Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Virginia Dawson
May 25, 2002
Virginia Dawson, 83, of New Philadelphia went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 25, 2002 at the Country Club Retirement Center following an extended illness. She retired from Dover Molded Products after 20 years of service. Born December 10, 1918 in Bloomington, Indiana she was a daughter of the late Edward and Melvina Henry Farrell. She was...
Alfred ''Sharkey'' R. Kaltenbaugh
May 24, 2002
Alfred R. “Sharkey” Kaltenbaugh, 87, of Strasburg, Ohio died Friday, May 24, 2002 in his home following a brief illness. He retired in 1976, as a foreman for the former Shenango Company at Dover where he worked for over 39 years. Born June 5, 1914 in Dover, he was the son of the late Fred and Jennie McCartney Kaltenbaugh. Sharkey...
Gerald B. ''Jerry'' Huff
May 22, 2002
Gerald B. “Jerry” Huff, 78, of Dover died Wednesday, May 22, 2002 in his home. He retired as a Truck Driver from Joy Manufacturing after 44 years of service. Born August 17, 1923 in Dennison he was a son of the late Bryan and Margaret Hurless Huff. He was an Army veteran of WW II having served in the 7th...
Dorothy M. Maurer
May 22, 2002
Dorothy M. “Dory” Maurer, 73, of Dover, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at Union Hospital. Born January 16, 1929 at New Philadelphia, she was daughter of the late Elmer & Florence Dell Swinderman. Dorothy had a talent for painting china and enjoyed displaying her works at craft shows. On June 7, 1946 she wed her husband Robert E. Maurer, who...
Anna E. Lorenz
May 19, 2002
Anna E. Lorenz, 86, of Dover, died Sunday, May 19, 2002 in Union Hospital. Born September 30, 1915, Pratola Peligna, Italy, she was daughter of the late John & Candita Santilli Gualtieri. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover and its Christian Mothers group. She was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the...
Archie A. Croy, Jr.
May 18, 2002
Archie A. Croy, Jr., 78, of Strasburg, died Saturday, May 18, 2002 in his home. He was a long-time truck driver whose employment included the former Truck Coal Co. Born April 8, 1924 at Dover, he was son of the late Archie A. & Jesse Burton Croy, Sr. Archie was a member of the former St. Aloysius Church at Strasburg...
Catherine E. ''Katie'' Polka
May 17, 2002
Catherine E. “Katie” Polka, 82, of Dover, died Friday, May 17, 2002 in her home after a long illness. She was a retired employee of the former Flouracarbon Company. Born October 12, 1919 at Akron, Ohio, she was daughter of the late John and Catherine Gurgovits Zambo. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover. Catherine...
Patrick A. Doyle
May 17, 2002
Patrick A. Doyle, 54, of Dover died Friday, May 17, 2002 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He was an LPN at Manor Care Nursing Home in Canton. Born September 7, 1947 in Coshocton he was a son of the late Harold and Edith Mains Doyle. He enjoyed fishing, baseball, camping and being with his children. Patrick is survived...
Richard (Rick) H. Froman Iii
May 16, 2002
Richard H. “Rick” Froman III, 49, of Sugarcreek, Ohio died Thursday, May 16, 2002 at Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Rick was a former employee of Sugarcreek Industries. Born October 26, 1952 in Dover, he was the son of Marian Roush Froman Angelo and Pete Angelo of Strasburg. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard H. Froman...
Grayce V. Lovell
May 15, 2002
Grayce V. Lovell, 78, of Dover, died Wednesday, May 15, 2002 in Union Hospital. She had worked for the Timken Company during the war, and had also been employed by various restaurants in the Twin Cities area. Born June 8, 1923 at Dennison, she was daughter of the late James Edward & Edith Moore Whalen. She was a member of...
Thelma K. Holzworth
May 15, 2002
Thelma K. Holzworth, 85, of Dover died Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. She had worked at Stallard�(TM)s Foodliner, was an assistant to Dr. Robert E. Ley Sr. and was a secretary at Dover High School. Born July 30, 1916 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Clinton and Lena Stegman Affolter. She...
Francis H. Welling
May 9, 2002
Francis H. Welling, 80, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, May 9, 2002 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. Francis retired from the Norfolk and Western Railroad where he worked for over 40 years. Born February 18, 1922 in New Bedford, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harvey and Angie Mencer Welling. He was a Life member of...
Woodrow ''Woody'' Washington Iii
May 5, 2002
Woodrow “Woody” Washington III, 33, of Dover died Sunday, May 5, 2002 in Columbia Mercy Medical Center at Canton. Born August 13, 1968 at Dover he was son of Woodrow Washington II of Chattanooga, TN and Doris Jean Hughes Pep of Dover. Woody was a creative individual who was a gifted artist, talented photographer and enjoyed operating his own music...
James M. ''Jim'' Polen
May 4, 2002
James M. “Jim” Polen, 77, of Dover, died Saturday, May 4, 2002 in New Dawn Health Care Center. Jim retired from the Times Reporter in 1987 where he had worked in Composing for nearly 40 years. He also operated the Polen Printing Company from his home. Born January 29, 1925 at Dover, he was son of the late Frank and...
Ethel G. (Siber) Frey
Apr 29, 2002
Ethel G. (Siber) Frey, 81, of Dover died Monday, April 29, 2002. She was an employee of the former Garver Bros. Store in Strasburg and the Timken Company at Canton. Born October 27, 1920 in Dover Twp., Tuscarawas County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Erma E. Putt Siber. Ethel was a member of the Massillon...
Mary A. Tornabene
Apr 28, 2002
Mary Ann Tornabene, 83, of Massillon and formerly of New Philadelphia died Sunday, April 28, 2002 in the Massillon Community Hospital following a brief illness. Born October 7, 1918 in Dennison, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Tony and Mary Alfano Forte. Mary was a member of the St. Joseph�(TM)s Catholic Church at Dover. She was preceded in...
Ruth Virginia Hunker
Apr 28, 2002
Ruth Virginia Hunker, 84 of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, April 28, 2002 in Union Hospital. She retired after more than 20 years of service from the former Schwartz-Klines store where she had worked as a clerk. She also previously worked for U.S. Quarry Tile at East Sparta. Born March 7, 1918 at Dover, she was daughter of the late Edward...
Delores E. ''Dee'' Reed
Apr 21, 2002
Delores Elizabeth “Dee” Reed of Dover, died Sunday, April 21, 2002 in Union Hospital. Born March 17, 1923 in Wheeling, West Virginia, she was daughter of the late Albert & Ruth Virginia Shaw Neiswager. Dee was an active member of the Dover Baptist Temple who had served in the choir, ladies ministry, Golden Gems and faithfully read her Bible. She...
Beth A. Norris
Apr 17, 2002
Beth A. Norris, 34, of Uhrichsville died Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at her home following an extended illness. Born January 6, 1968 in Nuremberg, Germany she was a daughter of Floyd M. (Sue) Merckle of Titusville, Florida and Sandra Porterfield Morrison of Dover. She was a member of Lighthouse of Jesus Christ Foursquare Gospel Church in Uhrichsville, and was a...
Raymond ''Pete'' Minor
Apr 16, 2002
Raymond “Pete” Minor, 75 of Strasburg, died Monday, April 15, 2002. He retired in 1988 from Empire Detroit Steel at Dover where he had worked for more than 20 years. Born May 29, 1926 at Flushing, Ohio, he was son of the late Jack & Nellie Ramella Minor. Pete was a member of the Strasburg United Methodist Church for 53...
