Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Steven Louis Bigler
Jan 18, 2023
Steven Louis “Biggs” Bigler, 66, of New Philadelphia passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at Union Hospital Cleveland Clinic.
Born on May 4, 1956, in Dover, he was the son of the late Charles and Martha (Lanzer) Bigler. Steven graduated from Dover High School with the class of 1974. He worked with his father for many years as a...
George J. Moran
Jan 18, 2023
George J. Moran, 82, of New Philadelphia passed away at Hennis Care Center in Dover on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 under the care of Community Hospice.
Born on June 15, 1940 in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late John and Minnie (Peacock) Moran. George was a graduate of New Philadelphia High School. He was a high lift operator...
Lois V. Espenschied
Jan 16, 2023
Lois V. Espenschied, 95, of Dover passed away at Park Village Nursing Home on the evening of January 16, 2023.
Lois was born in Baltic in 1927, to C. Eugene and Hilda Regula. In 1948, she married Fred Espenschied who preceded her in death. A son, Mike, a daughter, Sherry (Cheryl), a granddaughter, Kathy, and a grandson, Bobby also preceded her...
Joe T. Lang
Jan 13, 2023
Joe T. Lang, age 92, a lifelong resident of Dover, passed away Friday, January 13, 2023, in his home.
Born June 10, 1930, he was the son of the late Hector A. and Rose Burkhart Lang. Joe graduated from Dover High School and went on to serve honorably with the United States Air Force in the Korean War. On September 14,...
Roberta A. "Bobbi" Furbee
Jan 13, 2023
Roberta A. “Bobbi” Furbee, 81, of New Philadelphia passed away at the Community Hospice Truman House following a sudden illness.
Born on June 26, 1941, in Canton, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Sylvia (Petrisor) Pucci. She attended Timken High School and Hiram College. Bobbi worked as a drug and alcohol counselor for adolescents and retired from Edwin...
Leslie J. Wells
Jan 13, 2023
Leslie J. Wells, 70, of Canton passed away at Cleveland Clinic Mercy Medical Center in Canton on Friday, January 13, 2023.
Born on May 10, 1952, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Bruce and June (Watkins) Hardesty. She was preceded in death by her sister, Susan Dempsey.
Leslie graduated from Jackson High School. She was a member of the...
Beverly A. "Bev" Kirkbride
Jan 11, 2023
Beverly A. “Bev” Kirkbride, age 74, a lifelong resident of Dover, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia, after a long battle with myasthenia gravis.
Born March 15, 1948, she was a daughter of the late Derlin and Betty Shumaker Miller. Bev graduated from Dover High School in 1966, and went on to earn her...
Florence Ellen Keplinger
Jan 11, 2023
Florence Ellen Keplinger, age 100, who resided at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
Born January 26, 1922, in Crooked Run Valley, Tuscarawas County, she was the daughter of the late Carl J. and Maud L. Stull Keplinger. As a child, Miss Keplinger moved with her family to a farm near Winfield. She began...
Susan Zifer
Jan 9, 2023
Susan Zifer, 82, of Dover passed away on Monday January 9, 2023. Cremation has been entrusted with the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory of Dover.
Rebecca L. "Becky" Hixenbaugh
Jan 9, 2023
Rebecca L. "Becky" Hixenbaugh, 80, of Dover, OH passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at the Arbors at Stow.
Born December 23, 1942 in Graysville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dillie Ross and Dorothy Grimm Smalley. She was a 1961 graduate of Salem High School.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Deward Hixenbaugh, whom she...
Scott E. Steitz
Jan 8, 2023
Scott E. Steitz, 66, of Dover passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
Scott was born on April 9, 1956 in Dover to the late John E. “Jerry” and E. Virginia “Ginny” Steitz. Scott was one of the first to attend Starlight School and Workshop, founded by Ruth Carlson. He loved what he knew as “workshop” – working at Starlight...
John R. Basiletti
Jan 8, 2023
John R. Basiletti, 80, of Dover passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2023 in the Hennis Care Centre at Bolivar.
He was born on February 7, 1942 in Dover and was the son of the late John A. Basiletti and Sue Tiffner. In addition to his parents, John was also preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Basiletti who passed away...
Gloria J. Everett
Jan 6, 2023
Gloria J. Everett, 96, of Dover passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023 in the Community Hospice Truman House.
She was born on August 13, 1926 in Uhrichsville and was a daughter of the late Frederick and Ida Wires Gamble. Gloria was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Everett on September 12, 2001; son, Frederick “Rick” Everett; and sister,...
Joyce M. Basiletti
Jan 4, 2023
Joyce M. Basiletti, age 82, of Dover, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, January 4, 2023, in Dover’s Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital.
Born December 5, 1940, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Adrian and Helen Miller Weigand. Joyce graduated from Dover High School and married Donald L. Stealey. The couple had two sons and shared eleven years of marriage prior...
Grace Maxine (Specht) Bochsler
Jan 3, 2023
Grace Maxine (Specht) Bochsler, 93, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 3, 2023, in Park Village Health Care Center, Dover.
Grace was born to the late Arthur and Mabel Swihart Specht on March 10, 1929, in Sugarcreek. The Specht family moved to Dover in 1943, and Grace graduated from Dover High School in 1947. She went on to attend secretarial college and...
Richard L. Duvall
Jan 2, 2023
Richard L. Duvall, 66, of Dover and formerly of Strasburg died Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 in the Community Truman House in New Philadelphia following a brief illness.
Richard was a truckdriver.
Born Oct. 2, 1956 in Dover, he was the son of the late Walter and Estel (Newland) Duvall.
Survivors include his wife Cynthia (Sexton) Duvall with whom he was married for fourteen...
Robert L. Mcdonald
Dec 31, 2022
Robert L. McDonald, 86, of New Philadelphia passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022 in the County Club Retirement Community.
He was born on March 14, 1936 in Magnolia, Ohio and was a son of the late Henry and Pearl Lanning McDonald. Robert was also preceded in death by his wife, Carol M. McDonald on January 29, 2018; and seven brothers...
Paul Thomas Mowrey, Jr.
Dec 31, 2022
Paul Thomas Mowrey, Jr., age 89, of Dover, died Saturday evening, December 31, 2022, at Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia.
He was born January 18, 1933, in Connorville, Jefferson County, to the late Paul T. Mowrey, Sr. and Mildred (Carpenter) Mowrey. Paul was a 1952 graduate of Warren Consolidated High School in Tiltonsville, where he excelled in academics and athletics....
Warner "Dean" Leland
Dec 31, 2022
Warner “Dean” Leland, 89, of Dover went home to be our Lord on Saturday, December 31, 2022, at Schoenbrunn HealthCare Center in New Philadelphia under the care of Community Hospice.
Dean was born on August 28, 1933, in Hohenwald, Tennessee to the late Warner and Helen (Grinder) Anderson. She moved to Dover, Ohio with her husband, Willie, and two children in...
Terry Moreland Manning
Dec 28, 2022
The morning of December 28, 2022, Terry Moreland Manning, of Bolivar, Ohio joined her Savior and Lord after a prolonged illness. Terry was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.
She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Samuel R. Manning; parents, Ross and Betty Moreland; her sister, Betty Jo Checho, and her son, S. Matthew McNutt.
Terry is survived by...
