Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
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...
John E. Masten
Mar 24, 2006
John E. Masten, 83, of Sherrodsville died at his home on Friday, March 24, 2006. He retired from Local #109 Plaster and Cement Masons Union in Akron after 50 years of service. Born July 29, 1922 in Liverpool, West Virginia he was a son of the late James and Margaret Rake Masten. He was a member of the Roxford United...
Kenneth Gene Korns
Mar 23, 2006
Kenneth Gene Korns, 59, of North Myrtle Beach, SC, and formerly of Dover, died March 23, 2006. Born January 13, 1947 in Dover, Kenny was the son of the late John A. & Mary Alesiano Korns. Many years ago, he was employed by the former Kroger�(TM)s grocery in New Philadelphia as a clerk. He had also owned the former Sylvester�(TM)s...
Atty. John L. Woodard
Mar 22, 2006
Atty. John L. Woodard, 89, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 in his home as the result of a sudden cardiac arrest. Born October 16, 1916 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Clancy and Melissa Simpson Woodard. John was a practicing attorney in Dover for over 66 years. He was recognized by the Ohio...
Janet W. Specht
Mar 20, 2006
Janet Weisgarber Specht, 73, of Dover passed away Monday, March 20, 2006 in her home after a brief illness. She was born on July 3, 1932 in Massillon, Ohio to Leslie and Erma Weisgarber. Janet was a homemaker and an active partner on the family farm, Trealayne Holsteins. Janet served as President of the Ohio Extension Homemakers and was a...
Ruth I. Harding
Mar 19, 2006
Ruth I. Harding, 83, of Funk Rd. N.W., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Sunday, March 19, 2006 in Amberwood Manor following a period of declining health. Ruth was a Registered Nurse having retired from Massillon City Hospital. She was also a former missionary in Africa and New Mexico. Born June 30, 1922 in Strasburg, Ohio, she was the daughter of the...
Paul S. Pershing
Mar 17, 2006
Paul S. Pershing, 94, of Dover, died Friday, March 17, 2006, in the Bethany Nursing Home in Canton. Born June 26, 1911 at Baltic, he was the son of the late Ulyssis S. & Emma Kline Pershing. Paul was a hard worker. He retired from the former Prospect Drilling Company of Dover after 30 years of service as a dozer...
Patricia A. Schweitzer
Mar 17, 2006
Patricia A. “Patsy” Schweitzer, 78, of Dover, died Friday, March 17, 2006 in the Hennis Care Centre, Dover. She was born January 30, 1928 at Dover, and was the daughter of the late Carl J. & Maxine K. McCarthy Lieser. Patsy was a loving, generous woman who was seemingly always looking to help others. She found enjoyment in making a...
Naomi B. Houston
Mar 15, 2006
Naomi B. Houston, 65, of New Philadelphia, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 15, 2005, following a short period of illness. Born June 15, 1940 at Zanesville, she was the daughter of Marion Singer Ransom, who resides in Zanesville, and the late Ralph Ransom. A hard worker her entire life, Naomi was employed as a press operator for 17 years at the...
Carole J. Haupert
Mar 15, 2006
Carole J. Haupert, 66, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, in Hennis Care Centre, Dover. Her death was due to a recently-diagnosed malignant brain tumor. Carole was born September 7, 1939, in Dover, the daughter of the late James and Vera Osgood DeVore. She graduated from New Philadelphia High School, and then attended secretarial school. One of her...
Anna May Moore Vandevort
Mar 14, 2006
Anna May Moore Vandevort, 78, of Country Club Retirement Campus, Dover, and a longtime resident of Dogwood St. S.E., New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2006, at Country Club. Born Jun. 13, 1927, in Navarre, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Grace Senften Walter. Anna retired in 1986 as a processor for Alsco Anaconda in Sugarcreek. Prior...
Maria Ionno
Mar 13, 2006
Maria Ionno, 78, of Schoenbrunn Healthcare, New Philadelphia, and a former resident of Betscher Ave., Dover, died Monday, Mar. 13, 2006, following a long battle with Alzheime
