Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Helen E. Weigand
Dec 18, 2000
Helen E. Weigand, 88, of Dover, died Monday, December 18, 2000, in Aultman Hospital at Canton. Born March 27, 1912 at Richville, Ohio, she was daughter of the late Christ & Nora Hatrick Miller. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover and enjoyed reading, crocheting, and following the Cleveland Indians. Helen was preceded in death...

Laverne N. Contini
Dec 17, 2000
LaVerne N. Contini, 84, of Dover died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2000, in the Altera Clare Bridge Cottage at New Philadelphia. Born Oct. 2, 1916, at Uhrichsville, she was a daughter of the late William and Harriette McKnight Bair. A 1934 graduate of Uhrichsville High School, LaVerne was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at Dover and was active in...
Joseph G. Deibel
Dec 16, 2000
Joseph G. Deibel, 72, of Dover, Ohio went home to be with the Lord Saturday, December 16, 2000 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton following a brief illness. Joe owned and operated a farm near Dover and was also a retired employee of Nickles Bakery in Navarre. Born September 8, 1928 in Strasburg, Ohio, he was the son of the...

Moyne J. Zimmerman
Dec 14, 2000
Moyne J. Zimmerman, 85, of 6853 Winfield-Strasburg Rd. N.W., Strasburg, Ohio died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000 in his home following a sudden illness. He was a retired dairy and grain farmer and was a partner in the former Strasburg Grain, Inc. Born July 16, 1915 in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harris and Emma Kutcher Zimmerman....
Marjorie M. Trucinski
Dec 12, 2000
Marjorie M. Trucinski, 70, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She retired from Puritan Laundry in New Philadelphia after 17 years of service. Born January 3, 1930 in New Philadelphia she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Cook Shear. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church...
Ralph Sommers
Dec 9, 2000
Ralph Sommers, 84, of Winfield died Saturday, December 9, 2000 at his home following an extended illness. He retired from Edwards Trucking at Strasburg after many years of service. Born December 24, 1915 in Holmes County, Ohio he was a son of the late Arletus and Nellie Snyder Sommers. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Winfield, Dover-Zoar...

Marjorie B. Morris
Dec 7, 2000
Marjorie B. Morris, 62, of Ray Ave., NW, New Philadelphia, Ohio died Thursday, December 7, 2000 in Union Hospital following an extended illness. She was a volunteer and involved in the Foster Grandparent program through Headstart. Born May 14, 1938 in Dover, she was the daughter of Violet B. Watkins Oler of Stonecreek and the late William Barker. She was...
Howard W. Espenschied
Dec 2, 2000
Howard W. Espenschied, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, December 2, 2000 in Union Hospital. He was employed by the Tuscarawas County Commissioners for maintenance and had worked for 48 years. Even after his retirement in 1981, he remained active in a part-time capacity until August of this year. Born January 8, 1917 at Dover, he was son of the...

Charles F. ''Frank'' Anderson
Nov 24, 2000
Charles F. “Frank” Anderson, 81, of Wilmot, Ohio died Friday, November 24, 2000 in his home following an extended illness. He was a retired truck driver for Nickles Bakery in Navarre and had also previously been a bus driver. Born August 1, 1919 in Hundred, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Daniel and Martha Kennedy Anderson. Frank...

Anna L. Graham
Nov 24, 2000
Anna L. Graham, 87, of Dover, Ohio died Friday, November 24, 2000 following an extended illness. Born April 10, 1913 in the Tyrol region of Austria, she was the daughter of the late David and Adele Moratti Menapace. Anna was a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at Dover and sometimes attended the Tuscarawas County Senior Center. She enjoyed...

Raymond A. Snyder
Nov 24, 2000
Raymond A. Snyder, 61, of Dover died Friday, November 24, 2000 at Aultman Hospital following an extended illness. He retired in 1997 from Marsh Industries after 20 years of service. Born September 23, 1939 in Akron he was the son of the late Benjamin and Alice Capron Snyder. He enjoyed playing the guitar, and played with many area bands. He...

George F. ''Fred'' Hawk
Nov 23, 2000
George F. ''Fred'' Hawk, 92, of New Philadelphia and a Bolivar resident for over 50 years, died Thursday, November 23, 2000 in Union Hospital after a brief illness. In 1973, Fred retired as an employee for Lawrence Twp. Born, June 14, 1908 at Sherrodsville, he was son of the late Jacob F. & Julia McClain Hawk. He was a member...

Esther Lamonica
Nov 22, 2000
Esther Lamonica, 65, of Dover died Wednesday, November 22, 2000 at Aultman Hospital following an extended illness. She had worked at the Daily Reporter in New Philadelphia and had also worked at Peoples National Bank in Dover. Born March 14, 1935 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Antonio and Rosaria Cusma Lamonica. She was a member of...
William A. ''Bill'' Smith
Nov 22, 2000
William A. ''Bill'' Smith, 90, of Dover, went home to be with his heavenly father and to join his loved ones that preceded him in death on Wednesday, November 22, 2000. Born October 7, 1910 in Dover, he was the son of the late Harry and Nellie Wendling Smith. He was a 1931 graduate of Dover High School where he...

Frank W. Rose
Nov 20, 2000
Frank W. Rose, 86, of Strasburg died Monday, November 20, 2000, in Union Hospital. In 1976, after 37 years of work, he retired as a stationary engineer. Frank had also worked as a steam power thrasher and had been employed by Dover Appliance, Cappledale Dairy, Nickles Bakery and was a partner in the Harvey Drilling company. Born January 16, 1914...
Gerald L. Gintz
Nov 19, 2000
Gerald L. Gintz, 70, of Dover, died Sunday, November 19, 2000 in the Hennis Care Centre after an extended illness. He retired in 1986, after 30 years of service from the Dover Light Plant, where he had been supervisor. Born July 10, 1930 at Dover, he was son of the late Harold & Bessie Walton Gintz. Gerald was a member...
Susie E. Lengler
Nov 18, 2000
Susie E. Lengler, 83, of the 6074 Columbia Rd. NW, Dover, Ohio died Saturday, November 18, 2000 in the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. Susie retired in 1979 as a Secretary for Baker Highway Express in Dover where she worked for 12 years. Born February 2, 1917 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late...
Grace N. Murray
Nov 16, 2000
Grace N. Murray, 86, of Dover died Thursday, November 16, 2000 at Union Hospital. She was a former employee of the Timken Co. in Canton and Marsh Marlite in Dover. Born February 8, 1914 in Strasburg she was a daughter of the late Conrad and Emma Margo Aul. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover, Christian...
Peter Adrian Yockey
Nov 13, 2000
Peter Adrian Yockey, 79, of Dover, died Monday, November 13, 2000 in Aultman Hospital. He retired in 1983 as traveling auditor for the National Life Insurance Company, which is now American General. Born February 8, 1921 at Dover, he was son of the late Peter & Mary Schmidt Yockey. He was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church and...
Freda E. Smith
Nov 12, 2000
Freda E. Smith, 85, of Dover, died Sunday, November 12, 2000 in her home after a long illness. Born May 25, 1915 at Black Betsy, WV, she was a daughter of the late Elizabeth Holloway Adamson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde A. Smith, who passed away on December 16, 1987. Survivors include: 5 daughters Wilma J....