Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
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...
Shirley J. Garrett
Oct 24, 2003
Shirley J. Garrett, 64, of New Philadelphia died Friday, October 24, 2003 at Aultman Hospital following a brief illness. Born January 25, 1939 in Dennison she was a daughter of Royce Holcomb of New Philadelphia and the late Elizabeth Best Holcomb. She enjoyed bingo, reading and spending time with her family. Shirley is survived by her husband Henry “Louie” Garrett...
Wayne A. Winkler
Oct 22, 2003
Wayne A. “Wink” Winkler, 71, of Wilkshire Hills, Bolivar, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 after a courageous 13-year battle with cancer and other infirmities. He was born May, 28, 1932 in the old Winkler farmhouse at Dover. He was a proud 1950 graduate of Dover High School and had served on the class...
Margaret E. Brown
Oct 20, 2003
Margaret E. “Brownie” Brown, 95, a longtime resident of New Philadelphia who had most recently resided at Seton Square, Dover, died Monday, October 20, 2003 in Aultman Hospital. She worked for many years at the former Warm Drug Store that had been located on Public Square in New Philadelphia. Born March 6, 1908 at Dover, she was daughter of the...
Mary L. Baker
Oct 19, 2003
Mary L. Baker, 75, of Dover, died Sunday, October 19, 2003 in Union Hospital. She retired in 1990 from the Furon Company of Columbia after 18 years of service. Born September 21, 1928 at Baltic, she was the daughter of the late Oscar V. and Nellie Snyder Reidenbach. Mary was a devoted member of the Strasburg United Methodist Church where...
Florence Rayburn
Oct 18, 2003
Florence Rayburn, 87, of Dover, died Saturday, October 18, 2003 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. She was born December 28, 1915. For many years was an active member of the Salvation Army at Dover and enjoyed participating in the Home League and Sunday school. Florence was an avid gardener and loved spending time outside working on her flowers...
Virginia M. Swinderman
Oct 13, 2003
Virginia M. Swinderman, 88, a former resident of Midvale, Brightwood and New Philadelphia, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 13, 2003. She had been residing in the Brewster Parke Convalescent Center at Brewster for the past five years. Born August 12, 1915 at Barnhill, she was the daughter of the late John and Verna Mae Rainsberg...
Ann Lou York
Oct 13, 2003
Ann Lou York, 87, of Dover, went home to be with the Lord Monday, October 13, 2003. Born June 9, 1916 at Waynesboro, TN, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Mae Long Pulley. Ann was a loving Christian and enjoyed attending the Calvary Baptist Church at New Philadelphia. She was a woman of many talents who took...
Wilma J. Cropper
Oct 10, 2003
Wilma J. (Class) Cropper, 69, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Friday, October 10, 2003 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. She was born July 6, 1934 in Mineral City, Ohio, the daughter of Janet L. Williams Class of Dover and the late Harold Class. She was an employee of the former Alsco Anaconda at Sugarcreek where she worked for...
Kimberly J. Morris
Oct 10, 2003
Kimberly J. Morris, 39, of Dundee, Ohio died Friday, October 10, 2003 in her home following a courageous bout with cancer since February. She was a customer service representative for the Commercial Savings Bank in Walnut Creek where she worked for ten years. She was involved in coordinating the 55 Advantage Club at the bank. Born January 23, 1964 in...
William D Fortney
Oct 10, 2003
William D. “Bill” Fortney, 76, of Dover died Friday, October 10, 2003 at Aultman Hospital. He retired from the United States Army, as a Staff Sergeant, in 1968 after 22 years of service. Born April 16, 1927 in Canton he was a son of the late Harrold and Margaret Bomberger Fortney. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church...
Edgar W. Kaiser
Oct 9, 2003
Edgar W. Kaiser, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003, in his home. Born Jan. 7, 1920, in New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Edgar L. and Irene Aegerter Kaiser. Edgar attended school in New Philadelphia, and joined the Ohio National Guard in 1938. When World War II began he served with the U.S. Army�(TM)s...
Edna Berger
Oct 9, 2003
Edna Berger, 80, of the Sunnyslope Nursing Home in Bowerston and formerly of Kaderly Ave. S.W. Strasburg, Ohio died Thursday, October 9, 2003 following an extended illness. She was a licensed practical nurse at the Apple Creek State Hospital for over twenty years having worked in the Pharmacology unit and especially enjoyed working with the mentally disabled. Born August 14,...
