Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Thomas G. Lambros
Feb 27, 2002
Thomas G. Lambros, 64, of Dover, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002, in Union Hospital. He had been employed for 30 years by IF Manufacturing of New Philadelphia, where he worked until the plant shut down in 1987. Born May 10, 1937 at Dover, he was son of the late Gust & Mary Aleferis Lambros. Thomas was a member of the...
Galen E. Moser
Feb 27, 2002
Galen E. Moser, 72, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, February 27, 2002 in his home following a brief illness. He retired in 1998 from the US Postal Service where he was a rural mail carrier for over 40 years. He began working for the post office at the age of 13. He also served as a facilitator for the post...
Lester S. Penrod
Feb 27, 2002
Lester S. Penrod, 84, of Dover, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at Union Hospital following a long illness. He had worked as a coal-miner for the former Eberhart Coal Co. Born May 7, 1917 at Dover, he was son of the late Samuel & Lovey Mann Penrod. Lester was a member of the St. John's United Church of Christ at...
Pearl L. Gerber
Feb 26, 2002
Pearl L. Gerber, 96, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, February 26, 2002 in the New Dawn Health Care Center in Dover. She was a former cafeteria employee in the Winfield and Dover Schools. Born April 5, 1905 in Dalton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Anna Lautenschlager Saurer. Pearl was a member of the St. John�(TM)s...
Louise C. ''Nee Nee'' Luciani
Feb 25, 2002
Louise C. “Nee Nee” Luciani, 86, of Dover died Monday, February 25, 2002 at her home following a two-month battle with cancer. She had worked at the Scio Pottery Restaurant. Born May 22, 1915 in Roswell she was a daughter of the late Giovanni and Angelina Contini Campo. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Senior Citizens, Dover...
Gladys E. Gerber
Feb 23, 2002
Gladys E. Gerber, 93, of Dover, died Saturday, February 23, 2002 in the New Dawn Health Care Center. She had been a longtime employee of the former Surety Savings and Loan of Dover. Born November 29, 1908 at Rittman, she was daughter of the late Henry P. & Addie Schneider Sigler. Gladys was an active member of the Grace Lutheran...
Thomas H. ''Tom'' Conwell
Feb 23, 2002
Thomas H. ''Tom'' Conwell, 79, of Dover, died Saturday, February 23, 2002 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Tom spent 25 years working as an Industrial Arts teacher at Dover High School. Born May 22, 1922 at Uhrichsville, he was son of the late Joseph R. & Mary F. Harden Conwell. Tom was a member of the First United...
Jake Daulton Zeigler
Feb 22, 2002
Jake Daulton Zeigler, the infant son of John & Tracy Elifritz Zeigler of Tuscarawas, was stillborn Friday, February 22, 2002. In addition to his parents, Jake is survived by: two sisters; Vanessa & Zoe, maternal grandparents; Ruby Elifritz of Dover and John Elifritz of Minerva, paternal grandparents; John & Marty Zeigler of New Philadelphia, seven uncles and an aunt. A...
Kenneth E. Longacher
Feb 22, 2002
Kenneth E. Longacher, 74, of 1928 South N.W. (Parral) Dover, Ohio died Friday, February 22, 2002 near Montgomery, Alabama while vacationing. Born December 12, 1927 in Parral, he was the son of the late William and Elizabeth Rufener Longacher. He retired as a Plant Engineer for the former Shenango Company in Dover where he worked for over 44 years. Kenny...
Betty L. Douglass
Feb 22, 2002
Betty L. Douglass, 59 of New Philadelphia died Friday, February 22, 2002 in Doctor's Hospital at Massillon. She enjoyed her work with Kennedy Insurance of New Philadelphia where she was employed as a licensed agent in addition to helping with daily operations in the office. Born January 4, 1943 at Dover, she was daughter of Katherine Reardon Simmers of Dover....
Roberta ''Bobbie'' Bonaduce
Feb 19, 2002
Roberta ''Bobbie'' Bonaduce, 82, of Dover, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born October 20, 1919 at Kingsport, Tennessee, she was daughter of the late Clyde & Mary Rose Churchwell Barrett. Bobbie loved going to church and had been an active member of the New Life Church of God in Dover where she had...
Charlotte Sproul
Feb 18, 2002
Charlotte Sproul, 83, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, February 18, 2002 in her home following an extended illness. She retired in 1980, where she was a schoolteacher in the Dover Avenue School. She taught over forty years. Born June 25, 1918 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late George and Ruth Leffingwell Kohr. Charlotte was a member of...
Jane Krantz
Feb 17, 2002
Jane Krantz, 85, of 400 E. 14th St., Dover, Ohio died Sunday, February 17, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover. Born April 4, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Eva and William Kraus of Dover. After her graduation from Dover High School in 1934, she was employed by Dr. Fred Bay and Dr. Herbert Machan as a receptionist...
E. Jean Hufnagle
Feb 17, 2002
E. Jean Hufnagle, 84, of the Hennis Care Centre and formerly of New Philadelphia and Barnesville died Sunday, February 17, 2002 following an extended illness. Born February 18, 1917 in Wheeling, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Minnie Pearl Johnson Wyandt. Jean was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church in Barnesville and...
Iva M. Foster
Feb 16, 2002
Iva M. Foster, 99, of Strasburg died Saturday, February 16, 2002 at New Dawn Health Care Center following an extended illness. She had worked at Garver Brothers Store and the Strasburg Pharmacy. Born January 16, 1903 in Mineral City she was a daughter of the late Carl and Catherine Stahlecker Eberly. She was a member of St. John United Church...
Christine S. Trustdorf
Feb 15, 2002
Christine S. Trustdorf, 49, of Dover, died Thursday, February 14, 2001 in the Hennis Care Centre. She had worked as a service representative for GTE and Cox Cable. Born October 6, 1952 at Coshocton, she was daughter of the late Donald & Frances Casteel Carruthers. She attended the First Moravian Church at Dover. Christine was preceded in death by her...
Edith M. Lieser
Feb 13, 2002
Edith M. Lieser, 91, of Dover, died Wednesday, February 13, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She was a retired school teacher having worked in the Dover City Schools system for over 30 years teaching at Dover East & South schools. Born October 31, 1910 at Dover, she was daughter of the late William Anna Evans Hawk. She...
Theodore (Ted) E. Crites
Feb 12, 2002
Theodore (Ted) E. Crites, 60, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Tuesday, February 12, 2002 in his home following a sudden illness. He was a retired inspection employee at the Republic Steel Company in Canton where he worked for 36 years. Born March 29, 1941 in New Philadelphia, he was the son of Jane Garner Crites Murray of Dover and the...
Arlene M. Kandel
Feb 10, 2002
Arlene M. Kandel, a longtime Dover area resident died Sunday, February 10, 2002 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. She was a 20 year employee of the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. She said “This is my life working at Hennis Care Centre. It is wonderful to know that you are making the residents�(TM) eyes light up and putting...
Homer E. Myers
Feb 8, 2002
Homer E. Myers, 82, of Beach City, died Friday, February 8, 2002 in his home after a long illness. A longtime farmer, he retired in 1981 from the former Warner & Swasey at New Philadelphia where he had worked for 20 years as a machine operator. Prior to that he had worked for Hercules Motor Company at Canton for 20...
