Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Mildred R. "Midge" Lahm
Sep 26, 2020
Mildred R. “Midge” Lahm, 90, of Pennsylvania and formerly of Dover, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family. Born on May 31, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Frances (Atkinson) Howell. She graduated from Dover High School. On July 11, 1953, she married Russell “Mike” Lahm, who preceded her...
Velma Mae Ring
Sep 24, 2020
Velma Mae Ring, age 94, of North Canton passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at Windsor Nursing Home following a brief illness. Velma was born in Waynesburg, Ohio on May 16, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Arthur Clements and Mamie (Baker) Reed. She attended the former Osnaburg Township High School, which is now East Canton High...
John E. Walton Ii
Sep 22, 2020
John E. Walton II, age 81, of New Philadelphia, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in his home. Born Jun. 17, 1939, in Tuscarawas, he was the son of the late John E. and Hazel Wilson Walton. John graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1957, and, on Oct. 12, 1958, married the former Carolyn “Kay” Hanlon, who survives....
Clarence Edward Vonallman
Sep 17, 2020
Clarence Edward VonAllman, 87, of Dover passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at his home following an extended illness. Born on April 24, 1933, in Pearl, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles and Esther Schnitzer VonAllman. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his brothers, Gene and Maynard Hummel VonAllman. He...
Tom West
Sep 17, 2020
Tom West, 81, of Dover, and a former resident of Canton, Navarre and Strasburg, passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Dover’s New Dawn Healthcare Center. Born February 13, 1939, in Wheeling, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Emerson and Bess West. Tom graduated from Wheeling’s McKinley Vocational High School and went on to attend the Ford...
Randy L. Espenschied Sr.
Sep 13, 2020
Randy L. Espenschied Sr., age 69, of Dover, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in his home. Born Oct. 10, 1950, in Dover, he was a son of the late Paul and Wanda Stringer Espenschied. Randy graduated from Dover High School in 1969, and was employed by Dover’s Greer Steel Co. for over 40 years. He married the former...
Loretta Louise (Parrish) Grove
Sep 12, 2020
Loretta Louise (Parrish) Grove, of Strasburg, Ohio went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born October 10, 1921 in Gnadenhutten, Ohio; to the late Guy Parrish and Pearl (Lawver) Parrish Biggs. Loretta was part of the labor force during WW II.. She was twenty-one...
Margaret Ann "Margy" Mckee
Sep 12, 2020
Margaret Ann “Margy” McKee, age 79, of Dover died on Saturday, September 12, 2020. Born in Waterford, Ohio on June 3, 1941, Margy was a daughter of the late Chester A. and Louise M. Arnold Payne. Margy graduated from Strasburg High School in 1959 and was also crowned “Queen of Hearts” the same year. She immediately enrolled in a business...
Baltazar Chamay Gomez
Sep 11, 2020
Baltazar Chamay Gomez, 64, a resident of New Philadelphia, died tragically Friday, September 11, 2020, in a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident in New Philadelphia. Born February 24, 1956, in San Juan Cotzal, Quiche, Guatemala, he was the son of the late Maria Gomez and Miguel Chamay Sanchez. Baltazar came to the United States some 15 years ago to better provide for...
John Clayton Hunker Jr.
Sep 10, 2020
John Clayton Hunker Jr., 75, of New Philadelphia passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at the Community Hospice Truman House in New Philadelphia following an extended illness. Born on October 27, 1944, in Dover, he was the son of the late John C. Hunker Sr. and Kathrine (Mutersbaugh) Athey of New Philadelphia. He was also preceded in death by...
Joan A. Larson
Sep 9, 2020
Joan A. Larson, 91, of Dover passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Joan was born on July 23, 1929 in Garden City, New York and was the daughter of the late William and Marie Koster Andersen. Joan was also preceded in death by her husband, John A. Larson on August...
Elsie I. Kutcher
Sep 8, 2020
Elsie I. Kutcher, 90, of Dover, and formerly of New Philadelphia, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 in the Community Hospice Truman House. Born October 19, 1929 in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary Goldie Rummel Espenschied. Elsie was also preceded in death by her husband, Ward Kutcher on August 11, 2010; brothers,...
Emery Dee Brumit
Sep 7, 2020
Emery Dee Brumit, 81, of New Philadelphia passed away on Monday, September 7, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. Born on April 10, 1939, in McLeansboro, Illinois he was the son of the late Isaac and Flora (Dooley) Brumit. He was also preceded in death by his sister Loretta (Floyd) Thomas; and his father and mother-in-law, Harold and...
Shirley A. Gallion
Sep 6, 2020
Shirley A. Gallion, 86, of Dover passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 6, 2020. She was born on September 23, 1933 in Stone Creek to the late Albert and Ruth Rexrod Arbogast. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Donald Arbogast; and a granddaughter, Courtney Patrick. She retired in 1999 from Union Hospital following 18...
Ginger A. Zimmerman
Sep 6, 2020
Ginger A. Zimmerman, age 64, of New Philadelphia, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020, in Community Hospice’s Truman House following a lengthy illness. Born January 24, 1956, in Belleville, Illinois - near where her father was stationed serving in the United States Air Force - she was a daughter of the late Clifton and Jewel Bonds Blackwell. Ginger graduated from...
Diana Faye Dodds
Sep 5, 2020
Diana Faye Dodds, 75, of Strasburg, went to be with the Lord, on Saturday, September 5, 2020, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 28, 1945, in Flushing, Belmont County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Bertha McKibben Boone. Diana was a proud Uhrichsville Tiger, graduating in 1963. She married John W. Dodds – her best...
Jean E. Fondriest
Sep 4, 2020
Jean E. Fondriest, 99, of Dover passed away peacefully in the Park Village Health Care Center in Dover on Friday, September 4, 2020. Jean was born on August 20, 1921, in Dover and was a daughter of the late James and Sybilla Franz Fondriest. She was the eldest of seven children. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Elden...
Joanne Altier
Sep 3, 2020
JoAnne Altier, 91, of New Philadelphia passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at Park Village Southside in New Philadelphia. Born in Dover on December 22, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Margretta (Jones) Myers. She graduated from Dover High school. On July 10, 1948, she married Fred Altier, who preceded her in death on November...
John W. Dowdle
Sep 2, 2020
John W. Dowdle, age 57, of Uhrichsville, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020, in W.V.U. Medicine Barnesville Hospital where he was taken after becoming ill. Born September 17, 1962, in Webster Springs, West Virginia, he was the son of Donna Stephens Dowdle Criss and the late Carl Dowdle. John attended Barnesville High School and went on to serve in the...
William L. "Bill" Jones
Sep 1, 2020
William “Bill” L. Jones, 89, of Dover passed away early Tuesday morning, September 1, 2020, at the Community Hospice Truman House. Bill was born in Dover on November 5, 1930. He was the son of the late Jay and Isabelle (Finton) Jones. He graduated from Dover High School. He enjoyed his time working in his yard, woodworking in his garage,...
