Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Jo M. Jensen
Jul 26, 2021
Jo M. Jensen, age 73, of Mineral City (Atwood Lake), passed away Monday, July 26, 2021, in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia, after battling cancer. Born June 2, 1948, Jo was the daughter of the late Orie and Metha Dury Sherer. She graduated from Dover High School, and was a long-time sales associate for the Canton office of the...
Margaret S. "Sue" Grafe
Jul 26, 2021
Margaret S. “Sue” Grafe, age 78, a lifelong resident of Dover, passed away Monday, July 26, 2021, following a long illness. Born November 11, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Phyllis Hammerstrom Espenschied. Sue graduated from Dover High School, and, on November 16, 1963, married Dewey R. Grafe who survives. She was employed by the Services...
Kathleen R. Spidell
Jul 25, 2021
Kathleen R. Spidell, 99, of Dover passed away at the Community Hospice Truman House on Sunday, July 25, 2021. Born in Parral on August 6, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Rudy and Emma (Heim) Fox. She graduated from Dover High School. She was a member at Faith Baptist Church in Bolivar. Kathleen married Edwin Spidell, who preceded...
Glorya J. Metzger
Jul 22, 2021
Glorya J. Metzger, age 67, of Dover, and a long time resident of Strasburg, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Dover’s Park Village Health Care Center. Born October 8, 1953, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Harriet Jane Price Dombrowski. Glorya graduated from Garaway High School, and was employed for years by Handy &...
Dale T. Shutt
Jul 22, 2021
Dale was born February 18, 1930, to Wilbur and Anola Menges Shutt on the family farm near Sugarcreek. He was reared in the Dover, Sugarcreek and Winfield area. Dale attended Winfield Elementary School and went on to graduate from Dover High School in 1948. In high school he was a member of National Honor Society and played trombone in the...
Kathleen M. Mccoy
Jul 21, 2021
Kathleen M. McCoy, 96, of Dover passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at the Community Hospice Truman House in New Philadelphia. Born in Dover on November 26, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Helen (Geib) Miller. She was a graduate of Dover High School with the class of 1942. She married Donald W. McCoy, who...
Donald E. "Weeble" Smith
Jul 20, 2021
Donald E. “Weeble” Smith, age 44, of Brightwood, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in his home following a period of declining health. Born October 25, 1976, in Dover, he was a son of the late John L. Smith and Susan Mae Vance Smith Troyer. Weeble attended Dover and Garaway Schools, and he was employed as a welder. He very...
Mary Jane Margletta
Jul 20, 2021
Mary Jane Margletta, age 81, died at home with family at her side on July 20, 2021 in Roswell, Georgia. Mary Jane was born on October 18, 1939, to the late Dominic and Jennie (Franzo) Altier. She attended and graduated from St Joseph High School and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Her greatest love was her family....
Brian J. Walters
Jul 20, 2021
Brian J. Walters, 58, of Akron passed away suddenly at his home on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Born on December 1, 1962 in Dover, he was a son of Jon and Shirley Hall Walters of Dover. He is also survived by his sister, Holly Walters and her husband, Stephen LeClaire of Texas; uncle and aunt, Bob (Rosemary) Hall of Dover;...
Sue (Lab) Huff
Jul 15, 2021
Sue (Lab) Huff, age 79, a lifelong resident of Dover, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Dover’s New Dawn Healthcare Center. Born December 29, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Jerome and Pauline (Krantz) Lab. Sue graduated from St. Joseph High School in Dover, and on September 14, 1963, married Gerald B. “Jerry” Huff. The couple shared...
David Alan Pruni
Jul 13, 2021
David Alan Pruni, 55, of Dover died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in his home. He retired as a decorated SFC in the U.S. Army where he served for nearly 21 years. Among his medals were the National Service Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. Born May 21, 1966...
Bruce H. Nicewander
Jul 12, 2021
Bruce H. Nicewander, 81, of Dover passed away on Monday, July 12, 2021 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born on October 30, 1939 in Akron, Bruce was a son of the late Harold and Ethel Lourquin Nicewander. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Marrianne Kaufman and infant brother, Robert Nicewander. Bruce was a veteran of...
Steven T. Willis
Jul 11, 2021
Steve or as many would later call him “Stevie” was born December 23rd, 1962. He was the son of Jerry and Judy (Divida) Slankard and Terry and Susan (Kennedy) Willis of Dover. He grew up in Strasburg, Ohio with his younger brother Ted (Tina) Slankard of Strasburg and his younger sister Tracey (Ken) McCracken of Strasburg. He attended Strasburg High...
Catherine A. Rafalowski (Streb)
Jul 11, 2021
Catherine A. Rafalowski (Streb) of Peachtree City, Georgia, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia, at the age of 89. Ann was born in Dover, Ohio, to the late Louis Streb and Edna Greenwell. She attended St. Joseph’s High School in Dover, graduating in 1950. In 1954 she received a BSc in nursing from...
Carol S. Miller
Jul 7, 2021
Carol S. Miller, age 89, of Dover, died peacefully Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia, following a period of declining health. Born July 3, 1932, in Cleveland, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Bernice Fisher Seeley. Carol graduated from Mayfield High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Baldwin-Wallace...
Douglas A. Yackey
Jul 6, 2021
Douglas A. Yackey, 54, of Dover passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 following a brief illness. Born April 6, 1967 in Dover he was a son of the late Clyde and Theda Bender Yackey. Doug was a 1985 graduate of Strasburg High School and had been employed at Dover Chemical the past 20 years. A fun loving guy with...
Carol J. Medley
Jun 29, 2021
Carol J. Medley, age 75, of Dover, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2021, in Dover’s New Dawn Retirement Community, following a long illness. Born December 12, 1945, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy May Sommers Lewis. Carol attended Dover schools, and, on August 25, 1963, married Stanley R. Medley, who survives. She was employed as a...
Edna M. Fishel
Jun 27, 2021
Edna M. Fishel, 88, of Dover passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2021 in the New Dawn Retirement Community. Born May 16, 1933 in Stone Creek she was a daughter of the late Harry and Florence Ferrell Miller. Edna was also preceded in death by her infant twin sons; brother, Eugene Miller; sisters, Hazel Skantz, Viola Teglo and Arlene Rentsch....
John R. Kinsey III
Jun 26, 2021
John Robert Kinsey lll, 51, of New Philadelphia passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021 after declining health. He was a son of Patricia DeMichael Kinsey of New Philadelphia and the late John R Kinsey Jr. A resident of Tuscarawas County most of his life, John was a 1988 graduate of Claymont High School. His happiest times were when he...
April B. Coventry
Jun 24, 2021
April B. Coventry, 61, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on April 12, 1960 in Wheeling, West Virginia and was a daughter of the late William Bose and Janet Wright Horton. April was also preceded in death by her step-father, Jim Horton Sr.; brother, Jimmy Horton Jr.; and sister,...
