Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Erich R. Handrich
Aug 19, 2001
Erich R. Handrich, 29, of Boy Scout Rd. N.E., Dover, Ohio died Sunday, August 19, 2001 at his home. Erich was an employee of the Gradall Company in New Philadelphia and was also employed at the Wal Mart in New Philadelphia. Born July 2, 1972 in Dover, he was the son of William and Marsha McNutt Handrich of Dover. Erich...

Norma Jean Mcbride
Aug 18, 2001
Norma Jean McBride, 78, of Dover died Saturday, August 18, 2001 at her home following an extended illness. She retired in 1986 from Reeves after 43 years of service. Born October 2, 1922 in Dover she was the daughter of the late George ''Curley'' and Verde Dowell McBride. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dover and...
Mary K. Kimble
Aug 16, 2001
Mary K. Kimble, 74, formerly of Lincoln Ave., Dover, Ohio died Thursday, August 16, 2001 in the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. She was a former employee of the Delphian Motor Inn in New Philadelphia. Born February 12, 1927 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Hawk Harmon. Mary was a member of...
Viola B. Dummermuth
Aug 14, 2001
Viola B. Dummermuth, 95, of Dover, died Tuesday, August 14, 2001 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She had owned and operated the former Posy Pot boutique in Dover for more than 20 years. Born August 24, 1905 at Chappell, Nebraska, she was daughter of the late Curtis & Anna Putt Maus. Viola was a member of the St....

Edna D. Rufener
Aug 13, 2001
Edna D. Rufener, 100, of Dover died Monday, August 13, 2001 at Park Village Health Care Center. She had worked at the Quaker Oats Co. in Akron before becoming a homemaker. Born September 5, 1900 in Monroe County, Ohio she was a daughter of the late John and Clara Fuchs Kasserman. She was a member of St. Paul's Ruslin Hills...
Warren H. Rees
Aug 12, 2001
Warren H. Rees, 77 of New Philadelphia, passed away Sunday, August 12th at Morning View Care Center. Born August 18, 1923, in Dover, he was the son of the late John & Myrtle Spotz Rees. He retired from Joy Manufacturing in 1986 where he was a machinist for 32 years. He was a member of United Steelworkers of America #2748,...
Hilda M. Robinette
Aug 11, 2001
Hilda Marie Eberly Robinette, 88, of Dover, died Saturday, August 11, 2001 in her home. Born April 28, 1913 at Beach City, she was daughter of the late Benjamin & Martha Mann Eberly. Hilda was an avid bowler for many years. She also enjoyed feeding her birds and squirrels. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur ''Buss'' Robinette,...
Edgar L. Gotshall
Aug 8, 2001
Edgar L. Gotshall, 86, of the Park Village Health Care Center and formerly of Chelsea Drive, Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, August 8, 2001 in the center following a period of declining health. Ed retired in 1985, as a groundskeeper for Crater Stadium and the Dover Public Schools where he worked for 20 years. Born June 4, 1915 near Cadiz, Ohio,...
Mary Irene Frey
Aug 7, 2001
Mary Irene Knotts Frey, 98, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, August 7, 2001 in Union Hospital at Dover. Born August 14, 1902 at Stonecreek, she was daughter of the late John & Lydia Murphy Knotts. She had attended the Zoarville Lutheran Church and Grace Lutheran Church of Dover. Mary enjoyed crocheting and was known as a warm and loving mother...

Phillip P. (Margletta) Miragliotto
Aug 5, 2001
Phillip P. (Margletta) Miragliotto, 87, of Dover died Sunday, August 5, 2001 at Union Hospital. He was the owner/operator of Phillips TV and Repair in Dover for many years, and he initiated the first Antenna Cable Co. in Dover. Born August 9, 1913 in Cleveland he was a son of the late Cono and Catherine Gagliardi Miragliotto. He was a...
W. Robert Wright
Aug 4, 2001
W. Robert (Bob) Wright, 81, of Dover, Ohio died Saturday, August 4, 2001 in Mercy Medical Center at Canton following a brief illness. Bob retired in 1980, as an employee of the Republic Steel Company in Massillon where he worked for over 40 years. Born July 12, 1920 in Dover, he was the son of the late Charles and Minnie...

Arthur D. Maus
Aug 3, 2001
Arthur D. Maus, 92, of Bolivar, Ohio and formerly of Meredith Place in Uhrichsville died Friday, August 3, 2001 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. He was a former employee of the Reeves Steel Company in Dover. Born September 2, 1908 in Chappel, Nebraska, he was the son of the late Curtis and Anna Putt Maus. He formerly attended...

Ethel M. Busby
Aug 1, 2001
Ethel M. Busby of Burton, Ohio and formerly of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, August 1, 2001 following a brief illness. She was the oldest of eleven children of the late Harry and Emma Donley Horstman. Ethel was married to the late Roy M. Busby on July 30, 1934 and celebrated sixty years of marriage in 1994 before his death later...
Edward E. Hostetler
Jul 31, 2001
Edward E. Hostetler, 72, of 1803 N. Walnut St., Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, July 31, 2001 on the 7th hole of the Willandale Golf Course at Sugarcreek following an apparent heart attack. Ed retired in 1978 from a sheet metal company in Canton where he worked for 25 years. He was then a custodian for the Dover Schools where he...

Eugene Such Sr.
Jul 27, 2001
Eugene “Suchie” Such Sr., 81, of Dover, Ohio died Friday, July 27, 2001 at Aultman Hospital following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of the Republic Steel Company in Canton where he worked for over 45 years. Born September 7, 1919 in Canton, he was the son of the late Michael and Helen Such. Eugene graduated from Strasburg...
Ronald E. Fisher
Jul 23, 2001
Ronald E. Fisher, 89, of Dover died Monday, July 23, 2001 at Hennis Care Centre. He was a Sales Manager for Stackhouse Oldsmobile and Weaver Motor Co. for many years. Born September 13, 1911 in New Philadelphia he was a son of the late Ellsworth and Jeanette Baker Fisher. He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church at Dover...
Virginia E. Hewitt
Jul 21, 2001
Virginia E. Hewitt, 82, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, July 21, 2001 at Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. She retired from Harts Department Store at New Philadelphia after 15 years of service. Born September 4, 1918 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Bessie Ruble Yoss. She attended Schoenbrunn Moravian Church at New Philadelphia....
James A. ''Jim'' Page
Jul 19, 2001
James A. ''Jim'' Page, 77, of Dover, died Thursday, July 19, 2001 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. He was a retired Brickmason. Born September 27, 1923 at Dover, he was son of the late Jack & Susan Wenger Page. Jim was a member of the St. Johns United Church of Christ at Dover. He was an Army veteran...
James W. Burtscher
Jul 19, 2001
James W. Burtscher, 80, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, July 19, 2001 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Jim retired from Marlite Corporation at Dover where he worked for 38 years. Following retirement, he was a security guard at Memorial Hall in Dover. Born May 21, 1921 in Roswell, Ohio , he was the son of the late William...
Violet M. Huth
Jul 18, 2001
Violet M. Huth, 84, of Strasburg, went home to be with the Lord whom she had faithfully served Wednesday, July 18, 2001. She had worked for Canton Drop Forge and Corell Potato Chips. Born August 5, 1916 at Freeport, Ohio, she was daughter of the late John & Bertha Hess Wright. Violet was a member of the First Church of...