Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Grace E. Reigle
Aug 9, 2002
Grace E. Reigle Grace E. Reigle, 92, of New Dawn Health Care and Retirement Center at Dover and formerly of Sugarcreek and New Philadelphia died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2002, in the center. Born July 12, 1910, in Sugarcreek, she was a daughter of the late Aarron and Elizabeth Schmidt Middaugh. Grace attended Sugarcreek schools and married Moses R. Reigle on...
Laverne W. ''Flip'' King
Aug 4, 2002
LaVerne W. “Flip” King, 72, of Dover, Ohio died Sunday, August 4, 2002 at Aultman Hospital following an extended illness. He retired on January 1, 1988 from the East Ohio Gas Company where he worked for 38 years. During his employment, he was the Office Mgr. Of the Dover-New Philadelphia District, Division Credit Mgr. Of East Ohio in Akron, Manager...
Elson C. ''Joe'' Austin
Aug 4, 2002
Elson C. “Joe” Austin, 82, of Strasburg died Sunday, August 4, 2002 at the Cleveland Clinic following an extended illness. He retired from the Eaton Corporation in Massillon after 36 years of service. Born June 24, 1920 in New Philadelphia he was a son of the late Floyd and Nellie Baker Austin. He was a member of Strasburg United Methodist...
Mary Kathryn ''Katie'' Bazzoli
Aug 2, 2002
Mary Kathryn “Katie” Bazzoli, 74, of Dover, Ohio died peacefully in Union Hospital Friday, August 2, 2002. Katie taught organ, piano, and voice lessons for many years. She was the music coordinator and principal organist at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover. The church recently recognized her for over 50 years of service to her church. She became church organist...
Lura M. Brown
Aug 1, 2002
Lura M. Brown, 90, of Dover, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, in Park Village Health Care Center, Dover, following a brief illness. Born Apr. 29, 1912, in Akron, she was a daughter of the late Emmet J. and Minnie Boner Pyers. Lura moved at a young age with her family to Millersburg, where she attended school. She married Lyman Valier...
Miriam O. Keller
Jul 31, 2002
Miriam O. Keller, 96, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, July 31, 2002 in the Country Club Center following a brief illness. Born August 23, 1905 in Ragersville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Groh and Clara Widder Groh Byers. Miriam was a member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church at Dover, Rebekah Lodge at Dover, Tuscarawas County...
Thomas W. Winters
Jul 30, 2002
Thomas Wayne “Tom” Winters, 57, of Dover, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 30, 2002. For the past seven years he had worked for GRH pallets in Berlin where he operated a saw. Born September 19, 1944 at Dover, he was son of the late William B. & Elise Hadorn Winters. He attended Sherrodsville Wesleyan Church. Tom enjoyed local steam engine shows...
Grace Lamonica
Jul 30, 2002
Grace Lamonica, 91, of Dover, died Tuesday, July 30, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She retired from Park Village in 1987 where she had worked as a housekeeper for 25 years. Born March 6, 1911, she was daughter of the late Steve and Teresa Boros Meryo. Grace was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church at...
William L. ''Bill'' Hayes
Jul 30, 2002
William L. “Bill” Hayes, 59, of Beach City, died Tuesday, July 30, 2002, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, following a sudden illness. Born Apr. 18, 1943, in Metuchen, NJ, he was a son of the Harold L. Hayes of Mannington, WV, and the late Lillie M. Jones Hayes. Bill was a former line operator for the Seaman Corporation, Wooster, and had...
Violet Campbell
Jul 29, 2002
Violet Campbell, 87, of New Philadelphia, Ohio and formerly of Louise, West Virginia passed away Monday, July 29, 2002 following a lengthy illness. A daughter of the late George and Miriam (Carter) Legge, she was born on May 29, 1915 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Also preceding her in death was her husband, George Campbell who died in 1982. Violet attended Broadway...
Verna F. Wherley
Jul 26, 2002
Verna F. Wherley, 100, of Dover, died Friday, July 26, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born August 2, 1901 at Port Washington, she was daughter of the late Jacob & Elizabeth Frank Blind. Verna was a longtime active member of the St. Johns United Church of Christ at Dover, where she had been involved with the Sarah...
Irene N. Morrison
Jul 24, 2002
Irene N. Morrison, 74, of Dover and formerly of Roswell died Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at Twin City Hospital following an extended illness. She retired from Alsco in Sugarcreek after 30 years of service. Born September 20, 1927 in Roswell she was a daughter of the late Pete and Mary Donati Monte. She was a member of the Nazarene Church...
Billy Joe Smith
Jul 24, 2002
Billy Joe Smith, 74, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Jul. 24, 2002, in Union Hospital, Dover. Born Jul. 29, 1927, in Dundee, he was a son of the late Joseph N. and Pearl Schwartz Smith. Billy Joe graduated in 1945 from Dundee High School, and joined the U.S. Merchant Marines. He also served honorably with the U.S. Army in Japan....
Elizabeth Alice Shonk
Jul 24, 2002
Elizabeth Alice Shonk, 93, a longtime resident of Zoarville and New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, July 24, 2002 in the South Broadway Nursing Home in New Philadelphia. Born April 6, 1909 at Mineral City, she was daughter of the late Thomas & Louisa Hahn Blunt. Elizabeth was an avid Bingo player, enjoyed solving word-search puzzles, loved listening to country music and...
Patricia M. Diegmiller
Jul 23, 2002
Patricia M. Diegmiller, 67, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, Jul. 22, 2002, in Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, following a brief illness. Born May 4, 1935, in Barnesville, she was a daughter of Kathryn Palmer Hoskinson of Massillon, and the late William Hoskinson. Patricia was a graduate of Barnesville High School. She married Paul W. Diegmiller on May 5,...
Nora Mae Garber
Jul 22, 2002
Nora Mae Garber, 86, of Strasburg, died Tuesday, July 22, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She was retired from the Strasburg branch of the Tuscarawas County Public Library where she had worked as Librarian for 23 years. Born July 14, 1916 at Stambaugh, Michigan, she was daughter of the late Edwin Stanley and Jennie May Reese Hartline....
Patricia E. Keller
Jul 20, 2002
Patricia E. Keller, 73, of Dover died Saturday, July 20, 2002 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Born April 4, 1929 in Zanesville, Ohio she was a daughter of Marie Madden Sims of Dover and the late Earl Sims. She was a member of Winfield United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday School and Vacation Bible School teacher....
Catherine A, ''Kit'' Colelli
Jul 20, 2002
Catherine A. “Kit” Colelli, 72, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, in her home. Born Feb. 11, 1930, in Jeannette, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Bess Campbell Wolfe. Kit graduated from St. John�(TM)s General Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, and was a registered nurse. She married Cam Colelli on May 26, 1956, and...
Lee A. Stilgenbauer
Jul 20, 2002
Lee A. Stilgenbauer, Sr., 63, of Dover passed peacefully into eternal life on Saturday, July 20, 2002 surrounded by his loving family. He was retired from Beaver Excavating in Canton as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Ohio Operating Engineers. Born January 29, 1939 in Dover he was a son of the Howard and Clara Espenschied...
Alma E. Rufener
Jul 19, 2002
Alma E. Rufener, 86, of Dover, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, Friday, July 19, 2002 in the Hennis Care Center at Dover. Born November 14, 1915 near Sardis, Monroe County, Ohio, she was daughter of the late Everett & Ella Suter Winkler. In addition to her birth-parents, Alma was also preceded in death by her step-father, Wesley...
