Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas

Lillian G. Burkey
Jul 18, 2005
Lillian G. Burkey, 90, a longtime Dover resident, died Monday, July 18, 2005 in Union Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born November 26, 1914 at New Philadelphia to the late John W. & Charlotte Dempster Ickes. Lillian was the Valedictorian of New Philadelphia High School�(TM)s class of 1932. She was a longtime member of the St. Johns United...

June E. Bernhart
Jul 15, 2005
June E. Bernhart, 81, of Dover, a loving mother and grandmother died Friday, July 15, 2005 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Born September 23, 1923 in New Philadelphia she was a daughter of the late August and Helen Brown Ackerman. When June was not taking care of her family, she enjoyed reading in her spare time. June was...
Frederick L. Clugston
Jul 11, 2005
Frederick L. Clugston, 57, of Canton, a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother died Monday, July 11, 2005 at Aultman Hospital following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He retired from the Hoover Company in 2003 with 34 years of service and had also worked at Fisher Foods in Canton for 28 years. Born October 5, 1947 in Canton he...
George Edson Mcbride
Jul 9, 2005
George Edson “Ed” McBride, 94, of Dover, died peacefully Saturday, July 9, 2005 in New Philadelphia�(TM)s Schoenbrunn Healthcare, after a brief illness. Born Mark 16, 1911 at Dresden, he was the son of the late George O. and Verde Dowell McBride. Ed retired in 1974 from the former Reeves Steel in Dover after 45 years of service. He earned his...
Ruth E. Strickmaker
Jul 4, 2005
Ruth E. Strickmaker, 81, of Dover, died Monday, July 4, 2005 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born August 19, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John & Hazel Swinderman Forstrom. For the past several years, Ruth was a familiar, friendly face at United Day Care where she volunteered in the Foster Grandparent program. She was an...
Nellie Mae Denmon Cain
Jul 2, 2005
Nellie M. Denmon Cain, 65, of Steubenville and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. She retired from UPS in Steubenville after many years of service. Born May 29, 1940 in Dover, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Melvin and Georgianna Pullum Denmon. Nellie was a member of First...

Samuel R. Notz
Jun 30, 2005
Samuel R. “Sam” Notz, 83, of Dover, died Thursday, June 30, 2005, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, following a brief illness. Born June 16, 1922, in Somerdale, Sam graduated in 1940 from Bolivar High School, and, at the beginning of World War II, entered the U.S. Army. He served with an engineering battalion on Europe. Following the war, he married the...
Victoria Reed
Jun 29, 2005
Victoria “Vicki” Reed, 74 of Dover, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 in Union Hospital following a long illness. Born August 8, 1930 in Dover. She was a daughter of late George J. and Suzie Price Solley. Vicki went to school in Dover and was a homemaker. She attended Strasburg United Methodist Church. A public graveside service will be held Friday...
Clayton D. Reed
Jun 29, 2005
Clayton D. Reed, 79, a longtime Dover, Ohio resident died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 in the Walnut Hills Retirement Community in Walnut Creek. Clayton retired in 1984 from the accounting department at the Greer Steel Company in Dover where he worked for 31 years. Born August 12, 1925 in Waynesburg, Ohio, he was the son of the late Fred E....
Richard D. Mears
Jun 28, 2005
Richard D. “Dick” Mears, 70, a longtime Dover resident, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 in his home. Born April 1, 1935 at Port Washington, he was the son of the late Homer & Lela Hollingsworth Mears. He retired in 1996 from the Timken Company at New Philadelphia where he had worked faithfully for over 33 years. Dick was a member...

Kirby A Clark
Jun 25, 2005
Kirby A. Clark, 43, of Dover, died Saturday, Jun. 25, 2005, in his home. Kirby fought a good fight, never complaining, against many physical ailments. Born Jul. 25, 1961, in Dover, he was the beloved son of Joyce Trachsel Clark Passalacqua of Massillon, and the late Harold D. Clark. Kirby graduated from Dover High School in 1979. Ten years later,...

Rilynn Grace Cooke
Jun 24, 2005
Rilynn Grace Cooke, the infant daughter of Bret and Nancy Cawrse Cooke of New Philadelphia, died shortly after she was born Friday, June 24, 2005 in Union Hospital. In addition to her parents, Rilynn is survived by: her big sister, Makenna Cooke of the home; paternal grandparents, Bob (Mary Lou) Cooke of Lexington and Janet Bracken of New London; maternal...

Helen I. Reiss
Jun 23, 2005
Helen I. Peoples Reiss, 100, of New Philadelphia and a former longtime resident of Uhrichsville, died Thursday, June 23, 2005 in New Dawn Health Care Center. Born October 5, 1904 at Dennison, she was the daughter of the late Fred & Etta Dugan Peoples. She was a member of the Uhrichsville Presbyterian Church. Helen was preceded in death by her...
Jordan "Pie" Tamborini
Jun 20, 2005
Jordan “Pie” Tamborini, 88, a Dover resident for the last 46 years, died peacefully in his home on Monday, June 20, 2005. Born February 25, 1917 at Wainwright, he was the son of the late Enrico & Agnes Norcini Tamborini. He had worked as Service Manager for twenty years at the former Brinkers Supply Company of Dover, and retired as...

Stanley Beaber
Jun 18, 2005
Stanley Beaber, 82, of Uhrichsville, and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, June 18, 2005, in his home. Born Oct. 5, 1922, on College Ave. NW, New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Perry A. and Gertrude Emig Beaber. Stanley graduated in 1942 from New Philadelphia High School. He then entered the United States Army, where he served...
James F. Kadri Jr.
Jun 12, 2005
James F. (JK) Kadri Jr., 49, of 124 ½ North Ave. N.E., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Sunday, June 12, 2005 in Doctors Hospital at Massillon following an extended illness. Jim was an oil driller for many years. Born November 26, 1955 in Dennison, Ohio, he was the son of the late James F. Kadri Sr. and Betty Mishler Kadri Johnson....
Mack C. Wardell, Jr.
Jun 12, 2005
Mack C. Wardell, Jr., 56, of Beach City died unexpectedly June 12, 2005 in his home. Born November 17, 1948 at Dover, he was son of the late Mack C. & Mary C. Krantz Wardell, Sr. Mack honorably served his country in the Army. He was mechanically inclined and enjoyed working on cars and just about anything with a motor...

Raymond "Sonny" Amistadi, Jr.
Jun 11, 2005
Raymond “Sonny” Amistadi, Jr., 66, a lifelong Dover resident, died peacefully in his home on Saturday, June 11, 2005. Born April 8, 1939 at Dover, he was the son of Betty Penrod Amistadi of Dover and the late Raymond Amistadi, Sr. Sonny was a retired millwright from Greer Steel at Dover and had also worked as a mechanic for the...

K. Corinne Maurer
Jun 10, 2005
K. Corinne Maurer, 91, of Dover, died Friday, Jun. 10, 2005, in Country Club Retirement Campus. Born Oct. 9, 1913 in Midvale, she was a daughter of the late Byron L. and Lorna Rippeth Fisher. Corinne was a homemaker and was a crossing guard for the City of Dover. Some of her favorite pastimes were playing cards and watching sporting...
Dorothy H. Soulsby
Jun 9, 2005
Dorothy H. Soulsby, 85, a lifelong Dover resident, went home to be with the Lord and to be reunited with her husband on Thursday, June 9, 2005. Dorothy died in the Hennis Care Centre following a brief illness. Born January 31, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Henry & Anna Obermiller Eiler. For more than 35 years, Dorothy...