Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Linda Sue Beach
May 12, 2013
Linda Sue Beach, 54, of Dover passed away at her home on Sunday, May 12, 2013 surrounded by her family. Born on October 9, 1958 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Charles Herbert (Step-Mother, Dee) Fogle and Dorothy E.(Step-Father, Al) Kooy. Linda graduated with the Dover High School class of 1978. She married Thomas Lewis Beach on...
Gail Elizabeth Shibler
May 12, 2013
Gail Elizabeth Shibler, 98, of Navarre and formerly of Dover and North Canton died Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Altercare of Navarre. Born March 20, 1915 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Clara McBride Lawrence. Gail was also preceded in death by her first husband, Clayton Brown in 1944; sisters, Ruth Smitley, Dorothy May, Maxine...
Jean M. Wiegand
May 10, 2013
Jean M. Wiegand, 93, of Dover died Friday, May 10, 2013 in the New Dawn Retirement Center surrounded by her loving family. Born May 15, 1919 in Bergholz, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Steve and Mary Baldovich Gornek. Jean was also preceded in death by her husband, Earl A. Wiegand on January 13, 1982, an infant daughter...
Debra J. "Toots" Tschantz
May 8, 2013
Debra J. "Toots" Tschantz, 56, of Dover died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at her home following a two year battle with cancer. Born August 17, 1956 in Dover she was a daughter of Carl and Pauline Levengood Welling of Strasburg. Debra was a 1974 graduate of Strasburg High School and was a life member of the St. John's Lutheran Church...
Agnes Monaco
May 7, 2013
Agnes Monaco 78, passed away on May 7, 2013. A daughter of the late Agnes (Moliske) and Andrew Yosick Sr. She was born in Union Hospital on June 4, 1934. She was an employee of Woolworth Dept. Store, a poll worker for many years and cleaned houses for 15 elderly families for over 20 years. Her favorite hobby was making...

Marilyn E. Lab
May 7, 2013
Marilyn E. Lab, 78, of Dover died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover. Marilyn was born on November 20, 1934 in Dover and was a daughter of the late Jerome and Pauline Krantz Lab. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Joe Lab and a niece, Julie Lab. She graduated from...
William C. Vonkaenel
May 7, 2013
William C. "Bill" VonKaenel, 78, of Dover died Tuesday morning, May 7, 2013 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following a brief illness. Bill retired as the owner/operator of Beller VonKaenel and Ohio Carrier Trucking Companies at Dover. Born Dec. 26, 1934 in Strasburg, Ohio, he was the son of the late Paul R. "Pappy" and Margaret (Bowen) VonKaenel. He was...
June A. Paisley
May 6, 2013
June A. Paisley, 78, of Dover died Monday morning, May 6, 2013 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following an extended illness. Born June 14, 1934 in Dennison, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Helen (Armstrong) Wills. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two children, Janet and James along with five brothers...
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...