Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Bessie M. Harper
Aug 14, 2005
Bessie M. Harper, 82, of Dover, died peacefully Sunday, August 14, 2005 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born May 8, 1923 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Clyde M. & Laura Barr Law, as well as her stepmother, Clara. Bessie retired in 1989 from the JCPenney Company, where she had spent 30 years as...
Kenneth E. Stein
Aug 13, 2005
Kenneth E. Stein, 75, of Sugarcreek died Saturday, August 13, 2005 at the Louis Stokes VA Hospital in Cleveland. He retired from Sugarcreek Industries. Born June 24, 1930 in Dover he was a son of the late Clarence and Minnie Lang Stein. Ken enjoyed all sports, especially his beloved Indians and Browns. He also proudly served his country during the...
Dorothy V. Kauffman
Aug 13, 2005
Dorothy V. Kauffman, 67, of New Philadelphia died August 13, 2005 at the Cleveland Clinic following a sudden illness. She was employed at CMA in Bolivar and had retired from GTE after 32 years of service. Born July 28, 1938 in New Philadelphia she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Carrie Kaserman Ault. Dorothy was a member of...
Helen F. Snyder
Aug 13, 2005
Helen F. Snyder, 80, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, August 13, 2005 at the Schoenbrunn Health Care Center. Born May 29, 1925 in Strasburg, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Orb and Florence Harper Miller. She is survived by two sons; Gene Snyder of Mineral City and Ernie Snyder of Dover; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She...
Annabell Gibson
Aug 10, 2005
Annabell Gibson, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005, in the New Dawn Retirement Community, Dover. Born Aug. 1, 1924, in Lost Creek, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Warren and Mattie Wright Weekley. Annabell was a loving wife and mother who enjoyed doing all of the things that help make a rich home and...
Ann M. Burnhouse
Aug 6, 2005
Ann M. Burnhouse, 88, of the Country Club Center and formerly of Superior Ave., Dover, Ohio died Saturday, August 6, 2005 in the center. Ann retired in 1981, as a receptionist and telephone operator for the former Reeves Steel Company in Dover where she worked for 33 years. Born July 30, 1917 in Austria, a daughter of the late Angelo...
William Lee Anslow
Aug 6, 2005
Loving husband, father, and grandfather, William Lee “Bill” Anslow, 63, a lifelong New Philadelphia resident, died suddenly Saturday, August 6, 2005, while fishing in Morgan County. He was born February 5, 1942 at New Philadelphia, the son of the late James & Lula Belle Agin Anslow. For 35 years, Bill was a hard working employee of Marsh Lumber. For the...
Betty Caroline Goedel
Aug 5, 2005
Betty Caroline Yackey Gordon Goedel, 83, of Dover died Friday, August 5, 2005, in her home. Born June 20, 1922 in Franklin Twp. She was the daughter of the late Ralph & Viola Myers Yackey. Betty was a lifelong member of the Strasburg United Methodist Church where she had been active with the United Methodist Women and formerly served as...
Green J. Patrick
Aug 3, 2005
Green J. Patrick, 80, of New Cumberland, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005. Green was born Jan. 5, 1925, in Magoffin County, Kentucky; he was a son of the late Conoy and Rebecca Whitley Patrick. At the age of eighteen, Green moved to Ohio where he took a job with the Republic Steel Company in...
Ferrell L. Knotts
Jul 31, 2005
Ferrell L. “Candle Maker” Knotts, 78, of Dover died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at the Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. He retired in 1994 from the Der Candle Maker, which he owned and operated for over 20 years. Prior to that he had worked at Goodyear in Akron. Born April 13, 1927 in Akron he was...
Jane Comfort Craven
Jul 31, 2005
Jane Comfort Craven, 84, of Dover, Ohio and a former resident of La Porte, Indiana for seventy seven years died Sunday, July 31, 2005 in her home. Jane retired in 1982, as a schoolteacher in the La Porte community. She was also a former employee at the Engineering office in La Porte and Chicago. Born August 25, 1920 in La...
Mary E. Hachtel
Jul 31, 2005
After a full life of 103 1/2 years, Mary E. Hachtel died in her home on July 31, 2005. Her hope is to be awakened from death�(TM)s sleep in the paradise earth referred to by the Apostle Peter at 2 Peter 3:13 where he says, “There are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his...
George V. Jackson
Jul 31, 2005
George V. Jackson, of Dover, age 81, passed from his earthly life in the comfort of his home, on Sunday July 31, 2005. George was born to the late Raymond L. Jackson and Marcella (Kaufman) Jackson on September 14, 1923 in Dover, Ohio. George found joy in the simple things in life such as long hours on the front porch...
Frank D. Leatherman
Jul 27, 2005
Frank D. “Bud” Leatherman, 64, of Canton died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at Aultman Hospital. Born February 11, 1941 in Roswell he was a son of Mildred L. Ball Leatherman of Canton and the late Frank J. Leatherman. He enjoyed collecting antique trains and toys, along with attending flea markets and fishing. But, the most important thing in Frank�(TM)s life...
William A. Moon
Jul 27, 2005
William A. Moon, 73, of New Philadelphia, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at Select Specialty Hospital in Mercy Medical Center following an extended illness. Bill retired in 1987 as a metallurgist for the Englehard Corporation in New Jersey until illness forced his retirement. Born January 25, 1932 in Dover, he was the son of...
Reta Long Porter
Jul 24, 2005
Reta Long Porter , 82, of Dover, Ohio died Sunday, July 24, 2005 in Union Hospital. Reta was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on February 20, 1923, a daughter of the late Martin Van and Mary Anderson Long. She was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Porter who died December 30, 1995. They were married on Nov. 11, 1949....
Clyde E. Browning
Jul 23, 2005
Clyde E. “Pappy” Browning, 77, of Bowerston, died Saturday, July 23, 2005 in Canton�(TM)s Mercy Medical Center, following a long illness. Born in Hibbitts, Ohio on March 7, 1928, Clyde was the son of the late Horace Commodore and Myrtle “Effie” Arrowood Browning, Sr. Clyde followed in his father�(TM)s footsteps by working with the Timken Company. He worked as a...
Pauline T. Vannest
Jul 21, 2005
Pauline T. VanNest, 92, of Dover, died peacefully Thursday, July 21, 2005 in Union Hospital. She was born December 13, 1912 at Baltic, and was raised by the late Harvey & Hattie Reeves Kendle. Known as a hard worker, Pauline spent 11 years working as a custodian at Dover High School and had also been employed at East Sparta Ceramic...
Daniel L. Locker
Jul 21, 2005
Daniel L. “Danny” Locker, 62, of Navarre, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, at the home of his mother, following a sudden illness. Born June 25, 1943, in Zoar, Danny was the son of Esther F. Schwarm Locker of Magnolia, and the late Daniel E. Locker. He graduated from Sandy Valley High School and the Toledo Barber College. Danny was a...
Norma J. Marks
Jul 20, 2005
Norma J. Marks, 76, of Dover, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in her home following a sudden illness. Born December 19, 1928, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Margaret Frey Manley. Norma graduated from Dover High School in 1946, and, on October 8, 1950, was wed to Donald D. Marks in her parents�(TM) home. She...
