Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Bessie I. Leech
Mar 29, 2002
Bessie I. Leech, 100, of Dover died Friday, March 29, 2002 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She and her husband owned and operated a farm and meat processing business near Bakersville and Leech�(TM)s Grill at Stone Creek. Born September 17, 1901 in Evans Creek, Tuscarawas County, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Henry and Ida Mizer...
Robert L. Spring
Mar 28, 2002
Robert L. Spring, 76, of Marco Island, Florida and formerly of New Philadelphia and Dover died peacefully in his home Thursday, March 28, 2002 following a brief illness. He formerly owned and operated a construction company in Tuscarawas County. Born January 15, 1926 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, he was the son of the late Edgar and Ina Mathias Spring. He...
Donald P. ''Don'' Kennedy
Mar 27, 2002
Donald P. ''Don'' Kennedy, 75, of Dover, died Wednesday, March 27, 2002 in Aultman Hospital at Canton after a short illness. He retired in 1989 as the Superintendent of strip processing at Empire Detroit in Dover after 36 years of service. Born November 29, 1926 at Youngstown, he was son of the late William ''Ted'' & Jane M. Kennedy, Sr....
Kathleen A. Bertle
Mar 25, 2002
Kathleen A. Bertle, 84, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, March 25, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. She was a former employee of Sparta Ceramics and the former Sadiron. Born February 9, 1918 near New Philadelphia, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Mary Howell Mowrer. Kathleen was formerly involved in...
Carolyn S. Limbacher
Mar 24, 2002
Carolyn S. Limbacher, 53, of the Country Lawn Nursing Home in Navarre and formerly of RD 1 Strasburg, Ohio died Sunday, March 24, 2002 following an extended illness. Born June 7, 1948 in Dover, she was the daughter of Harold L. Limbacher of Strasburg and the late Cathryn Baum Limbacher. Carolyn was a member of the St. John United Church...
Jillian L. ''Weezie'' Campbell
Mar 24, 2002
Jillian L. “Weezie” Campbell, 22, of 1103 N. Crater Ave., Dover, Ohio left this world from being an angel to being an angel in heaven on Sunday, March 24, 2002 in the Cleveland Clinic following a brief illness. She was an employee of SEI Workshop. Born September 13, 1979 in Dover, she was the daughter of Frank and Debbie Dessecker...
Alice B. Seibert
Mar 24, 2002
Alice B. Seibert, 91, formerly of S. James St., Dover and also a former New Philadelphia resident died Sunday, March 24, 2002 in the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. She was a former dental assistant. Born October 1, 1910 in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Merle J. and Ethel Mae George Fryer. Alice was...
Nancy C. Steiner
Mar 21, 2002
Nancy C. Steiner, 73, of 423 Front St. S.W., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Thursday, March 21, 2002 in the Hennis Care Centre following a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was a former waitress for several area establishments including Leonard�(TM)s Restaurant, Brooklyn Grill, Good Haus, Limby�(TM)s, and the Dover and New Philadelphia Eagles Lodges. Born March 1, 1929 in Akron,...
Helen L. Hruby
Mar 19, 2002
Helen L. Hruby, 85, of Dover, and a former Kent resident, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at the Country Club Retirement Center following an extended illness. Born September 7, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Nellie Markel Miller. She loved crocheting, Italian cutwork, making blankets for family and friends, playing cards, reading and...
Earl A. Gordon
Mar 17, 2002
Earl A. Gordon, 79, of Dover died Sunday, March 17, 2002 at his home following an extended illness. He retired in 1983 from Commercial Honing in Dover after fourteen years of service. Born October 21, 1922 in Dover he was a son of the late Arthur and Katherine King Gordon. He was an Army veteran of WW II, having served...
Mary Elizabeth Headlee
Mar 15, 2002
Mary Elizabeth Headlee, 83, of Strasburg died Friday, March 15, 2002 at Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. She was a teacher in the Southeastern School District in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Born on June 17, 1918 in Dillner, Pennsylvania she was a daughter of the late Charles and Edna Field Sandusky. She was affiliated with the Strasburg...
Rosa A. Hoover
Mar 12, 2002
Rosa A. Hoover, 83, of Dover died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at Country Club Retirement Center following an extended illness. She retired from Dover City Schools after 15 years as a Bus Driver. Born March 26, 1918 in Uhrichsville she was a daughter of the late James and Gevonti Leberto DiGenova. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church,...
Joseph D. Gray
Mar 8, 2002
Joseph D. Gray, 87, of Bedford, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Friday, March 8, 2002 at University Hospital in Bedford following a brief illness. He retired in 1980, as an employee of the Ford Motor Company in Walton Hills where he worked for 25 years. He was also a former employee of the former Reeves Steel Company at...
Frank Clark
Mar 6, 2002
Frank Clark, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 in Aultman Hospital. He was an electrician who had retired from the Timken Company at Canton after 40 years of service. Born December 12, 1919 at Springfield, Ohio, he was son of the late Henry and Elyria Clark. Frank was a member of the Church of God at Dover....
Samuel R. Gibb
Mar 4, 2002
Samuel R. Gibb, 87, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, March 4, 2002 in Alliance following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of Norton Mfg. Company at Mineral City. Born September 27, 1914 in Sunderland, England, he was the son of the late Robert and Ann Rodda Gibb. Sam was a member of the St. John�(TM)s United Church of...
William G. ''Bill'' Vance
Mar 4, 2002
William G. ''Bill'' Vance, 63, of Dover, died Monday, March 4, 2002 in his home. He was a retired employee of the City of New Philadelphia and had also been employed by New Philadelphia City Schools. Born February 20, 1939 at New Philadelphia, he was son of the late Oliver C. & Thelma Jean Ervin Vance. Bill was an avid...
Amanda L. Allison
Mar 3, 2002
Amanda L. Allison, 96, of Crooked Run Rd., New Philadelphia, and formerly of Winfield, died Sunday, March 3, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born July 14, 1905 at New Martinsville, West Virginia, she was daughter of the late Charles & Rhoda Williams Powell. She had been a member of the Winfield United Methodist Church where she was...
Howard William Feller
Mar 2, 2002
Howard W. Feller, 89, of Dover, died Saturday, March 2, 2001 in his home. He worked at Finzer Brothers brickyard in Sugarcreek until he was hired by Reeves Steel & Manufacturing in Dover. Howard moved his family to Dover in 1949 and then lived on the same farm at the edge of Dover previously owned by his father, Edward. Howard...
Marilyn J. Digenova
Mar 2, 2002
Marilyn J. DiGenova, 75, of Dover (Parral), Ohio died Saturday, March 2, 2002 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Born May 23, 1926 in Coshocton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Emma McGovern Unthank. Marilyn was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover. She was a graduate of Coshocton High School. She enjoyed spending...
Jane C. Jennings
Mar 2, 2002
Jane C. Jennings, 84 was born on May 21, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a stenographer at American Steel and Wire in Cleveland where she met her future husband, Dick W. Jennings. They were married on July 3, 1948 and moved to Dover later that year when her husband was hired as Assistant General Manager of Greer Steel...
