Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Ruth M. Garber
Jun 28, 2000
Ruth M. Garber, 94, of Strasburg died Wednesday, June 28, 2000 at the Park Village Health Care Center. Born May 7, 1906 in Strasburg she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Rosa Sprankle Keplinger. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Strasburg where she was involved in many church related activities. Ruth was preceded in death...
Marjorie M. Hanni
Jun 25, 2000
June 27, 2000 Marjorie M. Hanni, 80, of Strasburg died Sunday, June 25, 2000, in Union Hospital following an extended illness. She retired from the former Bubs Carry Out in Strasburg after 20 years of service. She had also worked at Marburgers Grill for 30 years. Born Jan. 18, 1920, in Uhrichsville, she was a daughter of the late John...
Mary Needs
Jun 22, 2000
Mary Needs, 86, of 222 W. 22nd St. Dover, died Thursday, June 22, 2000 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born February 25, 1914 at Dover, she was daughter of the late Harvey & Emma Manges Brewer. She was a member of the First Moravian Church at Dover and was active in its Women's Fellowship. She was also a...
Joanne Smith
Jun 18, 2000
JoAnne Smith, 69, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, June 18, 2000, in the home of her dear friend for the past 30 years, Shirley Shull, following a brief illness. She had been an employee of the Marlite Co. for nearly 50 years. Born Oct. 26, 1930, at Dover, she was a daughter of the late Owen Eugene and Dorothy Elizabeth...
David J. Sisson
Jun 17, 2000
David J. Sisson, 54, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, June 17, 2000 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. Born June 26, 1945 at Canton, he was a son of the late Robert L. & Glenda C. Eckenweiler Sisson. He was retired, after 30 years of service, from the Huntington Bank, where he had worked as an Assistant Vice President. Dave was...
Robert L. Sisson, Sr.
Jun 17, 2000
Robert L. Sisson, Sr., 83, of Howard, Ohio, and former Bolivar resident, died Saturday, June 17, 2000 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. Born July 22, 1916, he was a son of the late John Carl & Jessie Smith Sisson. Robert's 41 year career with the Timken Roller Bearing Co. involved in no less than 25 different assignments and promotion which...
Harold C. Dawson
Jun 17, 2000
Harold C. Dawson, 73, of 115 Superior Ave., Dover, Ohio died Saturday, June 17, 2000 in his home following an extended illness. He retired in 1980, as an employee of the W.W. Henry Company at Dover where he worked for 23 years. He had also previously worked at the Roscoe Flour Mill and the Dover Milling Company. Born December 31,...
David L. Peters
Jun 14, 2000
David L. Peters, 48, of 4571 Refugee Rd., Baltimore, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Wednesday, June 14, 2000 in his home. He was a Sales Engineer for Klockner-Moeller in Houston, Texas until illness forced his retirement in Sept. 1999. He also was a former employee of the Bussman Fuse Company for fourteen years. He had previously been a...
R. Miriam Doney
Jun 14, 2000
R. Miriam Doney, 90, of Massillon, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000 in the Rose Lane Health Care Center at Massillon following a brief illness. She was retired from the MCA Sign Company at Massillon after 18 years of service. Born December 27, 1909 at New Bedford, Ohio, she was daughter of the late Phillip J. & Ida Catherine Bickel Fett....
Maxine Gardner
Jun 14, 2000
Maxine Gardner, 78, of Washington St., Dover, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000 in Union Hospital. Born December 14, 1921 at Waynesboro, TN, she was a daughter of the late Luther & Mandy May Long Pulley. She was a member of the both the Dover VFW & Dover Eagles Auxiliaries. Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Gardner,...
Nola V. Blickensderfer
Jun 12, 2000
Nola V. Blickensderfer, 89, a longtime resident of Elm St., Dover died Monday, June 12, 2000 in Park Village Health Care Center, after a brief illness. She had worked for over 30 years at Union Hospital as a Lab Assistant. Born April 28, 1911 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Curtis & Margaret Stewart Sherman. Nola...
Clayton F. Fry
Jun 11, 2000
Clayton F. Fry, 84, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, June 11, 2000 at the New Dawn Health Care Center following a brief illness. He retired from Babcock & Wilcox in Canton after 28 years of service. Born July 9, 1915 in Newcumberland he was a son of the late Frank and Lola Strawn Fry. He was a member of Bolivar...
Elvin ''Lucky'' R. Robinson
Jun 6, 2000
Elvin R. “Lucky” Robinson, 74, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died peacefully in his home at 5:20 pm Tuesday, June 6, 2000, after a 3 month battle with lung cancer. Born February 17, 1926 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, he was the son of the late Herb and Odessa Emery Robinson. He enjoyed woodworking, carving, auto racing, and was an avid Cleveland...
Richard G. Barr, Sr.
Jun 6, 2000
Richard G. Barr, Sr., 85, a 60 year resident of 850 Crater Ave., Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, June 6, 2000 in the Morning View Care Center following an extended illness. Rich formerly operated the Sohio Service Stations in New Philadelphia and was the Service Mgr. Of the former Weinsz Motor Company at Dover for 25 years. Born February 2, 1915...
V. Arlene Miller
Jun 5, 2000
V. Arlene Miller, 81, of Strasburg died Monday, June 5, 2000 at the New Dawn Health Care Center following a brief illness. Born September 20, 1918 in Stone Creek she was a daughter of the late Roy and Verba Isenogle Haas. She was a member of St. John United Church of Christ in Strasburg and was Past President of the...
Helen Dodge
Jun 5, 2000
Helen Dodge 94, of Strasburg and a longtime resident of Parral, died Monday, June 5, 2000 in Union Hospital. Born November 26, 1905 at Beach City, she was daughter of the late Charles & Barbara Greisinger Knodel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman L. Dodge who died on June 18, 1992. Survivors include: A daughter Mrs. Betty...
Ethel Walter Gordon
May 31, 2000
Ethel Lydia Walter Gordon was born on April 29, 1914 in Wayne Township. She was the daughter of Homer and Hazel Benfer Walter. Ethel spent most of her childhood years on the family’s dairy farm that was between Winfield and Dundee with her two sisters, Ruth Walter Haager and Ann Laing (Betty) Radebaugh, and a brother Maurice Walter. They all...
Joe F. Cappell
May 30, 2000
Joe F. Cappell, 72, of Dover, Ohio and a longtime businessman, poet, and political leader died Tuesday, May 30, 2000 in his home following an apparent heart attack. Joe served as the chairman of the Tuscarawas County Democratic party for eight years. He was a longtime representative of the Imperial Book Company. He also founded the Alladin Book Company and...
Clara D. Denny
May 30, 2000
Clara D. Denny, 87, a lifelong Dover resident, died Tuesday, May 30, 2000 in New Dawn Health Care Center. Born April 9, 1913 near Dover, she was the daughter of the late John & Nellie Froelich Groh. She was a member of the St. Johns United Church of Christ at Dover. Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Paul...
Norma J. Weber
May 25, 2000
Norma J. Weber, 71, of Strasburg, died Thursday, May 25, 2000 in Park Village Health Care Center after a brief illness. She was retired from Union Hospital at Dover where she had worked as a dietician. Born August 10, 1928 at Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late Walter & Clara Hartman Bates. Norma was a member of the...
