Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Susan E. Carr
Jul 8, 2007
Susan Eilene Carr, 51, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Jul. 8, 2007, in Mercy Medical Center, Canton, following a long battle with Scleroderma. Born Mar. 24, 1956, in Harmon, WV, she was a daughter of Vallie Davis Carr of New Philadelphia, and the late Paul Carr. Susan graduated from Strasburg High School in 1974, and later went on to graduate...
John W. Rothacher
Jul 8, 2007
John W. Rothacher, 85, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 in Union Hospital after a brief illness. Born January 8, 1922 in Dover, he was the son of the late Henry and Florence Zurcher Rothacher. He married the love of his life, Elise Otto Rothacher on April 2, 1954, who survives him. John served our country in the...
James L. Stein
Jul 6, 2007
James Lewis “Jim” Stein, Sr., 62, of Dover, died Friday, July 6, 2007 in Union Hospital. He was born August 29, 1944 at Dover, one of 15 children born to the late Clarence & Minnie Lang Stein. Jim was a man with simple interests. He had a strong work ethic, whether on one of his many construction jobs over the...
John R. Burlison
Jul 2, 2007
John R. Burlison, 60, of Bowerston and formerly New Philadelphia, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at Union Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born December 17, 1946 at Dover, the son of James E. Burlison of Canton, and the late Margaret Mary Hare Burlison. For the past ten years, John was a well-respected employee with Atwood Lodge...
Mary V. Brown
Jun 30, 2007
Mary V. Brown, 87, of Dover and formerly of Vincennes, Indiana died Saturday, June 30, 2007 at the Hennis Care Centre. Mary was an RN at St. Mary�(TM)s Hospital in East St. Louis, Illinois and had also owned and operated the Rallway Furniture Store in Vincennes. Born December 26, 1919 in Dayton, Ohio she was the daughter of the late...
Pauline May Mason
Jun 29, 2007
Pauline M. (Huff) Mason, 99, of Dover and a former New Philadelphia resident died Friday, June 29, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre following a brief illness. She also spent many winters in Ft. Myers and Hollywood Florida. Pauline and her late husband, Herbert owned and operated Mason�(TM)s IGA Foodliners in Dover and Wellsville. The Dover store which was located...
Robert A. Gaston
Jun 29, 2007
Robert A. “Bob” Gaston, 59, of Dennison died Friday, June 29, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family following an extended illness. Born November 17, 1947 in Clarksburg West Virginia he was a son of the late Alfred R. Gaston and Virginia Williams Gaston Church of Farmington Hills, Michigan. He retired from Airborne Express and had also been a...
Ruth V. Henry
Jun 27, 2007
Ruth V. Henry, 84, of Dover, died Wednesday, June 27, 2007 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born April 15, 1923 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Charlene VanFossen Jones. A 1941 graduate of Dover High School, she was a Methodist by faith and had attended both the First United Methodist Church at Dover...
Richard E. Haugh
Jun 27, 2007
Richard E. “Dick” Haugh, 67, of Dover, died Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in his home after battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig�(TM)s Disease). Born, February 12, 1940, in Carrollton, he was the son of the late Donald and Leona Umpleby Haugh. Dick graduated from Carrollton High School in 1958, and went on to graduate from Andrew Barber School...
Opal D. Stringer
Jun 24, 2007
Opal D. Stringer, 85, of Dover went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the Park Village Health Care Center. Opal had retired from JC Penney in 1981 after 25 years of service. Born September 23, 1921 in Hohenwald, Tennessee she was a daughter of the late James and Rose Hooks Burns. Opal was also...
Alvin F. Lengler
Jun 22, 2007
Proud Army veteran and longtime advocate of area veterans and their activities, Alvin F. Lengler, 88, of Dover, died Friday, June 22, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre in Dover. During World War II, Alvin was an Army gunner in the 89th Infantry Division. His involvement in local veterans organizations was far reaching. He was a life member of the...
Jeremiah John Beck
Jun 20, 2007
Jeremiah John “Jeremy” Beck, 35, of Dundee, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, in his home surrounded by his loving family, following a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Born, January 6, 1972, in Dover, he was a son of Richard L. and Linda F. Dean Beck of Strasburg. Jeremy graduated from Strasburg High School in 1990, and went on to earn...
John W. Gotschall
Jun 20, 2007
John W. Gotschall, 88, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover following an extended illness. John was a retired employee of General Electric Company at Dover. Born September 8, 1918 in Apex, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles and Zella Gotschall. John was an active member of the Dover Alliance Church...
Wilma E. Aubihl
Jun 20, 2007
Wilma E. (Wendling) Aubihl, 94, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in her home. Born March 19, 1913 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Etta Dickey Handrich. She was an employee of the former F.W. Woolworth Company in Dover and had previously worked at the former Delphian Motor Inn in New Philadelphia and...
Artie Mae Mcknight
Jun 19, 2007
Artie Mae McKnight, 88, a lifelong resident of Strasburg, died Tuesday, June 19, 2007 in Aultman Hospital. Born July 5, 1918 at Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank & Mary Lint Shonk. Her husband, Don McKnight, in addition to a brother and four sisters, preceded her in death, while her longtime companion, Ignace Zivkovich, as well as...
Robert Deseyn, Sr.
Jun 17, 2007
Robert “Bob” DeSeyn Sr., 78, of Mineral City died Sunday, June 17, 2007 after a struggle with Alzheimer�(TM)s. He was born on May 31, 1929 in Canandaigua, New York and was the son of the late Lewis J. and Mercie Peer DeSeyn. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1949 where he majored in retailing. He was employed...
Miles Clifford
Jun 16, 2007
Miles W. �~Cliff�(TM) Clifford, age 79, of 804 Cross Street, Dover, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007, with his loving family around him. A generous, loving and always giving person, Cliff surrounded himself with the people and things he loved the most. Born in Rivesville, West Virginia, on November 5, 1927, he was a son of the late Miles and...
Marsha R. Kadri
Jun 16, 2007
Marsha R. Kadri, 45, of 124 ½ North Ave. N.E., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Union Hospital following an unexpected illness. She was a gifted caregiver and was a former employee of Horizons of Tuscarawas County. Born August 24, 1961 in Dover, Ohio, she was the daughter of Mabel (Swonger) DeVault and the late Martin D....
Alexander V. Antonelli
Jun 13, 2007
Alexander V. Antonelli, 65, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2007, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness. Born, May 9, 1942, in Dover, he was a son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Wise Antonelli. Alex graduated from St. Joseph High School in Dover in 1960. For many years he was a salesman for Banker�(TM)s Advertising and...
Lewis A. Lou Festi
Jun 13, 2007
Lewis A. “Lou” Festi, 73, of Dover, died Wednesday, June 13, in Mercy Medical Center at Canton. Born February 7, 1934 at Dover, he was the son of the late John & Margheri Zambotti Festi. In the early 1960's, he operated Lou's Auto Electric in New Philadelphia and also the former Sinclair Station in Dover. Later, he retired from McKnight...
