Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
David Michael Gift
Jan 21, 2007
David Michael Gift, 55, of Dover, Ohio died unexpectedly Sunday, January 21, 2007 in his home. Born June 14, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Kenneth and E. Ethel Shope Gift. David was a Product Specialist for Grange Insurance Company in Columbus. He enjoyed music, was an excellent pianist and a former member of the...
Ronald C. Lawson
Jan 20, 2007
Ronald C. Lawson, 55, of Dundee, died Saturday, January 20, 2007, in his home. Born March 10, 1951 at Calhoun County, WV, he was the son of the late Carl W. and Marie Nicholas Lawson. For 19 years, Ron loaded trucks for Superior Meats in Massillon. Following his work there, his interest in trucking led his ten years of driving...
Mary Elizabeth Saki
Jan 20, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Repan Saki, 80, of Quaker City, beloved wife of Louis Edward Saki, went peacefully home to be with the Lord, surrounded by her loving family, on January 20, 2007, after a lengthy illness. Born November 3, 1926, and married October 5, 1946, in Belmont County, Mary celebrated her eightieth birthday and sixty years of marriage in 2006. Mary...
Grace Correll Shroyer
Jan 19, 2007
Grace (Correll) Shroyer, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, January 19, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre, Dover. Born April 14, 1925 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Nunzia Brundo Maugeri. For 25 years, Grace worked as an inspector for Sparta Manufacturing at East Sparta. She was a member of St. Joseph Church in...
Donald M. Draher
Jan 16, 2007
Donald M. Draher, 72, of Somerdale, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born Apr. 30, 1934 in Oxford Twp., Tuscarawas Co., he was a son of the late Charles and Sadie Pollock Draher. Don graduated from Midvale High School, and, on Feb. 10, 1956, married the former Ruth Kugler in Emmanuel Lutheran Church,...
Helen E. Maurer
Jan 16, 2007
Helen E. Maurer, 75, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at the Country Club Retirement Center. Helen was a homemaker and a well-known waitress at many different restaurants throughout Dover and New Philadelphia Born October 18, 1931 in Uhrichsville she was a daughter of the late Raymond Swauger and Wilma Harshey Cole. She was also preceded in death...
Suzanne A. Ley
Jan 15, 2007
Suzanne A. Ley, 88, a lifelong resident of Dover, Ohio died Monday, January 15, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover following a brief illness. Born July 6, 1918 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Robert O. and Beatrice Morgan Weible. She was a former clerical employee for the State of Ohio. Sue was a member of the...
Leonard D. Anderson
Jan 10, 2007
Leonard D. Anderson, 63, of Mineral City, Ohio died Wednesday, January 10, 2007 in Wade Park Veterans Hospital in Cleveland following an extended illness. Born June 26, 1943 in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of the late David and Mary Pearl Flaherty Anderson. Leonard was a mechanic until illness forced his retirement. He was a US Army veteran having...
Virginia A. Stocker
Jan 9, 2007
Virginia A. Stocker, 99, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, January 9, 2007, in Hennis Care Centre, Bolivar. Born August 31, 1907, in New Philadelphia, she was one of seven children of the late Frank L. and Beulah Diefenbacher Arnold. Virginia attended New Philadelphia High School and was a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority. On March 2, 1933, she married...
Clyde E. Dickerhoof
Jan 9, 2007
Clyde E. Dickerhoof Sr., 77, a longtime Strasburg, Ohio resident died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in Doctors Hospital at Massillon with his family by his side. Born August 7, 1929 in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Chester and Helen Hile Dickerhoof. He was also preceded in death by twin sons, Clyde and Cloyd, a stepson, Tyrone...
Clifford Andrew Pocock
Jan 9, 2007
Clifford “Cliff” Andrew Pocock, 48, of Canton passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in his childhood home at Uhrichsville with his family at his side following a five month battle with pancreatic cancer. Born June 29, 1958 in Canton he was a son of Dean and Almeda Witting Pocock of Uhrichsville. Cliff was employed as the Treasurer of the Stark...
Elmer L. Decker
Jan 9, 2007
Elmer L.”Sonny” Decker, Jr., 68, of Somerdale died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family following an 11 month battle with cancer. Born August 25, 1938 in Roswell he was a son of the late Elmer L. Sr. and Lillian Dorothy Cusano Decker. He retired from Armco steel in Dover after 40 years as a crane...
Rose Peg Ryan
Jan 7, 2007
Rose M. “Peg” Ryan, 87, of Marietta, and a former resident of Cleveland and Dover, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 in Marietta Memorial Hospital. Born July 16, 1919 at Cleveland, she was the daughter of the late James F. & Bridget Agnes Welsh Doyle. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover and it�(TM)s LCBA, Christian Mothers...
Richard H. Mathias
Jan 7, 2007
Richard H. “Dick” Mathias, 77, of Dover, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 in his home. He was born May 3, 1929 at New Philadelphia, the son of the late Clyde V. and Pauline Plunkett Mathias. For 33 years, the former Reeves Steel Company at Dover employed Dick in a variety of positions. He honorably served our country in the Air...
Ralph J. Houser
Jan 4, 2007
Ralph J. Houser, 88, of Strasburg died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at Park Village Health Care Center. Born June 5, 1918 in North Carolina he was a son of the late James and Bessie Houser. Ralph retired in 1985 from the Chessie System Railroad after 45 years of service. He was a member of the Dover Masonic Lodge and the...
Allen J. Brinkley
Jan 3, 2007
Allen J. Brinkley, 90, of Strasburg, Ohio died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 in the Affinity Medical Center in Massillon following an extended illness. Allen retired from Belden Brick Company at Strasburg. He also previously worked as a heavy equipment operator for the former Bockus & Son Contractors in East Sparta for twenty five years and also formerly worked for the...
Verna M. Lewis
Jan 2, 2007
Verna M. Lewis, 84, of Park Village Health Care Center, Dover, and a former resident of both Strasburg and Parral, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007. Born Sept. 1, 1922, in Beach City, Verna was a daughter of the late Roscoe Chatlin and Mary “Hazel” Swank Hartline. She graduated from Beach City High School, and, on Mar. 9, 1940, married Robert...
Bertha Irene Link
Jan 2, 2007
Bertha Irene (Moose) Link 73, of 2892 Circleview Drive N.W., Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, January 2, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother who loved spending time with her family. Born March 9, 1933 in Birds Run, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Hazel McConkey...
Louise M. Haglock Domer
Dec 28, 2006
Louise M. “Haglock” Domer, 92, of Dover died Thursday, December 28, 2006 at the Park Village Health Care Center. She retired from the City of Dover as an Auditor after 12 years of service. Prior to the city she was employed at Kuhn Motors in Sugarcreek for 20 years. Born September 28, 1914 in Nashville, TN she was a daughter...
George Tubby Phillips
Dec 27, 2006
George T. “Tubby” Phillips, 63, of Dover, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006, in his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 11, 1943, at Barnhill, he was the son of the late Lester and Esther Wright Phillips. He worked for 15 years as a meat cutter for Superior Meats in Massillon. Tubby was an Army veteran who honorably...
