Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Reuben Keener, Sr.
Mar 3, 2009
Reuben Keener Sr., 77, of Dover, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in Oak Point Nursing Home in Baltic surrounded by his family. Born December 8, 1931 in Dover, he was the son of the late George and Iva Porter Keener. He graduated from Dover High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, on August 4, 1950, he married his wife, Rose...
Pauline E. Sickels
Mar 2, 2009
Pauline E. Sickels, 84, of Medina, Ohio and formerly of Tuscarawas Ave., Dover died Monday morning in Medina General Hospital following a brief illness. Born March 1, 1925 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Clara (Espenschied) Smutz. Pauline was a former member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Dover. She loved spending time...
James Pryor
Mar 2, 2009
James Pryor, 86, of New Philadelphia, Ohio formerly of Somerset, New Jersey died Monday, March 2, 2009 in Union Hospital at Dover following an extended illness. Born October 25, 1922 in Monroe, Michigan, he was the son of the late Roberta Pryor Sherrell. He was also preceded in death by two sons John and Eric Pryor; a stepson, Stanley Tate...
Hazel M. Watkins
Feb 28, 2009
Hazel M. Watkins, 88, of Dover died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Union Hospital. She retired in 1998 from Dover Station Restaurant after 14 years and had also worked at Bassetti's for 18 years. Born March 10, 1920 in Dover Township she was a daughter of the late Fredrick and Pearl Yeager Rothacher. Her husband, William Watkins who died in...
Ruth A. Wigert
Feb 26, 2009
Ruth A Wigert, 93, a longtime Dover resident who resided in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover for the past four years, died peacefully Thursday, February 26, 2008. Born August 1, 1915 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Ennis and Emma Blaser Bartholomew. Ruth took great pride in her home and worked very hard to make...
Russell Fleming Kurtz
Feb 24, 2009
Russell Fleming Kurtz, 83, of Dover, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, in Union Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Born, February 2, 1926, in Springfield Twp., Summit Co., he was a son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Fleming Kurtz. Russ represented the Akron Beacon Journal as a spelling bee champion in 1940 in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington,...
Kenneth R. Brenneman
Feb 22, 2009
Kenneth R. Brenneman, 88, of Munroe Falls and a former Dover resident died peacefully in Akron General Hospital on Sunday. Ken was a retired pressman for the former Seibert Printing Company at Dover. Born July 30, 1920 in Eagleville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Neal and Elsie (Roth) Brenneman. Ken was a member of St. John 's...
Dorothy A. Knisely
Feb 20, 2009
Dorothy A. Knisely, 84, of Logan, and a former resident of both Silver Spring, MD, and Dover, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in Arcadia Acres, Logan, following a long illness. Born, Mar. 23, 1924, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Alvin V. and Mary R. Millhon Lind. Dorothy graduated from Dover High School and went on to...
Jay D. Rupe
Feb 20, 2009
Jay D. Rupe, 58, of Dover died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Union Hospital. Born January 18, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio he was a son of Margie Kelch Rupe of New Philadelphia and the late Robert G. "Bob" Rupe. He was a tool and die maker for 35 years. Jay enjoyed fishing, hunting and playing a good round of golf....
Donald W. Mastin M.D.
Feb 19, 2009
Donald W. Mastin, M.D., 88, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, February 19, 2009 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Dr. Mastin began his practice at Dover in 1953 where he joined Dr. Joseph Hamilton. He later practiced medicine in a shared office with Dr. Philip Doughten on Wabash Avenue in New Philadelphia. He served on the Union Hospital Medical...
Jane A. Miller
Feb 15, 2009
Jane A. Miller, 73, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born, Apr. 16, 1935, in Coshocton, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Bernice Nealey Newell. Jane attended school in Coshocton, and, on Nov. 14, 1953, married Blaine Miller. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,...
Donna Croft Norris
Feb 13, 2009
Donna H. Croft Norris, 91, of the Park Village Health Care Center and formerly of New Philadelphia died Friday, February 13, 2009. Born July 7, 1917 in Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Emma (Geioque) Gindlesberger. Donna owned and operated the former Croft Floral and Gift Shop in Baltic for over twenty years. She was...
Dorothy W. Harman
Feb 11, 2009
Dorothy W. "Dottie" Harman, of Dover, and formerly of Eden, NY, passed away February 11, 2009, in Buffalo, NY, following a long battle with cancer. Born, September 2, 1942, in Stoneham, MA, she was a daughter of the late Ernst and Dorothy Kaffenberger Wullenweber. Dottie moved with her family in 1947 to Dolgeville, NY, where she spent her youth. She...
Betty J. Brugger
Feb 10, 2009
Betty J. Brugger, 85, of Strasburg died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 in Aultman Hospital. She retired from Strasburg Savings Bank as a Bookkeeper after 20 years of service. Born October 6, 1923 in Strasburg she was a daughter of the late Russell and Emma Johnson Rentsch. Her husband, Archie Brugger who died on November 3, 1990, infant daughter, Kathy Brugger...
Richard A. Mckenzie
Feb 6, 2009
Richard "Dick" McKenzie, 60, of Dover died on Friday, February 7, 2009 in Union Hospital in Dover. Born March 9, 1948 in Dover, Ohio he was the son of Elva Siers McKenzie and the late Robert McKenzie. He graduated from Dover High School in 1967. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a member of the Tusco Riffle Club and...
Virginia I. Wilcoxon
Feb 6, 2009
Virginia I. (Edwards) Wilcoxon, 80, of the Park Village Retirement Center and formerly of McKinley Ave., Dover died Friday, February 6, 2009 in the center following a period of declining health. Born March 1, 1928 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late John T. and Mae (Westbrook) Edwards Sr. Virginia was a longtime bookkeeper for the former Edwards...
Rhoda Goudy
Feb 4, 2009
Rhoda Goudy, 79, of New Dawn Health Care Center, and a long-time resident of the Roswell area died peacefully, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, in Union Hospital, with family and friends by her side. Born, Sept. 14, 1929, in Salyersville, KY, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Bertie Clemons Collinsworth. Rhoda attended elementary school in Kentucky, and helped...
Elise K. Rothacher
Feb 2, 2009
Elise K. "Nan" Rothacher, 85, of New Philadelphia died February 2, 2009 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover. Born in Dickerhousen, Germany on August 22, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth Steube Otto. She married the love of her life, John W. Rothacher on April 2, 1954. John preceded her in death on...
Grace G. Krantz-Rhodes
Jan 31, 2009
Grace G. Krantz Rhodes, 87, of Dover, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 in Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born on June 10, 1921 in Herrick, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Desire and Marie Arnold DeCeuster. She graduated from Brewster High School and later married her first husband, Joseph J. Krantz, who preceded her in death. An...
Charles M. Larson
Jan 31, 2009
Charles M. "Chuck" Larson, 57, of Magnolia and formerly of Dover, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 in Aultman Hospital in Canton following a sudden illness. Born September 9, 1951 in Canton, Ohio he was the son of the late Bernard and Grace DePalmo Larson. He was a 1969 graduate of Malvern High School and continued his education at Kent State...
