Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Paul L. Jones
May 3, 2007
Paul L. Jones, 20, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, May 3, 2007. Paul was born on July 22, 1986 in Dover, and was a son of Floyd and Dennetta Shonk Jones Jr. of New Philadelphia. He attended Tuscarawas Valley High School and was presently studying for his General Educational Development tests. Paul had been employed by Galion Truck Bodies in...
Clyde R. Denzer
May 3, 2007
Clyde R. Denzer, 84, of Louisville and formerly of Dover and Fairborn, Ohio died Thursday, May 3, 2007 the Arbors in Canton following an extended illness. Clyde retired in 1971 as an electrician for the Greer Steel Company in Dover where he worked for twenty five years. Following retirement, Clyde repaired organs and pianos. Born March 28, 1923 in Brewster,...
Erma A. Contini
May 3, 2007
Erma A. Contini, 86, of New Philadelphia died Thursday, May 3, 2007 at Union Hospital. Born April 30, 1921 in Midvale she was a daughter of the late August and Barbara Latti Mattevi. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 66 years, Michael S. Contini, who died on October 31, 2006; brother, August “Gus” Mattevi and...
Everett Dean Beitzel
May 1, 2007
Everett Dean Beitzel, 77, of Strasburg, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007, in Hennis Care Centre, Bolivar, after a brief illness. Dean was born on Mar. 20, 1930 to the late Wilbur and Eunice (Bates) Beitzel, and was a life-long resident of Strasburg. He worked at the former I.F. Manufacturing Co. in New Philadelphia for thirty years until it closed, and...
Richard Taylor
May 1, 2007
Richard A. “Tank” Taylor, 54, of Dover died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Union Hospital following an apparent heart attack. Born December 30, 1952 in Dover, he was the son of the late Richard Taylor and Evelyn Overton Taylor Polilli. Tank was a truck driver for Rees Cast Stone/Stocker Concrete in Dover for thirty six years. He was an avid...
June A. Wolfe
Apr 30, 2007
June A. Wolfe, 85, of Dover, died Monday, April 30, 2007 in Union Hospital. She was born August 19, 1921 at Dover, the daughter of the late Harrison and Pauline Shaw Williams. For 15 years June worked for General Telephone, but was happiest taking care of her home and tending to the needs of her family. June was a member...
Vance I. Huffman
Apr 28, 2007
The Village of Strasburg has lost of one of its most familiar faces and ardent supporters. Longtime pharmacist and former owner of Strasburg Pharmacy, Vance I. Huffman died unexpectedly in his home on Saturday, April 28, 2007. He was 72. Born in Strasburg on October 20, 1934, he was the son of the late James Ivan and Olga Oppliger Huffman....
Thomas L. Hall
Apr 28, 2007
Thomas L. (Tom) Hall, 77, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Saturday, April 28, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover following a brief illness. Tom retired in 1991, as a tooling engineer for the Gradall Company in New Philadelphia where he worked for 38 years. Born June 13, 1929 in Dover, he was the son of the late Clarence and Florence...
A. Lucille Rini
Apr 25, 2007
A. Lucille Rini, 83, of Dover, died Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2007, in her home following a brief battle with cancer. Born Mar. 7, 1924, in Magnolia, she was a daughter of the late Karl and Azalia Finefrock Wanner. Lucille graduated from Magnolia High School and went on to work at Hercules Motors in Canton, and later, Sparta Ceramics. At the...
Effie L. Groh
Apr 24, 2007
Effie L. Groh, 87, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Effie was born May 7, 1919, the daughter of the late Albert Henry and Effie Mae (Roth) Smith. She was an employee of the former J.C. Penney�(TM)s in Dover. She had also previousy worked at the former Helmkamp's Restaurant in...
Mary L. Kreisher
Apr 22, 2007
Mary L. Kreisher, 86, daughter of Lawrence and Lavinia “Lovina” (Hershberger) Gerber, was born in Walnut Creek, Ohio on March 6, 1921. She went to be with the Lord on April 22, 2007 while residing at Hennis Care Center in Dover, Ohio. On August 3, 1941 she married Robert C. Kreisher, the former co-owner/pharmacist of Kreisher Drug Store in Dover,...
June J. Lenhart
Apr 22, 2007
June J. Lenhart, 86, of Dover passed away on April 22, 2007 in her daughter�(TM)s home. Born June 23, 1920 in New Philadelphia, Ohio she was a daughter of the late David and Myrtle Allenbaugh McMerrell. June was also preceded in death by her husband, Arvine Lenhart who died in 1987; sister, Opal Kissel; three brothers, Homer, Hershel and Pearly...
John D. Fouts
Apr 20, 2007
John D. Fouts, 76, of 9057 Pleasant Hill Rd., Dundee, Ohio died Friday, April 20, 2007 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following a brief illness. John retired from OSHA in Canton and had previously worked for Epic in Dover and the Warner & Swasey Company in New Philadelphia for 22 years. Born September 18, 1930 in Newport, Ohio, the son...
Freida Maurer
Apr 19, 2007
Freida Maurer, 98, of Dundee, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Born July 5, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Angeline Schrock Troyer. Freida now joins her husband of sixty-seven years, Harry Maurer, who passed into eternity on September 30, 1994. Freida was a homemaker �" a loving wife, mother...
Rebecca Harr Fisher
Apr 16, 2007
Rebecca “Becky” Harr Fisher, 55, of Spring, Texas, and a former resident of Dover, died Monday, April 16, 2007, in Northwest Hospital, Houston, TX, following an apparent stroke. Born July 27, 1951, in Dayton, she was a daughter of George and Wanda Green Harr of Dover. Becky attended Julienne High School in Dayton, graduating in 1969. She moved with her...
Ralph L. Javens, Sr.
Apr 15, 2007
Ralph L. Javens, Sr., 87, of Dover died at his home on Sunday, April 15, 2007. He retired from Union Camp in 1985 after 25 years of service. Born December 8, 1919 in Dover he was a son of the late Frank and Wilda Bose Javens. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert Javens; two sisters, Peg...
William N. Jordan
Apr 13, 2007
William N. “Bill” Jordan, 83, of Midvale, died Friday, April 13, 2007 in the Schoenbrunn Health Care Center. Born May 6, 1923 at New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Clyde & Sylvia Swihart Jordan. After 30 years of working as a melter for the company, Bill retired from the former Shenango Penn Mold at Dover. Away from...
Marijane Judy
Apr 11, 2007
Marijane Judy, 75, a life-long resident of Dover, passed away Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2007, after a lengthy illness. Born Sept. 24, 1931, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Maude Edwards Hutras. Marijane graduated from Dover High School in 1949, and, on Mar. 27, 1954, married James Judy in Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dover. She...
John Lombardo
Apr 11, 2007
John Lombardo, 85, of Dover died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born March 16, 1922 in Dover he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Contini Lombardo. John was also preceded in death by three brothers, Sam, Charles and Marion Lombardo; three sisters, Mary Lombardo, Rosina Marie Lombardo and Florence Schlemmer, and...
Geraldine T. Howell
Apr 9, 2007
Geraldine T. Howell, 82, of New Philadelphia died Monday, April 9, 2007 at the Hennis Care Centre in Bolivar. Born March 1, 1925 in Duncanwood, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Charles and Amanda Bigley Brown. Geraldine was also preceded in death by her husband, Everett E. Howell who died on February 9, 1987; five brothers, James, Earl,...
