Obituaries

Aug 8, 2008

William Jennings "Billy Jo" Withers, 43, of Dover, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Union Hospital emergency room following a sudden illness. Born, Feb. 17, 1965, in Dover, he was a son of the late John and Sarah Louise Vaughn Withers. Bill was a 1983 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and was employed by Altivity Packaging in New Philadelphia....

Aug 7, 2008

Peter S. "Pete" Welsch, 87, of Strasburg, died Thursday, August 07, 2008 in Country Club Retirement Center. Born May 6, 1921 in Strasburg, Ohio he was the son of the late Ben and Bertha (Miller) Welsch. He graduated from Strasburg High School in 1940. He served our country during World War II in the Army Air Corps. He later married...

Aug 7, 2008

John A. Larson, 78, of Dover, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, in his home; John had battled idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for the last three years. Born, Jan. 30, 1930, in Detroit, MI, he was a son of the late August and Evelyn McCann Larson. John attended the University of Michigan, and was an engineer and partner at the Larson Clay...

Aug 5, 2008

Dorothy A. Hoover, 89, of Strasburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a period of declining health. Born, Feb. 27, 1919, in Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Maude Studer Kemmerly. Dorothy graduated from Strasburg High School, and, on Oct. 8, 1938, married Richard A. Hoover. Dorothy was proud of her family,...

Aug 4, 2008

Phillip S. "Pitt" Pittman, 59, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, August 4, 2008 following injuries received in an auto accident near Dover. Phill was a Project Superintendent for Regency Construction in Lakewood. He was responsible for overseeing the building of many schools including the new Strasburg Franklin High School. Born June 15, 1949 in Massillon, he was the son of...

Aug 3, 2008

C. Dale Gillaspie, 88, of Dover, Ohio and formerly of Cadiz died Sunday, August 3, 2008 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover following an extended illness. Dale retired in 1975 from Cadiz High School where he served as band director and music teacher for 27 years. Born January 24, 1920 in Wellsville, Ohio, he was the son of the...

Aug 1, 2008

Bernice E. Lineberger, 85, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, in Schoenbrunn Healthcare following a long illness. Born May 14, 1923, in Dutch Valley, Clay Twp., Tuscarawas Co., she was a daughter of the late John I. and Hazel F. Meldrum Mahaffey. Bernice attended Uhrichsville High School, and was employed for thirty-five years by the General Electric Co.,...

Jul 29, 2008

Steve Doyal Dessecker, 51, of Dover died Tuesday, July 29, 2008 in Mercy Medical Center in Canton after a long illness. Born August 31, 1956, in Dover, he was the son of the late Doyal and Mary Slates Dessecker. He married his wife, Mary Chercony on April 8, 1979. Steve graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1974. He worked...

Jul 29, 2008

Catherine Jane Marlor, 80, of Zoarville, died Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2008, in Union Hospital, Dover. Born, Mar. 24, 1928, in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late James Harvey and Carrie Kaserman Ault. Catherine attended school in New Philadelphia, and was employed by the U.S. Ceramic Tile Co. in East Sparta for forty-two years, retiring in 1990. She...

Jul 29, 2008

Alan Harold "Al" Everhart, 65, of New Philadelphia, passed away Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2008, in Mercy Medical Center, Canton, following a brief, unexpected illness. Born, Jun. 26, 1943, in Massillon, he was the son of the late Harold F. and Mary Steely Everhart. Al moved at a young age with his family to Strasburg, where he attended school, graduating high...

Jul 28, 2008

Dr. Robert Earl Ley Jr., 89, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, July 28, 2008 in Mercy Hospital at Canton following complications from a stroke in May. He joined his father's dental office where he practiced for fifty years having retired in 1991. He was passionate about the dental profession and thoroughly enjoyed serving his patients. He founded the Dental Awareness...

Jul 26, 2008

Florence Mae Lybarger, 101, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 in the New Dawn Health Care Center at Dover following a long illness. A daughter of the late Robert and Lottie Russell Lybarger, Florence was born in Mt Vernon, Ohio on April 15, 1907. Shortly after, the family moved to Akron where Florence was a lifelong resident until declining health...

Jul 25, 2008

Sylvia A. Espenschied, 82, of New Philadelphia died Friday, July 25, 2008 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born August 19, 1925 in Stone Creek she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Gertrude Bleininger Krebs. She attended the First Assembly of God in New Philadelphia. Sylvia enjoyed cooking, playing cards and baking pies. A loving wife, mother...

Jul 24, 2008

Jul 22, 2008

Betty Ecenbarger, 86, of Strasburg died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in the New Dawn Health Care Center at Dover. Born October 10, 1921 in Winesburg she was a daughter of the late Christian and Marie Mischler Allenbach. Her husband, Clarence Ecenbarger who died on January 27, 1982 and her daughter Susan Ecenbarger also preceded Betty in death. Betty was a...

Jul 16, 2008

Gladys Nora Burgess, 71, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Union Hospital in Dover. Born October 29, 1936 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Guy C. and Sarah Matthew Walker Goshorn. Gladys was a former employee of General Telephone Co. and the former Stallard's Foodliner in Dover. She also previously worked for...

Jul 12, 2008

Audrey R. Baker, 82, of Dover died Saturday, July 12, 2008 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She had retired from Quicksall and Associates where she was a Bookkeeper and Secretary. Born April 24, 1926 in Zoar she was the only child of the late J. Stanley and Ruth Eberly Baker. Audrey was a member of Good Hope Lutheran...

Jul 11, 2008

George W. Houston, 72, lifelong resident of New Philadelphia and longtime New Phila City Councilman died Friday, July 11, 2008 in Aultman Hospital following a brief illness. George followed his father, Major Houston who was the first African American to serve on New Philadelphia council. George served council all but two years since 1985. He was considered an expert on...

Jul 8, 2008

Lillian V. Sackett, 88, of Dover died Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at Union Hospital in Dover. Born January 11, 1920, in Warren Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Warren E. and Ida Belle (Wheeler) Carter. She graduated from Tallmage High School, and later continued her studies at The Akron Business School. She married the love of her life,...

Jul 7, 2008

William John Streb, 82, of Dover died Monday, July 07, 2008 in Arbor's of Canton after a long illness. Born December 27, 1925 in Dover, he was the son of the late Louis C. and Edna (Greenwell) Streb. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1943 and later married the love of his life, Maxine Heck Streb on June...