Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Dr. Joseph W. Hamilton Md
Mar 31, 2003
Dr. Joseph W. Hamilton M.D., 93, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, March 31, 2003 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Dr. Hamilton retired in 1978 from his medical practice in Dover where he was a General Surgeon and Physician for over 50 years. Born January 7, 1910 in Newcomerstown, he was the son of the late Homer and Jennie...
Edna M. Ferris Beatty
Mar 31, 2003
Edna M. Ferris Beatty, 87, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 31, 2003. She was a self-employed housekeeper and had worked for many years serving area families and businesses. Born March 16, 1916 at New Philadelphia, she was daughter of the late John and Clara Newton Coulter. Edna was a member of the...
Ruth Holston Gregory
Mar 28, 2003
Ruth Holston Gregory (a.k.a. Ella Ruth Gregory), 85, of Dover, died Friday, Mar. 28, 2003. Born Jan. 28, 1918, in Max Meadows, VA, she was a daughter of the late Christopher Howe and Ethel Edith Holston. She married William D. Gregory in 1935. The couple resided in Alexandria, VA, for twenty-one years, during which time Ruth was employed as an...
Pauline ''Polly'' Rippel
Mar 25, 2003
Pauline “Polly” Rippel, 76, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired office employee of the former Reeves Steel Company in Dover. Born June 20, 1926 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Howard V. and Villa Pearch Rippel. Polly was a member of the St. John�(TM)s...
Lisa G. Zimmerman
Mar 24, 2003
Lisa G. Zimmerman, 42, of Strasburg, Ohio died Monday, March 24, 2003 in her home following a sudden illness. Lisa began work at the City of New Philadelphia on December 17, 1997 until her death. She was the Clerk of the Municipal Court. She was a deputy clerk at the Tuscarawas County Clerk of Courts from November 18, 1994 thru...
Florence ''Grandma Flo'' Weber
Mar 24, 2003
Florence E. “Grandma Flo” Weber, 90, of Strasburg, died Monday, March 24, 2003 in Aultman Hospital at Canton. She had worked at United States Ceramic Tile Company, formerly known as U.S. Quarry and Tile at East Sparta. Born July 20, 1912 at Franklin Township, she was a daughter of the late Edward E. and Mary Jane Foster Peters. Florence was...
Jane Balder
Mar 24, 2003
Jane Balder, 62, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully in her home on Monday, March 24, 2003. She was active for years as a sales representative for Avon and Tupperware, and was well-known as the owner/operator of the former “Grandma J�(TM)s” One of a Kind Creations. Born November 5, 1940 at Dover, she was daughter of the late Gilbert and Anna...
Iva F. Ford
Mar 23, 2003
Iva F. Ford, 92, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, March 23, 2003, in Union Hospital. Born February 19, 1911 at Holloway, Ohio, she was daughter of the late Dempsey Chalmers and Oda Mae Young Persons. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah�(TM)s Witnesses at New Philadelphia. Iva was a woman of many talents who enjoyed working in...
Lyle V. Gray
Mar 21, 2003
Lyle V. Gray, 92, of Park Village Health Care Center, Dover, and a long-time resident of New Philadelphia, died Friday, Mar. 21, 2003. Born Mar. 25, 1910, in Gnadenhutten, he was a son of the late John Moody and Mayme Kinsey Gray. Lyle graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1928. He married his wife of seventy-one years, the former...
James H. ''Harry'' Gibb
Mar 18, 2003
James “Harry” Gibb, 91, of Dover, died Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2003, in Union Hospital. Born May 9, 1911, in Sunderland, England, he moved with his family at the age of thirteen to Canada, and later to the United States, where he became a citizen. Harry was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theatre. He...
Carol Louise Vanfossen
Mar 18, 2003
Carol Louise VanFossen, 63, of Dover, died Monday, March 18, 2003. She had worked as a home health care aide for many years. Born November 24, 1939 at Strasburg, she was daughter of the late Delbert and Mary Mohardt VanFossen. Carol was a graduate of Strasburg High School. A member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover, she was...
Clara E. Kibrige
Mar 16, 2003
Clara E. Kibrige, 84, of Strasburg, Ohio and formerly of Grand Blanc, Michigan died Sunday, March 16, 2003 in the Mercy Medical Center following a one year illness. She was a retired schoolteacher where she taught the primary grades at several Tuscarawas County area schools. Born April 9, 1918 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Herman C....
Dueber G. Thompson
Mar 13, 2003
Dueber G. Thompson, 79, of 118 North Johnson Ave., Dover, died Thursday, Mar. 13, 2003, in Hennis Care Centre. Born Jan. 20, 1924, in Dover, he was a son of the late Edison B. and Antoinette V. Beiter Thompson. Dueber graduated in 1942 from Dover High School, and went on to serve honorably with the U.S. Army Air Corps during...
Concepta ''Connie'' Contini
Mar 13, 2003
Concepta “Connie” Contini, 86, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, Mar. 13, 2003, in her home, following a long illness. Born Feb. 4, 1917, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Helen Gezzi Contini. Connie attended St. Joseph schools, and was employed by the former Sad Iron Co. and Dover Appliance. She retired from Joy Manufacturing, New...
Edith Margaret Pritchard
Mar 11, 2003
Edith Margaret Pritchard, 77, of Mineral City (New Cumberland), formerly of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2003, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, following a brief illness. Born Jun. 10, 1925, in Columbus, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Wiley and Verna Olive Keller Geren. Edith attended Central High School, Columbus, and married Lowell F. Pritchard on May 3,...
Mary A. Kerns
Mar 10, 2003
Mary A. Kerns, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, March 10, 2003 in Union Hospital following a short illness. She retired from Union Hospital where she had worked as a nurse�(TM)s aide. Born December 10, 1920 at New Phila., she was the daughter of the late Harry and Sarah Walter Myers. Mary was a 1938 graduate of New Philadelphia High...
Edward J. ''Tuffy'' Smail
Mar 10, 2003
Edward J. “Tuffy” Smail, 68, of Dover, died Monday, March 10, 2002 in his home. He retired in 1982 after working for many years as a truck driver. Born April 23, 1934 at Warren, Ohio, he was son of the late James and Rachel McCrady Smail. Tuffy was an avid outdoorsman who especially enjoyed fishing. He was a rough and...
Robert Lee Smith
Mar 4, 2003
Robert Lee “Bob” Smith, 84, of Strasburg, died Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2003, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness. Born Feb. 23, 1919, in Strasburg, he was a son of the late Edward and Clara Kuntz Smith. Bob attended school at the old Fernsell School near Strasburg. He served his country in the Second Armored Division of the United...
Harper W. Froman
Mar 4, 2003
Harper W. Froman, 89, of the Morning View Care Center and formerly of Tremont St., Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, March 4, 2003 following a brief illness. Born January 13, 1914 in Strasburg, Ohio, he was the son of the late Oliver J. and Ida B. Baker Froman. On April 2, 1939, he married Lenora Pauline “Polly” Bost from Statesville, North...
Earl H. Dummermuth
Mar 4, 2003
Earl H. Dummermuth, 73, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Tuesday, March 4, 2003 in his home following an extended illness. Earl retired in 1993 as superintendent of the Greer Steel Company at Dover where he worked for over 30 years. Born October 18, 1929 in Dover, he was the son of the late Henry and Mildred Harmon Dummermuth. He was...
