Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Fay E. Lengler
Feb 7, 2006
Fay E. Lengler, 95, a long-time resident of E. Eleventh St., Dover, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, in Hennis Care Centre, Bolivar. Born May 26, 1910, in the family farmhouse on Broad Run Dairy Rd., Dover Township, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Salome Burky Miller. Fay attended Kent State Normal College (now Kent State University), and...
Donald Arnold Yenni
Feb 4, 2006
Donald Arnold Yenni, 82, of Park Village Health Care Center in Dover, went home to be with the lord on Saturday, February 4, 2006 after a long and fulfilling life. He was born March 19, 1923, in Dover to the late Arnold and Nora Swonger Yenni. He retired from the former Columbia Fire Brick after many years of service, and...
Olga Oddi
Feb 3, 2006
Olga Oddi, 92, of Dover, Ohio died Friday, February 3, 2006 in the Hennis Care Centre at Bolivar following an extended illness. During World War II, she was employed by the Standard Oil Company in Dover and had previously worked at the former Sadiron. Born October 1, 1913 in Faeto, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and...
Amy Pennington Becker
Feb 1, 2006
Amy Pennington Becker, 89, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. Born Jun. 4, 1916, in Crestview, TN, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Ida Pennington. Amy moved with her family to New Philadelphia in 1928 and graduated from New Philadelphia High School. She married the late Earl F. Becker...
Margaret H. Mitchell
Feb 1, 2006
Margaret H. Mitchell, 86, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, formerly of Sugarcreek, Ohio, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006, in Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, following a short illness. Born March 22, 1919, in Coatbridge, Scotland, she was the only child of the late John and Ann Murdoch Marshall. Margaret graduated in 1937 from the Chauncey-Dover High School, Chauncey, Ohio. After emigrating with her...
Charles H. Whitten
Feb 1, 2006
Charles H. Whitten, 84, of Bolivar died Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at Union Hospital. He retired from US Ceramic Tile in Canton after many years of service. Born June 15, 1921 in Mineral City, Ohio he was a son of the late Harold and Mabel Rood Whitten. Charles is survived by two sons, Harold (Brenda) Whitten of Canton and Phillip...
Ruth Pfeiffer
Jan 31, 2006
Ruth Pfeiffer, 101, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at the Country Club Center in Dover. Ruth was born on April 11, 1904 in Newark, Ohio and was the daughter of the late Maurice and Minnie Secrist Peter. Most of her youth was spent in Gnadenhutten, which is the community many of her ancestors had helped settle. She was a lifelong...
Patricia A. Griesen
Jan 28, 2006
Patricia A. Griesen, 63, of Dover, Ohio died Saturday, January 28, 2006 following a period of declining health. She was a retired bookkeeper for All American Healthcare. Born December 14, 1942 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Mildred Rieger Weigand. Pat was a member of the St. John United Church of Christ in Strasburg. She...
Freda A. Reed
Jan 28, 2006
Freda A. Reed, 96, of Strasburg and formerly of Wilmot and Massillon died Saturday, January 28, 2006 in Amberwood Manor at New Philadelphia after a long illness. Born August 31, 1909 in Gilmer County, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late Robert and Eva Short Nicholson. Freda truly celebrated life through her family and faith. She had accepted...
Mary Josie Sayre
Jan 26, 2006
Mary “Josie” Estes Sayre, 96, of Spartanburg, SC and formerly of Akron and Dover, Ohio died Thursday, January 26, 2006 at her home in Spartanburg. She worked through World War II and many years afterwards at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron. She retired from Goodyear in 1972. Born December 4, 1909 in Marshall County, Kentucky, she was...
William Alan Reed
Jan 25, 2006
William Alan “Bill” Reed, 47, of Strasburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness. Born Jun. 22, 1958, in Dover, he was a son of the late John W. and Edna Mae Peeper Reed. Bill graduated from Garaway High School in 1977 and went on to pursue training in the culinary arts. He had...
James R. Low
Jan 23, 2006
James R. Low, 75, of Milford, Ohio died on Monday, January 23, 2006 at Green Meadows Health and Wellness Center in Louisville. Born August 12, 1930 in Strasburg, Ohio he was a son of the late Robert and Eva Low Aul. He retired from Cincinnati Industries after many years of service. James was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine...
Isaac E. Ayers
Jan 21, 2006
Isaac E. Ayers, 81, of Dover, died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Hennis Care Center in Dover. Isaac was born in Cairo, West Virginia on March 16, 1924 and was the son of the late Rollar and Gladys Ayers. After many years of service, he retired from LTV Steel in Massillon, where he worked as a mill operator. He honored...
Jeffrey D. Miller
Jan 18, 2006
Jeffrey D. Miller, 51, of Dundee, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, in his home, following a battle with cancer. He had been ill for a year-and-a-half. Born Feb. 19, 1954, in Dover, he was the son of Paul S. and Ruth Beaber Miller of Dundee. Jeff graduated from Garaway High School in 1972, and worked for the Belden Brick Co....
Maxine E. Newton
Jan 14, 2006
Maxine E. Newton, 82, of Dover died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at New Dawn Health Care Center following an extended illness. Born May 9, 1923 in Dover she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Elizabeth Schwarm Stucky. She was a member of St. John�(TM)s United Church of Christ in Dover. Maxine is survived by her husband, Clarence Newton,...
Doris J. Dunlap
Jan 13, 2006
Doris J. Dunlap, 75, of Dover died peacefully in her home, surrounded by her family on Friday, January 13, 2006 following a 5-month battle with Lou Gehrig�(TM)s Disease. Born April 12, 1930 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Hugh and Wilma Penrod Lindsay. Doris was a 1948 graduate of Dover High School; she was instrumental in organizing...
Steven R. Meese
Jan 12, 2006
Steven R. Meese, 49, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, January 12, 2006 in Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Steve was a Field Service Mechanic for Reco Equipment in Morristown, Ohio where he worked for over 30 years. Born November 3, 1956 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of Patricia and Bob Williams of Dover and Robert and Brenna...
Willie Sexton
Jan 11, 2006
Willie Sexton, 88, of Strasburg died Wednesday, January 11, 2006 in Union Hospital in Dover. He was born in Olive Hill, Kentucky on June 16, 1917 and was the son of the late John and Daisy Sexton. Willie retired from Hardy Coal Company in Sugarcreek. When Willie was not working, he spent his spare time gardening, fishing, and raising chickens....
Leah M. Carlisle
Jan 11, 2006
Leah Margaret Carlisle, 78, departed this life on January 11, 2006 at home in the loving care of her family. Leah was born December 10, 1927, to Russell B. and Kathryn (Fribley) Coutts, and grew up with her three brothers on the family farm on Seven Mile Drive, New Philadelphia. Leah was united in marriage on January 12, 1947 to...
Corlas Gene Espenschied
Jan 8, 2006
Corlas Gene Espenschied, 66, of Centerton, Arkansas went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 8, 2006. He was born April 21, 1939 in Ragersville, Ohio, to John Joseph and Alice Hamel Espenschied. He was a fabricator, machinist, and a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard. In 1960, he married Lucille Anderson in Ohio. In 1974, they moved...
