Obituaries

Oct 28, 2005

Robert N. Blackson Jr., 67, of 3696 New Cumberland Rd. N.E., Mineral City, Ohio died Friday, October 28, 2005 in Union Hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired machinist with Hercules Motors and White Engines in Canton. Following retirement, he and his wife installed carpeting. Born February 15, 1938 in Dover, he was the son of Erma Espenschied...

Oct 26, 2005

Angelo A. Monaco, 80, of Dover, died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in Country Club Retirement Center following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born Jan. 7, 1925, in Dover, he was the son of the late Joseph and Concetta Monaco. Angelo graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1945. He served honorably during two tours of duty in the Korean Conflict,...

Oct 25, 2005

Walter E. “Red” Davis, 88, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005, in Schoenbrunn Healthcare, New Philadelphia, following a brief illness. Born Aug. 16, 1917, in Dover, Red was a son of the late Charles and Bessie Savage Davis. As a youth, during the Great Depression, he worked as a vaudeville entertainer in Cleveland in order to earn extra...

Oct 25, 2005

Oct 25, 2005

David Paul Czerepak, 53, of Dover died Tuesday, October 5, 2005 in Union Hospital. He was self-employed and operated a parts recycling business. Born October 20, 1952 at Columbus, he was the son of the late Philip Czerepak and Augustine Marino Czerepak who resides in Dover. David was a member of Dover High School�(TM)s 1971 graduating class. He grew up...

Oct 24, 2005

Stephen Rinderknecht, 55, of Dover and formerly Warren, died Monday October 24, 2005 following a brief illness. While in Warren he worked as a machinist for Copperweld Steel Corporation and had most recently been employed by the Timken Company in Canton. He was born November 26, 1949 at Ravenna, the son of the late John R. Rinderknecht, who died in...

Oct 23, 2005

Raymond J. “Pete” Mathews died at home on October 23rd, 2005. Born April 11th, 1921, in Dover, Ohio she was a lifetime resident of Dover. Raymond was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond J. Mathews and Mary Ethel (Craig) Mathews, his wife of 63 years Betty June (Metzger) Mathews, one son, Dennis Mathews, and one grand daughter Melanie K....

Oct 22, 2005

Mary H. “Libby” Bailey, 71, of Beach City died Saturday, October 22, 2005 at Aultman Hospital following a brief illness. She retired from Henry Heating and Cooling in Dover after 14 years of service. Born February 2, 1934 in Lester, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late Kermit and Hazel Martin Horton. Libby was an animal lover; she...

Oct 21, 2005

Grace E. Steitz, 85, of Strasburg, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, in Park Village Health Care Center, Dover. Born Aug. 1, 1920, in Strasburg, she was a daughter of the late Edward H. and Alice E. Beitzel Steitz.. Grace graduated from Strasburg Franklin High School, and was a telephone operator in Strasburg and Sugarcreek for nearly twenty years. Additionally she...

Oct 21, 2005

Linda S. Dalpiaz, 48, of Dover, Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 21, 2005. She was a five year employee of the Dover City Schools. Born March 3, 1957 in Dover, she was the daughter of Clarence “Butch” and Carol Domer McGinnis of Dover. Linda was an active member of the St. John�(TM)s United Church...

Oct 18, 2005

Elizabeth Anne “Betty” McKinley, 81, of Dover, and a former longtime resident of Marion, died Tuesday, October 18, 2005 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Wheeling, WV on April 27, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Ida Mae Stephens Baker. She was a longtime teacher and guidance counselor in the Marion school district....

Oct 18, 2005

Charles F. Wallick Sr., 85, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He was a longtime employee of Robinson Clay Products where he became a Superintendent in 1957 and continued as Supt. Of the Clow Corporation until his retirement. Born August 16, 1920 near Dover, Ohio, he was the son of the...

Oct 18, 2005

Margaret “Peggy” Burtscher, 74, of Dover died Tuesday, October 18, 2005 after a courageous battle with cancer, in New Dawn Health Care Center where she was surrounded by her family. Born May 24, 1931 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Catherine Meyer Lab. Peggy retired in 1993 after 17 years of working in food services...

Oct 17, 2005

William “Bill” Vasbinder, 71, of Dover died Monday, October 17, 2005 at his home. He retired in 1994 from Gradall after 33 years of service. Born July 4, 1934 in Dover he was the son of Florence Lengler Vasbinder of Dover and the late Hubert Vasbinder. Bill was a member of First Christian Church in Dover, Tuscarawas Lodge #59 F...

Oct 15, 2005

William E. “Bill” Kibrige, 87, of Strasburg, died Saturday, October 15, 2005. at Massillon Community Hospital. He was born on January 24, 1918 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Bill was the son of the late William E. Kibrige Sr. and Ezmonda R. Jordan. Bill managed several movie theaters for the Shea Theatre Corporation. He oversaw the operation of theaters in Michigan,...

Oct 15, 2005

David A. Wittkop, 68, of Dover, died peacefully in his sleep early Saturday morning, October 15, 2005. He was born October 12, 1937 in Toledo, the son of the late Carl and Catherine Gunder Wittkop. In January of 2004, Dave retired from Smith Dairy. Dave was an active member of the First Christian Church in New Philadelphia where he was...

Oct 14, 2005

W. Harold Snyder, 79, of Dover, Ohio and a former Akron and Massillon resident died Friday, October 14, 2005 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. He retired in 1987, as Vice President of Commercial lines for the Ostrov Insurance Agency in Akron where he worked for 27 years. Born January 13, 1926 in Columbus, Ohio, he was...

Oct 13, 2005

Nema V. Keener, 97, a long-time resident of E. Seventeenth St., Dover, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, in the New Dawn Retirement Community, where she had resided the past five years. Born June 1, 1908, in Clinton, Indiana, Nema was a daughter of the late William and Anna Laura Bidycofer Felgenhauer. She attended school in Somerdale, and, on Jun. 1,...

Oct 12, 2005

Paul K. Miller, 79, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, October 12, 2005, in New Dawn Health Care Center, Dover, following a long illness. Born Apr. 30, 1926, in New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Carl and Edith Schlafly Miller. Paul graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1944, and served in the U.S. Mrechant Marines on hospital...

Oct 8, 2005

June E. Denning, 85, of Dover died Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Schoenbrunn Health Care Center in New Philadelphia following an extended illness. She retired from Alsco in Gnadenhutten after 20 years of service. Born February 27, 1920 in New Philadelphia she was a daughter of the late Albert and Bessie Winger Swihart. She was a member of the Church...