Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas

Roger F. ''Buck'' Seibert
Sep 17, 2000
Roger F. ''Buck'' Seibert, 75, of Strasburg died Sunday, September 17, 2000 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He retired from Operators of Engineers in Cleveland after 42 years of service. Born June 4, 1925 in Port Washington he was a son of the late Gust and Edith Schreiner Seibert. He was an Army Veteran of WW II. Buck...
Atty. Thomas G. Watson
Sep 17, 2000
Atty. Thomas G. Watson, 43, of Dover, Ohio died Sunday, September 17, 2000 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Millersburg. He was a practicing attorney in Dover and was currently the Law Director for the City of Dover. Born September 12, 1957 in Dover, he was the son of Kenneth and Louise...
John Galen Cline
Sep 17, 2000
John Galen Cline, 88, of Massillon and formerly a resident of Bolivar, died Sunday, September 17, 2000 in the Country Lawn Nursing Home at Navarre. He was a retired dairy farmer. Born June 8, 1912 at Fresno, Ohio, he was a son of the late Alvin & Catherine Haas Cline. John was a well-decorated Army veteran who served in World...
Marjorie (Marge) L. Dues
Sep 17, 2000
Marjorie L. (Marge) Dues, 71, of 137 Bell Ave., Dover, Ohio died Sunday, September 17, 2000 in her home following an extended battle with cancer. She was a retired clerical employee of Shanabrook Plumbing Co. and McIntire Plumbing Company in New Philadelphia. Born September 17, 1929 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Harry E. and Gertrude Rinkes...

Mackinzie Nicole Sugalski
Sep 14, 2000
Mackinzie Nicole Sugalski, the infant daughter of Tim & Diane Hobart Sugalski of Strasburg, was stillborn Thursday, September 14, 2000. In addition to her parents, she is survived by: A brother, Dustin Thomas, and sisters Marissa & Paige Sugalski of the home Paternal grandparents, Norm & Karen Sugalski of New Phila. Maternal grandparents, Jack & Trudy Hobart of New Phila....
Annie Jane Thomas
Sep 13, 2000
Annie Jane Thomas, age 89, of Strasburg, Ohio died Wednesday, September 13, 2000 in Union Hospital at Dover. Born October 22, 1910 in East Fultonham, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late W.L. and Marget Cummings Davis. She retired as a secretary for the Tuscarawas County Board of Education and had previously been secretary for the Muskingum County Board...
Harry A. ''Sonny'' Seibert
Sep 12, 2000
Harry A. ''Sonny'' Seibert, 85, of Dover died Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at Aultman Hospital following an extended illness. He retired in 1980 from Union Camp in Dover after 45 years of service. Born March 4, 1915 in Lorain he was a son of the late Harry and Martha Helmsdoerfer Seibert. He was a member of First Moravian Church in...

Rick ''Skip'' Erickson
Sep 11, 2000
Rick D. ''Skip'' Erickson, 54, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, September 8, 2000 in Union Hospital. Born April, 2, 1946 at Dover he was the son of Otis T. Erickson, and the late Alice M. Shipley Erickson. Skip was an Army Green Beret who earned a Purple Heart and Silver Star while serving two tours in Vietnam. He was a...

Mary Elizabeth Warther
Sep 9, 2000
Mary Elizabeth Warther, 39, of Dover, died Saturday, September 9, 2000 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born November 9, 1960 at Dover, she was a daughter of Jacob ''Jake'' & Marjorie Herbst Warther. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover and had attend both there and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Philadelphia...
John W. ''Jack'' Kollar
Sep 6, 2000
John W. ''Jack'' Kollar, 85, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, September 6, 2000 in Union Hospital. He was retired from the Ford Motor Company at Canton where he had worked for 29 years. Born February 2, 1915 at Johnstown, Ohio, he was a son of the late Albert & Hanna Roberts Kollar. Jack was a member of the Calvary Baptist...

Walter E. Ickes Jr.
Sep 5, 2000
Walter E. Ickes Jr., 73, of Strasburg died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at his home following a brief illness He was the owner and operator of Ohio Plumbing in Dover for 43 years. Born Jan. 25, 1927, in Medina, O., he was a son of the late Walter and Verna Robb Ickes Sr. He was a member of St. Johns...
Leah F. Trachsel
Sep 5, 2000
Leah F. Trachsel, 84, of Kelly St., New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September 5, 2000 in Union Hospital. She had worked for over 20 years for the former East Sparta Ceramic. Born August 12, 1916 at Shanesville, she was the daughter of the late John C. & Francis Tracy Gurney Myers. Leah was a member of the Dover Christian & Missionary...

Carolyn C. Miller
Sep 4, 2000
Carolyn C. Miller, 76, of 1531 N. Walnut St., Dover, Ohio died Monday, September 4, 2000 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Carolyn was the former librarian for the Tuscarawas County Bookmobile. Born August 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Ira and Thelma Cooper Cole. She was a member of the New...

Joy A. Mcnutt
Sep 3, 2000
Joy A. McNutt, 86, went home to live with Jesus on September 3, 2000 after a bout with cancer. She was a resident of the Hennis Care Centre for the last 22 years due to the effects of polio in childhood. She and her husband, the late George W. McNutt, owned and operated the Pom-Joy Kennels on route 211 in...

George E. Kaderly
Sep 2, 2000
George E. Kaderly, 90, of Hobbs, N.M., formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000. He was born on Oct. 30, 1909, in New Philadelphia and married Ruth Ann Gepfert of June 7, 1950, in Coshocton. He and his family moved to Grants, N.M., in 1958. Mr. Kaderly retired as a self-employed dirt contractor in 1976. He and his...

Kenneth E. Weigand
Aug 31, 2000
Kenneth E. Weigand, 79, of Tremont St., Dover, Ohio died Thursday, August 31, 2000 at Union Hospital in Dover following an extended illness. Ken retired as a General Foreman for the LTV Steel Company (formerly Republic Steel) in Massillon where he worked for over 40 years. Born April 4, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late...
Olga Huffman
Aug 29, 2000
Olga Huffman, 94, of Strasburg, passed away peacefully in her home after a 6-week illness. She was born April 10, 1906 in Courtelary, Switzerland to Frieda & Friedrich Oppliger. She immigrated to the US with her mother and sisters in October 1919 and settled in the Tuscarawas Valley. She worked at the Dover Sad Iron before marrying James Ivan Huffman,...
John W. Meek
Aug 29, 2000
John W. “Woody” Meek, 82, of 328 S. Bodmer Ave., Strasburg, Ohio died Tuesday, August 29, 2000 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He was a lifelong farmer having assisted with the family farm near Ragersville. He was also a former employee of Wallick Coal Company. Born May 27, 1918 in Tippecanoe, Ohio, he was the son of the...
Edna Jane Bussinger
Aug 28, 2000
Pastor Emeritus, Edna Jane Bussinger, 81, of Strasburg, died Monday, August 28, 2000 in her home. She was an ordained minister of the Foursquare Gospel Church and was active in it for over 60 years. Born June 12, 1919 at Dover, she was daughter of the late John & Florence Ellsworth Fulk. Along with her husband, the late Rev. Leroy...

Daniel D. Nigro
Aug 20, 2000
Daniel D. Nigro, 86 of the Baltic Country Manor, formerly of Dover, died Sunday, August 20, 2000. He had been a construction worker and had often operated heavy equipment until his retirement. Born May 21, 1914 at Dover, he was son of the late Nicholas and Mary Jane Denoi Nigro. Surviving are: 2 sons Daniel J. & Joan M. Nigro...