Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Ellen L. Hollinger
Mar 2, 2012
Ellen L. Hollinger, 84, a lifelong resident of Dover died Friday, March 2, 2012 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a brief illness. Ellen retired in 1987 from GTE after 40 years of service. She began her career with GTE at the New Philadelphia Central Office and held various management positions at the Marion, Athens, and Norwalk offices. Born Dec....
Nancy Lee Springer
Mar 1, 2012
Nancy Lee Mason Springer, loving wife, mother and friend to so many, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She was 79. Born February 16, 1933 at Mooreville, she was the daughter of the late George and Barbara Powell Mason. A 1950 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, Nancy married the love of her life,...
Wilma M Zuchegno
Mar 1, 2012
Wilma M. Zuchegno, 90, of Dover, died Thursday, March 1, 2012. She resided at Park Village Retirement Center. Born September 19, 1921 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Vincent & Carmela DeNoy Zuchegno. She retired from Woolworth Stores where she had worked for over 30 years at the Dover and Canton locations. A graduate of Dover High...
Helen E. Flynn
Feb 29, 2012
Helen E. "Honey" (Reese) Flynn, 86, of Dover died Wednesday evening Feb. 29, 2012 in Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Helen was born Dec. 6, 1925 in Beaumont, Texas, the daughter of the late John Howard and Alma Lucille (Luce) Reese. She was a registered nurse at Union Hospital in Dover and she served on the development team that...
Robert E. Decker, Sr.
Feb 29, 2012
Robert E. "Bob" Decker, Sr., age 71, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Union Hospital, following a long illness. Born Nov. 4, 1940, in Roswell, he was a son of the late Lillian Cusano Decker. Bob attended school in Roswell and was employed for thirty-four years by the Reeves Steel Co. before his retirement. Survivors include his...
Sylvia J. Locker
Feb 29, 2012
Sylvia J. Locker, 85, of Somerdale passed away on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 following a brief illness. Born June 17, 1926 in Somerdale, Ohio she was the daughter of the late James and Clara Miller Hardwidge. She attended Dover High School. In August of 1956, she married the love of her life, Russell H. Locker, who preceded her in death...
Doris V. Perkins
Feb 27, 2012
Doris V. Perkins, 92, of Bowerston died Monday, February 27, 2012 in the Sunny Slope Nursing Home. She was a clerk at Polsky's Department Store in Akron for many years. Born April 10, 1919 in Conotton, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Milford and Delia Snyder Downs. Doris was also preceded in death by her first husband, Alfred...
Larry G. Atkinson
Feb 27, 2012
Larry G. Atkinson, 90, of Dover died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Park Village Assisted Living. He had retired as a Rural Mail Carrier for Dover after many years of service. Born August 10, 1921 in Bellaire, Ohio he was a son of the late Guy and Sarah Marmie Atkinson. Larry was also preceded in death by three brothers, Dale,...
Barbara A. Karr
Feb 27, 2012
Barbara A. Karr, age 77, of Dover, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Union Hospital, following a long illness. Born Aug. 8, 1934, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Francis L. and Erma Hines Davis. Barbara graduated from Dover High School, and was employed by Miller & Miller Accountants, Dover. She played the french horn with the...
Margaret J. Goss
Feb 26, 2012
Margaret J. "Marge" Goss, 82, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born November 7, 1929 in Breckinridge, Kentucky she was a daughter of the late John and Emma Pryor Langley. Marge was also preceded in death by her husband, Meredith "Marty" Goss on March 6, 2010; son, David Wanless; four brothers...
Dale W. Grimm
Feb 24, 2012
Dale W. Grimm, 88, of Dover passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 following a brief illness. Born on November 5, 1923 in Dover, he was the son of the late Vernon and Marie Hartman Grimm. He attended Dover High School. On October 6, 1951, he married his wife, Martha J. Plummer, who preceded him in death. He is also...
Norma J. Doutt
Feb 21, 2012
Norma J. Doutt, 87, a long-time resident of Dover, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 surrounded by her family in her daughter Catherine's home in San Marcos, California, following a long illness. Born July 17, 1924 in Ashtabula, Ohio, Norma was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Aritabelle Gladding Maurer. She graduated from Dover High School in...
Frank Sullivan
Feb 21, 2012
Frank Sullivan, age 70, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the family farmhouse on Horn's Lane in Dover where he was born, reared and lived his life. Frank came into this world on Jul. 24, 1941, a son of the late Roy and Mildred Hines Sullivan. As a youth he sold Grit, a weekly newspaper popular in rural areas. Frank...
Jeanne K. Boich
Feb 20, 2012
Jeanne K. Boich, 89, of Dover passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Park Village Health Care Center. She was surrounded by loved ones and had been in declining health for several years. Born Jeanne Elizabeth Keppler on January 22, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Homer H. and Ada E. (Dunlap) Keppler Sr. Following her 1941...
Vemba K. Breniser
Feb 20, 2012
Vemba K. Breniser, 94, of Dover died Monday, February 20, 2012 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born September 26, 1917 in Dennison, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Maurice and Dora Cordrey Patton. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Woodrow May in 1985 and her second husband, Galen Breniser in 1996; nephew,...
Jerry Darrell Penick
Feb 19, 2012
Jerry D. Penick, 75, of New Philadelphia passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012 following an extended illness. Born on August 2, 1936 in Dover, he was the son of the late Edward Penick and Violet Smitley Penick Keiser . He honorably served our country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He attended New Pointe Community Church...
Fay Maxine Heid
Feb 18, 2012
Fay Maxine Heid, 96, of Strasburg died Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover following an extended illness. Born April 18, 1915 in Brightwood, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Addison and Etta Mae Priest Simmers. Maxine was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Heid on January 20, 2001; sisters, Bernice Nixon...
Evelyn A. Wallick
Feb 15, 2012
Evelyn A. Wallick, 89, of New Dawn Retirement Community and formerly of Bell Ave., Dover died Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, 2012 following a brief illness. Born April 14, 1922 in Sugarcreek, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth (Kaser) Gardner. She was also preceded in death by her husband of nearly 65 years, Charles F. Wallick...
Robert Wasem Jr.
Feb 15, 2012
Robert "Bob" Wasem, Jr., 90, of Dover died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at his home. Bob retired first from Kinser Coal Co. in Winfield and then was employed at Union Country Club as a Greens Keeper for over 20 years. Born May 14, 1921 in Winfield he was a son of the late Robert Sr. and Erma Maurer Wasem. He...
Jane E. Kaltenbaugh
Feb 10, 2012
Jane E. Kaltenbaugh, 90, of Strasburg went to meet her Lord and Savior at Union Hospital on Friday, February 10, 2012 following a brief illness. Born on December 6, 1921 in Dundee, she was the daughter of the late Dewey A. and Flossie B. (Medam) Burrell. She attended Dover High School. On November 25, 1939, she married the love of...
