Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
William A. Page, Jr.
Dec 23, 2004
William A. “Bump” Page, Jr., 51, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in his home. Born Jan. 5, 1953, he was the son of the late William A. and Dora Ross Page. Bump was a 1972 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. He was a long-time employee of the Evans Brick Co. of Midvale, and its successor, Whitacre-Greer....
Carole M. Langenfeld
Dec 16, 2004
Carole M. Langenfeld, 66, of New Philadelphia, went home with her Lord Thursday, December 16, 2004, after a courageous 3-month battle with cancer. She and her husband Dale were owner operators of Village Barn Restaurant at Tappan Lake from 1973-1983. The daughter of the late Harold and Eliene Dunmore Hefling, she celebrated her 66th birthday on November 13. Carole was...
Wilma F. Krebs
Dec 14, 2004
Wilma F. Krebs, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born Mar. 25, 1924, in Baertown, Dover, Twp., she was a daughter of the lateWilliam W. and Bertha V. Jones Simmers. Wilma graduated Dover High School in 1942. On Sept. 27, 1942, she married Charles F. Krebs. She was employed...
Charles R. Vickers
Dec 14, 2004
Charles R. 'Charlie' Vickers, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday in his home after a brief illness. Born Aug. 29, 1923, in Deersville, he was a son of the late John C. and Dessie C. Kail Vickers. Charlie served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and later in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. He retired...
Katherine L. Jimison
Dec 13, 2004
Katherine L. “Kathie” Jimison, 62, of Sugarcreek died Monday, December 13, 2004 following a brief illness. Born February 24, 1942 at Martins Ferry, she was the daughter of the late Edwin B. and Dorothy Nelson Long. Salutatorian of the 1960 class at Cadiz High School and a Cum Laude graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in Home...
Dorothy Ann Oliver
Dec 10, 2004
Dorothy Ann Oliver, 40, of Dover, passed away Friday, December 10, 2004 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. She was a nine-year employee of Wal Mart at New Philadelphia where she was head of Customer Service Management. She enjoyed her work and truly cared for all of the co-workers that she had become close with over the years. Born...
Richard E. Gordon
Dec 8, 2004
Richard E. “Dick” Gordon, 68, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in Union Hospital at Dover. Dick was a longtime printer having owned and operated Valley Printing and Graphics at Dover. He previously managed Newhouse Printing Company at Dover and for many years worked with his family in the Gordon Printing Company in Strasburg. Born February 12, 1936...
Margaret L. Pershing
Dec 4, 2004
Margaret L. Pershing, 86, of Dover died Saturday, December 4, 2004 at Country Club Retirement Center following an extended illness. Born December 15, 1917 in Strasburg, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Homer and Clara Hoover Yutzy. She was a member of Strasburg United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star Lodge #222 in New Philadelphia. Margaret is survived...
Arthur F. Strauss
Dec 4, 2004
Arthur F. Strauss, 86, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, December 4, 2004 at Morning View Care Center following an extended illness. He retired as the Postmaster in Strasburg and he also owned the Strauss Haus Tavern in New Philadelphia. Born January 15, 1918 in Dundee he was a son of the late Arthur A. and Nora Nicewander Strauss. He enjoyed...
Wilma L. Ashbaugh
Dec 3, 2004
Wilma L. Ashbaugh, 89, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, in Morning View Care Center following a long illness. Born Aug. 26, 1915, in Carbon Hill, Hocking Co., she was a daughter of the late Pearly and Mabel Spooner Perkins. Wilma attended school in Hocking Co., and, on Apr. 1, 1934, married Homer E. Ashbaugh in New Philadelphia....
Mary "Chee Chee" King
Nov 30, 2004
Mary A. “Chee Chee” King, 66, of Dover, died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in Union Hospital. Over the years, she had worked for a variety of area businesses such as Goshen Dairy, the Red Onion, TJ�(TM)s and Twilite. Born November 3, 1938 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Franny Pace. Chee Chee was a...
Cecilia H. Fearon
Nov 27, 2004
Cecilia H. Fearon, 90, of Dover, died Saturday, November 27, 2004 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Along with her late husband, Henry R. Fearon who died February 6, 1996, she owned the former Fearon�(TM)s Market on Tuscarawas Avenue in Dover for 22 years. Born October 2, 1914 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Frank and...
Thelma A. Davis
Nov 26, 2004
Thelma A. Davis, 87, of 219 E. Slingluff Ave., Dover, Ohio died Friday, November 26, 2004 in Union Hospital at Dover surrounded by her whole family. She was an employee of the former Puritan Laundry at New Philadelphia and the Dover-Phila Laundry in Dover until it�(TM)s closing. Born January 1, 1917 near Uhrichsville, she was the daughter of the late...
Edward D. Hamsher
Nov 20, 2004
Edward D. Hamsher, 75, of 203 Young Drive N.E., Dover, Ohio died Saturday, November 20, 2004 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. He devoted his life to education for over 40 years having retired in 1987, as Superintendent of the Dover City Schools. He had also previously served as a teacher, coach, Principal and had formerly been Superintendent of...
John E. Deromedi
Nov 18, 2004
John E. Deromedi, 84, formerly of North Star Drive, Dover, Ohio died Thursday, November 18, 2004 in the Country Club Center following an extended illness. John retired in 1985, as an employee of the Ohio Dept. of Transportation (ODOT) where he worked for over 36 years. He was also a bartender at the former Espenschied�(TM)s Restaurant in Dover. Born April...
Elizabeth "Betty" Armstrong
Nov 16, 2004
Elizabeth “Betty” Armstrong, 99, formerly of Mt. Vernon and an eight year resident of the Hennis Care Centre of Dover, died Tuesday, November 16, 2004 in the center. Born October 14, 1905 at Amity, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Albert and Grace Loney Doup. She was a member of the Amity Methodist Church. Betty was preceded in...
Victoria E. Blake
Nov 14, 2004
Victoria E. Blake, 56, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, November 14, 2004 at Doctor�(TM)s Hospital in Massillon following a brief illness. She was employed as a Nurses Aide at New Dawn Retirement Center in Dover for 25 years. Born November 14, 1948 in Cumberland, North Carolina she was a daughter of the late Edward and Lovie Flynn Deal. She was...
Mary Jody Miller
Nov 11, 2004
Mary Jo “Jody” Miller, 77, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, November 11, 2004 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover following an extended illness. She was the co-owner along with her partner, Lu Kreisher, of the former Posy Pot in downtown, Dover. She was also previously a secretary for the former Potschner Ford in Dover.Born July 15, 1927...
Martha Marie Struchen
Nov 9, 2004
Martha M. Struchen, 87, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, November 9, 2004 in her home. Born January 27, 1917 at Lock Seventeen, she was the daughter of the late Judson T. and Emma A. Zumbach Risher. Martha was a 1935 graduate of the former Gnadenhutten High School and Canton Actual Business College. She retired in 1982 after a long career...
Evelyn I. Stoll
Nov 5, 2004
Evelyn I. Stoll, 89, of Mineral City, died Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, in Hennis Care Centre, Bolivar. Born Nov. 16, 1914, in Mineral City, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Emma Barkheimer Burk. Evelyn was a homemaker and, in years past, had attended the Church of the Nazarene in Mineral City. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Ora Jane...
