Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Dolores I. Frescki
May 6, 2013
Please run in the Times Reporter on Thursday. Thanks Dolores I. Frescki, 93, of Dover passed away on May 6, 2013 at Community Hospice in New Philadelphia. Born on November 25, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Philomena (Nigro) Incarnato. She married Michael D. Frescki, who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death...
Kevin Patrick Stocker
May 5, 2013
Kevin Patrick Stocker, age 49, of Douglasville, Georgia, and formerly of Stow, passed away May 5, 2013, in Wellstar Douglas Hospital where he was taken after becoming ill. Born March 29, 1964, in Cleveland, he was the son of Virginia L. (nee Feller) Stocker Dorsey of Cuyahoga Falls and Kenneth W. Stocker of New Port Richey, Florida. Kevin attended Stow...
Wilma I. Burson
Apr 30, 2013
Wilma I. Burson, age 100, a long-time resident of Dover, died Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2013, in Schoenbrunn Healthcare, New Philadelphia. Born Oct. 20, 1912, in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Maude Dutton Edie. Wilma attended school in New Philadelphia, and married John Burson in 1931. The couple reared five children and shared twenty-three years...
Mark Alan Tharp
Apr 25, 2013
Mark Alan Tharp, 58, of Strasburg passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Community Hospice House following a six month battle with cancer. Born on August 5, 1954 in Nelsonville, Ohio he was the son of Raymond and Glenna Cox Tharp. His father precedes him in death. In 1972 he graduated from New Philadelphia High School. On February 29,...
Maryann Arthurs
Apr 23, 2013
Mary Ann Arthurs, 78 of Sugarcreek died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the loving home she shared with her daughter and son in law, Kimberly and Johnny Baldwin. Born September 12, 1934 in New Philadelphia, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Ron and Hazel Swinderman Hilton. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 40 years,...
Robert E. Whitney
Apr 23, 2013
Robert E. Whitney, 80, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday. There will be no services or calling hours. Cremation has been entrusted to the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home and Crematory at Dover. Funeral Home: Toland-Herzig Dover 803 N. Wooster Ave. Dover, OH US 44622
Robert "Bob" G. Bergquist
Apr 20, 2013
Robert "Bob" G. Bergquist, 84, of Dover passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013 in the Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia. Born on October 29, 1928 in Dover, he was the son of the late Gustav and Mary Graef Bergquist. Bob was a graduate of the Dover High School class of 1947. He honorably served our country in the...
Edith Schaar Thurmond
Apr 19, 2013
Edith E. Schaar Thurmond, 92, of Dover passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013. Born on March 6, 1921 in Wadsworth, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Leona Cox Varney. She married Byron Schaar, who preceded her in death on December 20, 1991. On December 5, 1999, she married Roy C. Thurmond. The couple was married at...
Harold E. "Erv" Swinford
Apr 18, 2013
Harold E. "Erv" Swinford, age 86, of Zoarville, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, in his home. Born July 29, 1926, in Carrollton, Erv attended school in Mineral City and went on to serve honorably with the U.S. Army at the latter part of the Second World War. While in Vienna, Austria, he met the former Gertrude "Gertie" Schmidt, and the...
Carolyn Kieffer
Apr 18, 2013
Carolyn Kieffer, 65, of Mineral City passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Aultman Hospital in Canton. Born in Barnhill on February 21, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Mary (Smitley) Ohler. She attended Midvale High School. On December 31, 1986, she married the love of her life, Willard Kieffer Sr, who survives. In addition...
Carol E. Baer
Apr 17, 2013
Carol E. Baer, age 90, of Dover, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Community Hospice House, New Philadelphia, following a short illness. Born March 4, 1923 in Canton, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Helen Callentine Emig. Carol graduated from Dover High School, and, on March 6, 1948, married Robert W. "Bob" Baer. She was a loving...
Sue Ann Baker
Apr 16, 2013
Sue Ann Baker, age 75, of Melbourne, Florida, and formerly of Goshen and Dover, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in her home. Born September 26, 1937, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Evan and Viola Irene Smith Stoneman. Sue Ann attended school in Dover and moved to Florida with her family in the late 1950's. She was...
Delbert H. Sweebe
Apr 16, 2013
Delbert H. Sweebe, 87, of Carrollton died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Aultman Hospital. Born July 21, 1925 in Akron he was a son of the late George and Frances Carson Sweebe. Delbert was also preceded in death by his brothers, George and Robert Sweebe. Delbert retired from the Hoover Co. in North Canton as a Millwright after 30 years...
Maxine Elizabeth Wise
Apr 15, 2013
Maxine Elizabeth Wise, age 90, passed away in her New Philadelphia home on Monday morning, April 15, 2013. Born October 24, 1922, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Chauncey and Olive Now Sharp. Maxine graduated from Dover High School in 1940, and began a career as a cosmetologist. At the age of 47, she enrolled in nursing...
Charles M. Comella M.D.
Apr 14, 2013
Charles M. "Chuck" Comella M.D., 84, of Dover died Sunday morning, April 14, 2013. Dr. Comella was a general surgeon in Tuscarawas County for many years having practiced at Union Hospital. He was also the team physician for St. Joseph and Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School. Born April 15, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late...
David L. Wolfe
Apr 13, 2013
David L. Wolfe, 62, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at his home following a long battle with MS. Born February 15, 1951 in Dover he was a son of the late Kenneth and Betty Haver Wolfe. David was also preceded in death by his brother, Ronald Wolfe. David retired as a Supervisor at Handy & Harmon, and...
Joanne Rondinella
Apr 12, 2013
Joanne Rondinella, 82, of Dover died Friday, April 12, 2013 at Union Hospital. Born November 26, 1930 in Dover she was a daughter of the late William and Ada Pearch Lentz. Joanne was also preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Ross "Skip" Rondinella on December 8, 2006; sister, Margaret Dunbar and a brother, Don Lentz. Joanne retired...
Dennis Lester Kohler, Sr.
Apr 11, 2013
Dennis L. "Denny" Kohler Sr., 82, of New Philadelphia passed away on April 11, 2013 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover. Born on March 22, 1931, he was the son of the late George E. Sr. and Gertrude P. Reichman Kohler. He graduated from Tuscarawas Warwick High School. On January 27, 1951, he married the love of his...
Elizabeth L. Longfellow
Apr 10, 2013
Elizabeth L. Longfellow of Bodmer Ave., Strasburg died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover seven days following her 101st birthday. She was born April 3, 1912 in Woodsfield, Ohio, the daughter of the late Oscar and Anna (Reich) Freitag. She was a longtime member of the St. John United Church of Christ in Strasburg and...
Maurice H. Froman
Apr 9, 2013
Maurice H. Froman, 91, of Bolivar died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Union Hospital. Born August 26, 1921 in Strasburg he was a son of the late Homer and Frances May Froman. He was also preceded in death by his son, Douglas Froman; brother, Kenneth Froman and a sister, Marjorie Newland. He retired from GE in Dover after more than...
