Obituaries

Dec 17, 2009

Harold "Junior" Hughes, 61, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, in his home, surrounded by his loving family, following a hard-fought battle with cancer. Born, Sept. 5, 1948, in Dennison, he was a son of the late Harold Hughes Sr. and Eula Lowery. Harold graduated from Dover High School in 1968, where he loved and excelled in playing...

Dec 17, 2009

Freddie E. Fisher, 75, of Dover, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, in Hennis Care Centre, Dover, following a long illness. Born Jan. 10, 1934, in Sugarcreek, he was a son of the late Clayton E. and Ruth Finzer Fisher. Freddie graduated from Dover High School in 1952. He was employed by the City of Dover, Atwood Lake Resort, Oak Shadows...

Dec 15, 2009

Kathleen O'Grady, 78, of Dover, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, in Union Hospital, following a long illness. Born, Christmas Day, 1930, in Boston, MA, she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Whalen Powers. Kathleen was a loving homemaker, and her greatest pleasure in life were her grandchildren. She made her home in South Boston for many years...

Dec 13, 2009

Shelley K. (Littlefield) Craine, 49, of Ravenna, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Sunday, December 13, 2009 following injuries received in an auto accident. Shelley was an employee of Akron Legal Services. She was previously a bookkeeper for her father at Dover-Phila Electric and a former employee of Pin Quest in Streetsboro. She also served as a pianist at...

Dec 10, 2009

Dec 10, 2009

Diana L. Meese, 55, of Massillon died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She had retried from Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority after 15 years of service. Diana had also obtained her Realtors License and worked for Royal Estate Management. Born April 20, 1954 in Dover, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Gayle...

Dec 9, 2009

Martha Mae Reynolds, 83, of Milford, and a former resident of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, in Cincinnati. Born June 10, 1926 in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Leo Emerson and Ida Mae Umstott McNeeley. Martha was a member of the First Baptist Church in New Philadelphia for seventy-eight years, fifty of them as...

Dec 5, 2009

Otto P. Kaiser, 84, of Strasburg passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. Born on December 30, 1924 in Woodsfield, Ohio he was the son of the late Henry and Rena Hughes Kaiser. He married his wife, Lillian Kahrig on April 18, 1959. Together they had four children. Otto was...

Dec 4, 2009

Beatrice Cato, 92, of Dover, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in Elyria Memorial Hospital, following an extended illness. Born Mar. 12, 1917 in Little Woods, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Quillie and Leona Davis Jackson. Beatrice attended school in Little Woods, and then moved to Ohio. In 1942, she married Luther E. Cato, Jr. in Dover. The...

Dec 3, 2009

Michael E. Kuecher, 51, of Strasburg, Ohio died Thursday, December 3, 2009 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following a brief illness. Mike was a schoolteacher at Tusky Valley thru the Buckeye Career Center and had taught at Fairless High School in Navarre. Mike also coached Strasburg boys eighth grade basketball for many years and was an assistant coach for the...

Dec 1, 2009

Nadine L. "Deanie" Wagner, 80, a life-long resident of Dover, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, in Park Village Health Care Center surrounded by her family. Born, May 17, 1929, on Chestnut St., she was a daughter of the late Ray and Opal Robinette Kreighbaum. Nadine graduated in 1949 from Dover High School and went to work for Marsh Industries, followed...

Nov 27, 2009

Denver E. Sowards, 72, of the Hennis Care Centre and formerly of Eberhart Rd. N.W., Dover died Friday, November 27, 2009 in Union Hospital following an extended illness. Denver was a retired employee of the former Republic Steel Company in Massillon. Born November 15, 1937 in Tango, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Oscar and Bertha Jeffreys...

Nov 23, 2009

Donald E. Ritter, 74, of Strasburg died Monday, November 23, 2009 at his home surrounded by his family. Donald retired as the manager of the Radiology Department at Union Hospital after 37 years of service. Born July 5, 1935 in North Lawrence, Ohio he was a son of the late Milton and Ruth Longworth Ritter. His brother, Ronald Ritter, also...

Nov 23, 2009

Agnes Marie Case, 83, of Uhrichsville, died on November 23, 2009 at Schoenbrunn Healthcare in New Philadelphia following an extended illness. Born on May 22, 1926 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late George and Susie Price Solley. She married the love of her life, Paul E. Case, on November 1, 1942. Paul preceded her in death on...

Nov 23, 2009

Angeline C. Amistadi, 81, of Dover passed away on Monday, November 23, 2009 at her home. She had retired from Reeves Steel and Mfg. Co. in Dover. Born July 22, 1928 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Guiseppi and Caterina Princiotta DiGiorgio. She was also preceded in death by a son, Adam Amistadi Jr.; granddaughter, Amber Nicole...

Nov 21, 2009

Janice Mae Pongrat, 77, of New Philadelphia passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2009 in Akron City Hospital. Born on March 31, 1932 she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Myrta Gartrell Beans. She graduated from New Philadelphia High School and later married the love of her life, Harry D. Pongrat on October 28, 1956. Together they had...

Nov 20, 2009

Mabel Edna Hoy, 95, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Friday, November 20, 2009 in the New Dawn Health Care Center lovingly surrounded by her family. Mabel worked as a secretary for the Wooster Farm Bureau, New Philadelphia Mayor Harold Evans, Scott Supply, First United Methodist Church in New Philadelphia, and Richard Hoy Insurance. She had also been employed at Jean...

Nov 19, 2009

Linda S. (Spencer) Feutz, 64, of Dover died peacefully Thursday, November 19, 2009 in the Park Village Health Care Center lovingly surrounded by her family. Linda served as the first activity director at Park Village. She was also an employee of the former Potschner Ford in Dover. Born May 19, 1945 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late...

Nov 18, 2009

Longtime Dover resident, Betty M. Gallagher, died Wednesday evening, November 18, 2009, in the Fairmont (WV) General Hospital. She was 85. Born May 13, 1924 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late John Charles and Betty Evelyn Hooper Nichols LaCroix. A 1942 graduate of Dover High School, Betty spent most of the next eight years working with the...

Nov 18, 2009

Jerry L. Plunk, 64, of Dover passed away suddenly on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Union Hospital in Dover. Born on June 25, 1945 in Beaumont, Texas, he was the son of the late Roger Marcus and Flora Nella Hodgkinson Plunk. He graduated from Garaway High School in 1963. Shortly after graduation, he entered the United States Navy where he...