Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Florence M. Espenschied
Apr 20, 2006
Florence M. Espenschied, 93, of 315 Reeves Ave., Dover, Ohio died Thursday, April 20, 2006 in her home following a brief illness. She was an employee of the former Belmont Stamping and Enameling Company in New Philadelphia. Born September 20, 1912 near Fresno, she was the daughter of the late Henry G. and Mary Stein Regula. Florence was a longtime...
Eugene F. Shutt
Apr 19, 2006
Eugene F. Shutt, 77, of Dover, died Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2006, in his home. Born Jun. 8, 1928, near Sugarcreek, he was a son of the late Herbert L. and Ruby Feller Shutt. Eugene graduated from Dover High School in 1946. On Oct. 18, 1952, he married the former Jackie Bowlus in St. John�(TM)s E.U.B. Church in Dover. Eugene worked...
Katherine "Kitty" Kollar
Apr 18, 2006
Katherine “Kitty” Kollar, 82, of Dover died Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at New Dawn Health Care Center. Born May 4, 1923 in Sugarcreek, Ohio she was a daughter of the late George and Cora Huffman Menges. She was a 1941 graduate of Midvale High School and was a member of the DAV Auxiliary, Chapter 67 Tuscarawas County, New Philadelphia VFW...
Todd M. Gritzan
Apr 18, 2006
Todd M. Gritzan, 43, of Strasburg, died Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2006, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, following a short illness. Born Aug. 12, 1962, in Canton, he was a son of Manfred and Judith Zimmer Gritzan of Strasburg. Todd graduated in 1980 from Tuscarawas Valley High School where he played football. He was a long-distance truck driver for Bar-Nunn Transportation of...
Deborah K. Good
Apr 17, 2006
Deborah K. Good, 60, of Clinton, died Friday, April 14, 2006. Born March 29, 1946 at Dover, She was the daughter of Marjorie Sourers Marsh of Dover and the late Donald Marsh. In addition to her mother, Deborah is survived by her son, Jeffrey “Doug” Weigand of Dover. Her body has been cremated. A private ceremony celebrating her life will...
Pauline Zaugg
Apr 14, 2006
Pauline Zaugg, 78, of Dover, died Friday, Apr. 14, 2006, in Doctors Hospital, Massillon, following a sudden illness. Born Oct. 27, 1927, in Dover, Pauline was a daughter of the late Nick and Margaret Swink Engeldinger. She graduated from Dover High School in 1945. On May 27, 1951, Pauline married John Zaugg in what was then St. John�(TM)s E.U.B. Church...
James E. Vonallmen
Apr 12, 2006
James E. VonAllmen, 62, of Akron, Ohio and a former Dover resident passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2006. Jim retired in 1999 as an employee of East Ohio Gas Company where he worked for 32 years. Born August 31, 1943 in Dover, he was the son of Roberta Waldron VonAllmen of Dover and the late John W. VonAllmen. Jim was...
Mary Ann Damiene
Apr 11, 2006
Mary Ann Damiene, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2006, in her home. Born Sept. 12, 1923, in Dennison, Mary was a daughter of the late John and Asunta Santa Lucia Russo. She graduated from Dennison High School in 1942, and volunteered at the Dennison Canteen during the war. On Oct. 27, 1951, she married Frank Damiene in...
Jodi A. Mamarella
Apr 9, 2006
Jodi Ann Mamarella, 41, of Dover, Ohio died peacefully Sunday morning, April 9, 2006 following a two year courageous battle with cancer. Jodi was a schoolteacher having taught the past seven years at Dover Middle School and High School and had previously taught at St. Joseph and Sacred Heart grade schools. Born March 6, 1965 in Neenah, Wisconsin, she is...
Vera Limbacher
Apr 8, 2006
Vera Limbacher, 87, of Strasburg died Saturday, April 8, 2006 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. Born October 21, 1918 in Lemmington, England she was a daughter of the late James and Ada Heath Jenkins. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Strasburg and served in the Women�(TM)s Royal Air Force in England during WW...
Marguerite Kennedy
Apr 7, 2006
Marguerite Kennedy, 87, of Dover died Friday, April 7, 2006 at Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born February 23, 1919 in Dundee she was a daughter of the late Fred and Marie Streit Zaugg. Marguerite was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, the Thursday Quilting Group and she taught Sunday school for many years. Her passion in life was...
Douglas C. Maurer
Apr 7, 2006
Douglas Carl Maurer, 42, of Columbus, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Friday, April 7, 2006 in his home following a brief illness. He was a sales consultant for Sensotec-Honeywell Corporation in Columbus for eighteen years. Born November 7, 1963 in Dover, he was the son of Irene E. McIntire Maurer of Dover and the late Edward Maurer. Doug...
E. Eileen Espenschied
Apr 6, 2006
E. Eileen Espenschied, 83, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, April 6, 2006 in the New Dawn Health Care Center following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer�(TM)s Disease. Born January 20, 1923 in Kimbolton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Minnie Smith Britton. Eileen formerly worked for the Day Care Center at the First United Methodist Church in...
Arline Stanton
Apr 3, 2006
Arline Stanton, 79, of Dover and a former North Canton resident died Monday, April 3, 2006 at her home following an extended illness. She had worked at Mercy Hospital in Canton for many years. Born September 9, 1926 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Robert and Hattie Tschantz Shull Sr. She was a member of Grace United...
William C. Willis
Apr 1, 2006
William C. Willis, 86, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado and a former New philadelphia resident died Saturday, April 1, 2006 in Colorado. Private funeral services were held Friday, April 7 in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory in New Philadelphia. Interment was in Evergreen Burial Park in New Phila.
Robert H. Laughlin
Mar 31, 2006
Robert H. “Bob” Laughlin, Sr., 71, of Dover, died Friday, March 31, 2006 following a short period of illness. Born February 27, 1935 at Roseville, he was the son of the late Loren & Margaret Pierce Laughlin. Bob was a hard worker, who spent the bulk of his years in the grocery business. He served as a manager for several...
William F. Schwarm, Jr.
Mar 30, 2006
William F. “Bill” Schwarm Jr., 87, of Country Club Retirement Center, and a long-time resident of State Route 800 N.E., Dover, died Thursday, Mar. 30, 2006. Born Apr. 10, 1918, in Dover, Bill was a son of the late William F. and Freida Luthy Schwarm. He attended Dover schools and served honorably in the U.S. Army during World War II....
M. Faye Ranft
Mar 29, 2006
M. Faye Ranft, 97, of Hennis Care Centre, Dover, and a long-time resident of E. High Ave., New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2006. Born Jan. 25, 1909, in Union Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Faye was a daughter of the late Ernest and Ethel Roby LeMasters. She attended Sunnyvale School, and later, New Philadelphia schools. On Jun. 8, 1927, she married...
Betty M. Waldick
Mar 29, 2006
Betty M. Waldick, 86, of 501 S. James St., Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, March 29, 2006 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born October 22, 1919 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Henry John and Edna Morgan Waldick. Betty was an employee of the former Dover Laundry and former Downtown Restaurant in Dover. She was a...
Paul J. Scherer
Mar 25, 2006
Paul J. Scherer, 92, of Dover, Ohio joined his dearest, Kay on Saturday, March 25, 2006. Paul was a retired carpenter for J.A. Raeder Construction Company and had previously worked with his father and brother in the H.E. Scherer & Sons Construction Company at Strasburg. He along with his wife, Kay also operated the former Scherer�(TM)s Sweet Shoppe in New...
