Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Dorothea Alice Schupbach
Mar 31, 2008
Dorothea Alice Schupbach, 85, of Dover, died Monday, Mar. 31, 2008, in her home. Born, Nov. 24, 1922, in East Greenville, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Verda Edwards Jones. The family moved to Strasburg when Dorothea was a young girl. Dorothea's mother died in 1934, and her father, the Strasburg Marshal, was killed in an accident...
Benjamin J. Feutz
Mar 30, 2008
Benjamin J. Feutz, 90, of Dover died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Union Hospital. Born August 3, 1917 in Dover he was a son of the late James and Flossie Haswell Feutz. His sister, Margaret Berlyoung, also preceded him in death. He retired from Ferris Chevrolet in New Philadelphia and had been a long time mechanic at the former Haas...
Robert Charles Jackson
Mar 29, 2008
Robert Charles "Bob" Jackson, 87, of Dover, died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at New Dawn Retirement Community following a period of declining health. A son of the late Raymond and Marcella (Kaufman) Jackson, Bob was born August 21, 1920 in Dover. He was a 1939 graduate of St. Joseph's High School in Dover and after graduation enlisted in the US...
Richard J. Herzig
Mar 28, 2008
Richard J. "Dick" Herzig, 82, of Dover died peacefully Friday afternoon, March 28, 2008 following a brief illness. Dick joined his father in law, John W. Toland in 1949 as a partner in the operation of the Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes. The business was established by Toland in 1929. For many years, Toland-Herzig also operated the ambulance service in Dover prior...
Janet H. Harding
Mar 27, 2008
Janet M. Harris Harding, age 95, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2008 at New Dawn Retirement Community in Dover where she resided the past five years. Born June 1, 1912 in Madison Heights, Virginia, Janet was the fifth of eight children born to the late George Thornhill Harris, M.D. and Genevieve B. Willis Harris. She graduated from Farmville (Virginia)...
Margaret L. Zifer
Mar 26, 2008
Margaret L. Zifer, 92, of the Country Club Retirement Center and formerly of Jaycee St., New Philadelphia died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 in the center. Born November 7, 1915 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late George and Vernice (Dunlap) Geyer. Margaret was a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Dover. She was also involved in...
Frieda P. Neibert
Mar 25, 2008
Frieda P. Neibert, 82, of Dover, died Tues., Mar. 25, 2008, after a long illness. Born, Jun. 4, 1925, in Stone Creek, she was a daughter of the late George and Della Ott Muehlhoffer. Frieda was a loving homemaker, and also managed the Lawson's (later Dairy Mart) in Dover for over twenty years. She was a member of Grace Lutheran...
Sarah J. Ellwood
Mar 24, 2008
Lifelong Stone Creek resident, Sarah J. Ellwood, 83, died Monday, March 24, 2008 in the Park Village Health Care Center after a courageous battle with illness. Born May 12, 1924 at Stone Creek, she was the daughter of the late William & Edith Troyer Brown. Sarah was a hard worker, who, over the years, had worked at the former Alsco...
Grace E. Harding
Mar 23, 2008
Grace E. Harding, 78, who resided with her daughter in Columbus the past several years and a former Dover and Newcomerstown resident died Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 at OSU East in Columbus. Ironically, Grace was also born on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1929 in Wolf, the daughter of the late Bernard and Helen (Shafer) Chapman. Grace was a former...
William H. Ritenour
Mar 22, 2008
William H. Ritenour, 83, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Saturday, March 22, 2008 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following injuries received in a traffic accident last Tuesday in Dover. Bill was born February 7, 1925 in Oldtown Valley and was the son of the late William L. "Checker" and Vesta Vasbinder Ritenour. He was a retired foreman at Eaton Corporation...
Carol Immel
Mar 21, 2008
Carol Immel, 65, of Dundee, died Friday, Mar. 21, 2008, in Union Hospital, Dover, following an apparent heart attack on Wednesday. Born, Aug. 15, 1942, in Malvern, she was a daughter of Clarence Edward Martin of Uhrichsville, and the late Oranna McNutt Martin. Carol was a homemaker a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her grandchildren were truly her joy. Carol...
William J. Ruffini
Mar 20, 2008
William J. Ruffini, 90, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, March 20, 2008 in Tavares, Florida after a brief illness. Born on July 14, 1917, in Roswell, Ohio he was the son of the late Silvio and Adella Gasparetti Ruffini. He attended Uhrichsville High School. On June 15, 1950, he married the love of his life, Lillian K. Shull Ruffini. This...
John S. Burrier
Mar 17, 2008
John S. Burrier, 77, of Bolivar died Monday, March 17, 2008 in Union Hospital. Born August 5, 1930 in Columbia, Ohio he was the son of the late Harold and Thelma (Wallick) Burrier. He married his wife, Grace Beaber Burrier, on January 17, 1957. He served our country in the Army during the Korean War. Due to an illness, he...
Dean O. Zurcher
Mar 15, 2008
Dean O. Zurcher, 88, of Dover died Saturday, March 15, 2008 surrounded by his family. Born August 18, 1919 in York Township, he was the son of the late Oswald and Marie Adeline Schlafly Zurcher. Dean graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1937 and later married his wife, Edna Pershing Zurcher, on June 13, 1944. After 41 years, Dean...
Betty Lee Wells
Mar 15, 2008
Betty Lee Wells, 84, a longtime resident of Uhrichsville, died Saturday, March 15, 2008 in Twin City Hospital, following a sudden illness. The daughter of the late Rolley & Margaret Moore, she was born May 22, 1923 in Hundred, West Virginia. She was a dedicated worker, retiring after 26 years of service from the former Dover Molded Products. In retirement,...
Rebecca Lou Pace
Mar 13, 2008
Rebecca "Becky" Lou Pace, 56, of Strasburg died Thursday, March 13, 2008 after a courageous, battle with Breast Cancer and later, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia "AML." She was in remission. Born, January 23, 1952 in Massillon, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Rose Tesmar Price. She graduated from Strasburg High School in 1970. She later became a...
Linda Louise Leavers
Mar 12, 2008
Linda Louise Leavers, 56, of Dover went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surrounded by all of her children. She fought a valiant fight against cancer and heart failure, and her Faith in God throughout was an inspiration to all of her family and friends. She was a Christ-loving Christian woman who centered her...
Luis Pastor Herrera
Mar 10, 2008
Luis Pastor Herrera, 24, of Dover, died Monday, Mar. 10, 2007, in Wilmot, from injuries he received in a motor vehicle accident. Born, Jan. 2, 1984, in Aldea Acul, Nebaj, Guatemala, Luis was a son Pablo Pastor Hernandez and Juana Herrera Perez both of Nebaj. Luis was a hard-working young man, who liked to make people laugh, and who will...
H. Philip Seibel Ii
Mar 8, 2008
H. Philip Seibel II passed away peacefully on March 8th, 2008 with his children at his bedside, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. He was born in East Orange, New Jersey on April 4th, 1929. In his youth he was a member of the Junior Cavalry Boys' Mounted Troop and worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority, part of...
Robert Minnich
Mar 8, 2008
Robert "Bob" Minnich, 82, of Strasburg died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Union Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. He was employed at IF Manufacturing in New Philadelphia and then retired from Marlite in 1988. Born January 1, 1926 in Tuscarawas he was a son of the late Charles "Pete" and Grace Schindler Minnich. His brother, Ralph "Bud" Minnich,...
