Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Pastor Tim Tesch
Nov 23, 2003
Pastor Timothy Tesch, 49 of Deersville died unexpectedly Sunday, November 23, 2003 in the Harrison Community Hospital at Cadiz. Tim had been serving as the pastor of the Deersville United Methodist Church since July. Prior to that, he had led the Irish Ridge United Methodist Church and United Methodist Church at Kimbolton. Born June 27, 1954 at Massillon, he was...
Walter M. Biehl
Nov 23, 2003
Walter M. Biehl, 80, of 128 Dale Ave., Strasburg, Ohio died Sunday, November 23, 2003 in his home following a one year battle with skin cancer. He was a retired electician for the Norfolk and Western Railroad in Brewster. Born May 10, 1923 in Strasburg, Ohio, he was the son of the late Louis and Eve Eberly Biehl. Walter was...
Betty J. Miller
Nov 21, 2003
Betty J. Miller, 83, of Dover, Ohio died Friday, November 21, 2003 in the New Dawn Retirement Center at Dover following an extended illness. Born September 3, 1920 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Matchett Shumaker. Betty was a member of the First Moravian Church at Dover. She was a 1938 graduate of Dover...
Daisy F. Lombardi
Nov 21, 2003
Daisy F. Lombardi, 94, of Dover died Friday, November 21, 2003 at Hanover House Nursing Home in Massillon. Born April 19, 1909 in New Philadelphia she was a daughter of the late Scrfono and Jennie Mancuso. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Franciscan Order. She had also worked in the St. Joseph School cafeteria. Daisy...
Nora E. Lanning
Nov 20, 2003
Nora E. Lanning, 85, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, November 20, 2003 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following a brief illness. She owned and operated the former Nora�(TM)s Beauty Shop in Dover for over eighteen years. Born March 20, 1918 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Elizabeth Wenger Maiken. Nora was a member of the...
Carol J. Whipple
Nov 18, 2003
Carol J. Whipple, 68, of Burtchville, Twp., Michigan, formerly a resident of Dover, died Tuesday, November 18, 2003 in the Port Huron Hospital. She was born March 8, 1935 in Mineral City and had been residing in Michigan since 1970. Carol was a graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelors Degree in Education and a life member of the...
Charles Albert Flickinger
Nov 18, 2003
Charles A. Flickinger, 75, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, November 18, 2003 in the Morning View Care Center at New Philadelphia following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of Zedmark Industries near Dover where he worked for over 40 years. Born October 31, 1928 in Strasburg, Ohio, he was the son of the late Roy and Ada Hanni...
Jeffry H. Jewell
Nov 16, 2003
Patrolman Jeffry H. Jewell, 37, of Strasburg, died Sunday, November 16, 2003 in his home after a courageous battle with Cancer. A member of the Strasburg Police Department since 1997, Jeff was a fulltime member of the Baltic Police Department from 1999-2001 and had been a reserve Deputy Sheriff from 1996-2003. Born February 25, 1966 at Canton, he will be...
Tammy J. Oliver
Nov 15, 2003
Tammy Billiter (Nealey) Oliver, 36, of Dover, died Saturday, November 15, 2003 in the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. Born August 21, 1967 at Dennison, she was the daughter of Dixie Brown of Dover and George and Judy Billiter of New Philadelphia. Tammy attended the New Life Church of God at Dover. She loved spending time with her children...
Evelyn M. Niedenthal
Nov 10, 2003
Evelyn M. Niedenthal, 92, of Strasburg died Monday, November 10, 2003 at Park Village Health Care Center. Born July 23, 1911 in Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Goudy Pingstock. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Strasburg where she sang in the choir for many years. She also...
Calvin L. Bair
Nov 10, 2003
Calvin L. Bair, 72, of Dover passed on to be with his Lord on Monday, November 10, 2003 in Amberwood Manor at New Philadelphia after a struggle of many years with Parkinson�(TM)s Disease. He was born on August 16, 1931, a son of the late Vernon and Ina Buckohr Bair. Calvin is survived by his beloved wife of over 50...
Mildred I. Miles
Nov 9, 2003
Mildred I. Miles, 90, formerly of Jaycee St. N.W., New Philadelphia, Ohio went to be with the Lord Sunday, November 9, 2003 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. She was very active in the Tuscarawas County Senior Center at Dover. She enjoyed visiting the nursing home residents and was an exercise leader. She had also previously worked at the...
Dorothy A. Owen
Nov 7, 2003
Dorothy A. Owen, 90, of New Philadelphia died Friday, November 7, 2003 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. Born May 1, 1913 in Roswell she was a daughter of the late August and Helen Brown Ackerman. She was a member of First Christian Church in Dover. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband David H. Owen...
John M. Lieser
Nov 3, 2003
John M. Lieser, 82, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, November 3, 2003 at Union Hospital. John retired in 1984, as an employee of the Timken Company in New Philadelphia following 31 years of service. He had also previously worked for the S. Toomey Company. Born January 7, 1921 in Dover, he was the son of the late Alva Ray “Ching”...
Opal Mast
Nov 1, 2003
Opal Mast, 86, of Beach City, and formerly a Strasburg resident, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 in the Mercy Medical Center at Canton. Born August 13, 1917 at Trail, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Ammon & Malinda Hershberger Hostetler. Opal was a member of the St. John United Church of Christ at Strasburg and active with the...
Ruth M. Wise
Nov 1, 2003
Ruth M. Wise, 91, of Mineral City, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, in Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia. Born Sept. 12, 1912, in Cameron West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late William and Blanche Ingram Hewitt. Ruth married Andrew E. Wise on Mar. 2, 1929, and the couple moved to Tuscarawas County. She was a loving wife,...
Andrew John Oravec
Nov 1, 2003
Andrew John Oravec, 86, of Navarre, died Saturday, November 1, 2003 in the New Dawn Retirement Community. He was a lifelong farmer and had also worked as a carpenter for the former Tyson Roller Bearing Company of Canton. Born July 29, 1917 at Farrell, PA, he was son of the late Max & Anna Futey Oravetz. He was a member...
Ward T. Holdsworth, Sr.
Oct 31, 2003
Ward T. “Ted” Holdsworth, 89, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, Oct. 31, 2003, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born Jul. 19, 1914 in Conesville, he was a son of the late Clyde and Anna Laura Phillips Holdsworth. Ted graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1933, and, in 1935, he wed the former Geraldine Ruth Chaney in...
Percival Garner
Oct 29, 2003
Percival “Perci” Garner, Jr., 50, of Dover, entered into the joy of the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, following a long battle with cancer. Born Oct. 9, 1953, in Mercy Hospital, Canton, he was the son of Donnie M. Moon Garner of Dover, and Percival Garner, Sr. of Canton. Perci was a 1972 graduate of Dover High School, where he...
Ruth E. Swaney
Oct 28, 2003
Ruth E. Lab Swaney, 65, of New Philadelphia and formerly a longtime Dover resident, died Tuesday, October 28, 2003. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, in her daughter�(TM)s home. She retired after 20 years as a bus driver for the Dover City Schools. Born June 13, 1938 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late...
