Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Charles E. Thornton
Mar 16, 2005
Charles E. Thornton, 75, of Barnhill, died Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2005, at the home of his sister, Gertrude Saperito, in Barnhill, following a brief illness. Born Jul. 19, 1929, in Barnhill, he was a son of the late Ephriam and Hannah Courim Thornton. Charles retired from the Republic Steel Co., Massillon following twenty-nine years of service. He greatly enjoyed his...
Pauline Benson Hinton
Mar 14, 2005
Pauline Elizabeth Benson Hinton, 93, of Dover, died Monday, March 14, 2005 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born April 5, 1911, Pauline was the daughter of the late Raymond Leighton and Evalena Schug Hand. She retired in 1965 from the former Riggle�(TM)s Poultry Market of Dover. Pauline was a 1928 graduate of Uhrichsville High School. She had served...
Mary Evelyn Wherley Hagloch
Mar 14, 2005
Mary Evelyn Wherley Hagloch, 88, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2005 following a period of declining health. A devoted daughter, wife and mother, she will be missed by her husband of nearly 70 years, Henry; sons, Gregor (Gloria), Grant and Joseph (Susan); grandchildren, Michael, Kathy, Judy, Charles, Thomas and many great grandchildren. She was a true believer and long-time...
Viola B. Beitner
Mar 13, 2005
Viola B. Beitner of Dover, Ohio died Sunday, March 13, 2005 in Union Hospital. She was 92. In her younger days, Viola was employed by the Hanhart Insurance Agency. She was also instrumental in the origin of Bill Beitner Tire Company, having performed all the clerical work during the business�(TM)s emerging years. Born March 28, 1912 in Dover, she was...
Iris M. Inglis Wright
Mar 13, 2005
Beloved, Iris M. Inglis Wright of Dover passed away Sunday, March 13, 2005 at Aultman Hospital. Born December 21, 1936 she was the daughter of the late John and Daphne Thoumine Inglis. Having emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland she enjoyed entertaining visiting family and returning to her childhood home. She took pleasure in knitting, crocheting and sewing in her spare time,...
Irene Jocelyn Bixler
Mar 12, 2005
Devoted wife, loving mother and cherished friend, Irene Jocelyn Bixler, 80, a lifelong resident of Strasburg, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2005 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born March 24, 1924 at Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late John & Edna Hertzig Pfaeffli. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church at Strasburg where she had...
June Giles Watkins
Mar 10, 2005
June Giles Watkins, 92, of Dover died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at the Country Club Retirement Center following a brief illness. She retired from Sparta Ceramic after many years of service. Born June 25, 1912 in Mineral City, Ohio she was the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Wick Brinkman. She was a member of First Christian Church in...
Frank Demonte
Mar 7, 2005
Frank DeMonte, 76, of Dover, died peacefully Sunday, March 6, 2005, in Union Hospital while surrounded by his loving family. Born July 13, 1928 at Mineral City, he was the son of the late Genaro & Concetta Lauria DeMonte. In 1993, Frank retired from the Gradall Company where, for 29 years, he held a variety of skilled positions ranging from...
Mary Ann Rimer
Mar 6, 2005
Mary Ann Rimer, 88, of Amberwood Residence, New Philadelphia, and formerly of Dover, died Sunday, Mar. 6, 2005, in Union Hospital, Dover. Born Jul. 28, 1916, on Anola Ave. in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Josephine Young Norscia. Ann graduated Dover High School and attended Wittenberg University. She was wed to Daniel J. Korns. Daniel...
Irene E. Baker
Mar 6, 2005
Irene E. Baker, 91, of Dover, Ohio died Sunday, March 6, 2005 in Park Village Assisted Living at Dover following a short illness. Born July 17, 1913 at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late William and Estella McPherson Orr. On March 16, 1935, she married Harold Baker, who died November 1984. Irene was cofounder and Vice President...
Violet Fair Mcclain
Mar 5, 2005
Violet M. Fair McClain, 77, of New Philadelphia and formerly of Beach City, died Saturday, March 5, 2005 in Union Hospital. Born August 25, 1927 at Hametown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Earl & Bessie Long Ashton. In 1997, Violet retired in 1997 as an LPN from Union Hospital where she had worked for 24 years. Following...
Albert E. Hartman
Mar 4, 2005
Albert E. “Happy” Hartman, 92, of the Hennis Care Centre in Dover and formerly of Lisbon, Ohio died Friday, March 4, 2005 in the center following a brief illness. He retired as an investigator for the Ohio State Dept. of Liquor Control. He had also previously been Chief Deputy Sheriff at Columbiana County and a former Ohio State Patrolman. Born...
Renee E. Smart
Mar 4, 2005
Renee E. Smart, 44, a 25-year resident of Sherrodsville, died Friday, March 4, 2005 following an unexpected illness. Born May 6, 1960 at Massillon, she was the daughter of Ken & Janet Wallick Murphy of Dover. A 1978 graduate of Dover High, Renee grew up a member of St. Johns United Church of Christ at Dover. She had most recently...
Paul H. Groh
Mar 3, 2005
Paul Henry Groh, 97, of Dover passed away Thursday morning, March 3, 2005 at Park Village Health Care Center following a brief illness. Born December 28, 1907 in Winfield, Ohio he was the son of the late William and Clara Widder Groh and his stepfather, William Byers. On October 6, 1928, he married his beloved wife, Gertrude Ball, with whom...
Ruth Evelyn Johnson
Mar 3, 2005
Loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend Ruth Evelyn Johnson, 80, of Dover, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 in Union Hospital. Born August 28, 1924 at Moundsville, WV, she was the daughter of the late David E. & Clara Holmes Blake. Evelyn was a member of the New Philadelphia Church of Christ. She was always on the go and enjoyed a...
Therma J. Pease
Mar 3, 2005
Therma J. Pease, 96, of Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, and a long-time resident of Midvale, died Thursday, Mar. 3, 2005in the center surrounded by her loving family. Born Apr. 3, 1908, in Washington County, PA, she was a daughter of the late Ernest L. and Bessie Pollock Campbell. Therma graduated high school in Pennsylvania, and married Arnold C....
Paul W. Shepherd
Mar 3, 2005
Paul W. Shepherd, 77, of Dover, died Thursday, Mar. 3, 2005, in his home following a brief illness. Born Mar. 5, 1927 in Dover, he was a son of the late Sanford and Bessie Luyster Shepherd. Paul served in the U.S. Army Infantry and the Army Air Corps during World War II, some of that time in Okinawa, Japan. On...
Edward Larry Estlund
Mar 2, 2005
Edward Larry “Papa” Estlund, 63, of Strasburg, Ohio died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 in Union Hospital following an extended illness. Illness forced Larry�(TM)s retirement in 1985 from the Joy Mfg. Company at New Philadelphia where he worked for twenty years. He also owned and operated the former Village Bakery in Strasburg. Born May 3, 1941 in Port Huron, Michigan, he...
Martin T. Rini
Mar 2, 2005
Martin T. Rini, 87, of Dover and a former New Philadelphia resident died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 in Union Hospital. Born on March 15, 1917 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Rini. Martin attended St. Joseph Elementary and graduated from Dover High School in 1935. After school, he joined the army as a...
James G. Fickes
Mar 2, 2005
James G. 'Jim' Fickes, 57, of New Philadelphia, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2005, following an apparent heart attack. Born Feb. 25, 1948, in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Glenn E. and Ono May Wiers Fickes. Jim attended New Philadelphia High School and married the former Betty L....
