Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Teresa L. Pfister
Mar 6, 2020
Teresa L. Pfister, 55, of Dover passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020, at New Dawn Rehab and Healthcare Center. Born on September 20, 1964, in Millersburg. She was the daughter of Robert and Mary Jane (Ebersole) Smith. She was preceded in death by her mother. Teresa was a graduate of the Garaway High School class of 1982. For the...
Charles D. "Charlie" Jones
Mar 6, 2020
Charles D. “Charlie” Jones, age 67, of Dover, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, in Amberwood Manor, New Philadelphia. Born June 28, 1952, in Alliance, Charlie moved with his family at a young age to Tuscarawas County where he attended Garaway Schools. He married the former Linda Hershberger on May 10, 1981. Charlie was employed by Zedmark in Dover. Besides...
Robert A. "Bob" Getchey
Mar 5, 2020
Robert Andrew Getchey (Bob), 77 of Dover passed away peacefully March 5th at the Hospice Truman House with his wife by his side. He was born March 1, 1943, in Newcomerstown, Ohio. Bob battled prostate cancer for the last six years. Bob graduated from Stone Creek High School in 1961. He worked as a truck driver early on and then...
Darlene T. Byrom
Mar 4, 2020
Darlene T. Byrom, 90, a lifelong resident of Dover passed away peacefully in the Country Club Center at Dover on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 following a period of declining health. She was a retired employee of the former General Electric Company at Dover where she worked for many years. Born June 28, 1929 in Dover, she was the daughter of...
Virginia M. Noland
Mar 4, 2020
Virginia M. Noland, 100, of Strasburg passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover. Virginia was born on July 17, 1919 in Perry County, Ohio to the late Charles and Lelia Price McNally. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mont Noland, on August 10, 1997; daughter, Betty McGinnis; sisters,...
Jerome B. "Jerry" Nelson Sr.
Mar 4, 2020
Jerome B. “Jerry” Nelson Sr., age 88, of Mineral City, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Born December 22, 1931, in Dennison, he was the son of the late Albert A. and Josephine Cush Nelson. Jerry graduated from Dennison St. Mary’s High School and went on to attend Ohio State University....
Charles A. "Bud" Hootsel
Mar 3, 2020
Charles A. “Bud” Hootsel, age 70, of Bolivar, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Hennis Care Centre, Dover. Born November 2, 1949, in East Palestine, he was the son of the late Clinton A. and Helen Oglesby Hootsel. Bud moved with his family at a young age to New Philadelphia where he graduated high school. He then went on...
Neil A. Buchanan
Mar 1, 2020
Neil A. Buchanan, 77, of Bolivar went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 1, 2020 after a long, and courageously fought battle with multiple cancers. He was born on February 22, 1943 in Stoneham, Massachusetts to the late Malcolm and Dorothy Pugsley Buchanan. Neil grew up in the Malden area of Massachusetts before moving to Ohio....
Richard C. Burch
Feb 29, 2020
Richard C. Burch, 86, of Dover and formerly of Goshen and Rock Hill, New York, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover. Born in New Philadelphia on April 25, 1933, he was the son of the late Chaney and Muriel (Voshall) Burch. He graduated from New Philadelphia High School with the class...
Margaret Mary Pace
Feb 28, 2020
Margaret Pace, 105, of Dover passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020. Born in Minnesota on September 15, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Dominic and Marianne D’Alesio. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Dominic Pace; four brothers, Joe, Bruno, Chris, and Hugo; and her sister Alva. Margaret is survived by her brother, Dante Dallas...
Hope E. Patton
Feb 27, 2020
Hope E. Patton, 91, of Dover passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Hope was born on August 2, 1928, in New Philadelphia. Her parents were the late Fred and Emma Rosch and she was an only child. Hope was a 1946 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. Following graduation, she was employed for a number of years in the...
Brenda K. Pittman
Feb 27, 2020
Brenda K. Pittman, age 68, of Dover, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020, in Community Hospice’s Truman House, New Philadelphia. Born September 19, 1951, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Della Frock Sexton. Brenda graduated from Dover High School in 1970, and later, on April 7, 1984, married the love of her life, Bryce R....
Leslie L. "Les" Zurfley
Feb 27, 2020
Leslie L. “Les” Zurfley, age 87, of Bolivar, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020, in Altercare Country Lawn, Navarre. Born May 29, 1932, in Mineral City, he was a son of the late William and Martha Freed Zurfley. Les attended school in Mineral City, and went on to serve honorably with the United States Army during the Korean War. He...
Lura Jean "Lu" Kreisher
Feb 26, 2020
Lura Jean “Lu” Kreisher, b. July 11, 1931, passed away on February 26, 2020. Lu joins on the Beautiful Shore her husband of 68 years, Dale E. Kreisher, and their beloved daughter Jill Hootman, both of whom passed away last year. Lu is survived by her daughter, Janie Huffman of Dover, son Dale G (Ice) Kreisher of Seoul, South Korea,...
Ricky P. Brown
Feb 23, 2020
Ricky P. Brown, 60, of West Lafayette passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2020 in the Community Hospice Truman House following a sudden illness. Ricky was born on January 7, 1960 in East Liverpool, Ohio to Jay Brown of Uhrichsville and the late Mary Coleman Brown. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Robert Brown; and grandmother, Mary...
Paul Henry Kleyman
Feb 22, 2020
Paul Henry Kleyman, 73, of New Philadelphia passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital. He was born on October 18, 1946, in Bellaire, Ohio. Paul was the son of the late Wilbert Kleyman and Edna Underwood Kleyman Dillon. He was also preceded in death by his son, Michael David Kleyman. He graduated from Tusky...
Roselyn E. "Rosie" Cunningham
Feb 22, 2020
DUE TO THE CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS, ROSIE'S MEMORIAL SERVICE HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. Roselyn E. “Rosie” Cunningham, 86, of Navarre went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 22, 2020. Born on September 11, 1933 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Herbert and Esther Weigand Carl. Rosie, along with her husband Ralph,...
Michael S. Chapman
Feb 22, 2020
Michael S. Chapman, 55, of Beach City passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020. Born on December 5, 1964 in Los Angeles, California he was a son of Don and Toni Powers Chapman of Strasburg. He is also survived by his wife, Julia Grinder Chapman; stepchildren, Brittany (Zach) Bell of Bolivar, Casey Winrod of Alliance; brothers, Kenneth, David, Dondi and...
Lydia Irene Wilson
Feb 18, 2020
Lydia Irene Wilson, age 88, of Dover, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020, in the Inn at Northwood Village. Born June 26, 1931, in Zoarville, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Knotts Frey. Lydia attended Dover High School, and, on February 16, 1952, married Floyd L. Wilson – the couple just celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary....
Rosalinda G. "Linda" Lustre
Feb 14, 2020
Rosalinda G. “Linda” Lustre, 86, of Dover, passed away at Union Hospital in Dover on Friday, February 14, 2020. Rosalinda was born in the Philippines on June 29, 1933, to the late Benito and Jacinta (Legaspi) Gayita. She moved to the United States in 1956. She became a registered nurse and worked in the OB Unit at Cook County Hospital...
