Patterson) Humrighouse. In...
Thomas Edward Myers
Feb 10, 2013
Thomas Edward Myers, 63, went to be with his Lord on February 10, 2013. He was born to Homer E. Myers and Maxine E. (Riggenbach) Myers on January 29, 1950 in Canton, Ohio. He arrived a few days later to his beloved farm near Beach City that he would call home for nearly 55 years. He attended Fairless Schools and...
Roy "Toady" Howell
Feb 8, 2013
Roy D. "Toady" Howell, 91, a longtime Dover, Ohio resident died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 in the Community Hospice House at New Philadelphia following a brief illness. "Toady" retired in 1986 as a heavy machine operator for Red Malcuit Inc. at Strasburg where he worked for 30 years. Born April 9, 1921 in Flushing, Ohio, he was the son of...
Audrey H Harmon
Feb 7, 2013
Audrey H. Harmon, 89, of Dover, died Thursday, February 7, 2012 in Park Village Health Care Center. Born August 25, 1923 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Carl & Hilda Roth Beitzel. She fulfilled her role as homemaker to the fullest, and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, neighbor and friend. Everyone loved going to Grandma Harmon's...
David J. Hoopingarner
Feb 7, 2013
David J. Hoopingarner Jr., 57, of Dover passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2013 following an extended illness. Born in Dover on October 13, 1954, he was the son of the late David Sr. and Iona Heisler (Tedrick)Hoopingarner. He is also preceded in death by his nephew; Ramey Mullinex; brother in-law, Joseph Edward Little Jr.; and father in-law, Joseph Little...
Anna Mae Keppler
Feb 6, 2013
Anna Mae Keppler, age 97, a life-long resident of Dover, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, in Community Hospice House. Born Sep. 3, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Edna Hisrich Keppler. Anna Mae graduated from Dover High School in 1933, and for many years owned and operated Anna Mae's Permanent Wave Beauty Salon in Dover. She...
Lina A. Maust
Feb 6, 2013
Lina A. Maust, 94, of Dover died Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover. Born April 19, 1918 in Winfield she was a daughter of the late Lawrence "Marion" and Sarah Auman Gordon. Lina was also preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Myron K. Maust, on September 5, 1993 and six...
Joseph Hoover Clark
Feb 4, 2013
Joseph Hoover Clark, 80, of Dover, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 in Union Hospital. He was born April 18, 1932 at Kensington, GA, the son of the late Charlie & Minnie Mercy Clark. A hard working man his entire life, he was a retired employee of Republic Steel at Massillon. "Hoover" was an Army veteran who honorably served his country...
John C. Terakedis
Feb 4, 2013
John C. Terakedis, age 89, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Park Village Health Care Center, Dover. Born Feb. 8, 1923, in Uhrichsville, he was a son of the late Steve and Anna Mary Downing Terakedis. John graduated from Uhrichsville High School in 1941, and went on to serve honorably with the U.S. Army in the European Theater of Operations...
Cathy Jo Vosick
Feb 3, 2013
Cathy Jo Vosick, 57, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Hospice House. Born December 2, 1955 in Carmi, Illinois she was a daughter of the late Alvin and Nellie Smith Matthews. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Delores Hyatt. Cathy had graduated from Crossville High School in Illinois and received her Associates Degree...
Allen Benjamin Church
Feb 2, 2013
Allen Benjamin Church, 82, a longtime resident of the Dover, Ohio community died Saturday morning, Feb. 2, 2013 in the Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia following an extended illness. Allen retired in 1994 from the former Empire Detroit Steel Company at Dover where he worked for twenty nine years. Born April 20, 1930 in Warren, Ohio, he was the...
Emma L. Simmers
Feb 2, 2013
Emma L. Simmers, 71, of Dover died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Aultman Hospital. She graduated from the Massillon School of Nursing in 1963 and later received her Masters of Nursing. Emma began her career as a surgical RN, and then became an Emergency Center Nurse before becoming an Occupational Health Nurse with the Timken Co. in Canton from where...
Richard Lee Browning
Jan 28, 2013
Richard Lee Browning, 70, of New Philadelphia died Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Hospice House. Born February 18, 1942 in Dennison he was a son of the late Cletus and Agnes Grandison Browning. Richard was also preceded in death by his wife, Lois Browning on October 20, 2009. He retired from Northeast Ohio Gas and was an Air Force...
Rose A. Prosperi
Jan 27, 2013
Rose A. Prosperi, age 70, of Dover, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, where she was taken after becoming ill at home. Born Sept. 21, 1942, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Eileen Smail Bailey. Rose attended school in New Philadelphia and was a loving homemaker. She especially enjoyed cooking and family...
James Melvin Gee
Jan 26, 2013
James Melvin "Jim" Gee, age 70, of Dover passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013, in his home. Jim was the eldest son of Martha L. Glidden Gee of Dover, and the late Harold E. Gee. Jim was raised in both New Philadelphia and Sugarcreek. In his youth, summers were often spent in Texas staying with his Uncle Kenny and Aunt...
Myra Ann Feller
Jan 26, 2013
Myra Ann (Wolfe) Feller, 62 of Newcomerstown passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 following an extended illness. Born on October 1, 1950 in Dennison, she was the daughter of the late Clayton "Pete" and Helen Viola (Warner) Wolfe. She is also preceded in death by her mother and father in-law, Donald and Phyllis (Dietrich) Feller. Myra was a 1968...
