Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Sylvia J. Locker
Feb 29, 2012
Sylvia J. Locker, 85, of Somerdale passed away on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 following a brief illness. Born June 17, 1926 in Somerdale, Ohio she was the daughter of the late James and Clara Miller Hardwidge. She attended Dover High School. In August of 1956, she married the love of her life, Russell H. Locker, who preceded her in death...
Doris V. Perkins
Feb 27, 2012
Doris V. Perkins, 92, of Bowerston died Monday, February 27, 2012 in the Sunny Slope Nursing Home. She was a clerk at Polsky's Department Store in Akron for many years. Born April 10, 1919 in Conotton, Ohio she was the daughter of the late Milford and Delia Snyder Downs. Doris was also preceded in death by her first husband, Alfred...
Larry G. Atkinson
Feb 27, 2012
Larry G. Atkinson, 90, of Dover died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Park Village Assisted Living. He had retired as a Rural Mail Carrier for Dover after many years of service. Born August 10, 1921 in Bellaire, Ohio he was a son of the late Guy and Sarah Marmie Atkinson. Larry was also preceded in death by three brothers, Dale,...
Barbara A. Karr
Feb 27, 2012
Barbara A. Karr, age 77, of Dover, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Union Hospital, following a long illness. Born Aug. 8, 1934, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Francis L. and Erma Hines Davis. Barbara graduated from Dover High School, and was employed by Miller & Miller Accountants, Dover. She played the french horn with the...
Margaret J. Goss
Feb 26, 2012
Margaret J. "Marge" Goss, 82, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born November 7, 1929 in Breckinridge, Kentucky she was a daughter of the late John and Emma Pryor Langley. Marge was also preceded in death by her husband, Meredith "Marty" Goss on March 6, 2010; son, David Wanless; four brothers...
Dale W. Grimm
Feb 24, 2012
Dale W. Grimm, 88, of Dover passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 following a brief illness. Born on November 5, 1923 in Dover, he was the son of the late Vernon and Marie Hartman Grimm. He attended Dover High School. On October 6, 1951, he married his wife, Martha J. Plummer, who preceded him in death. He is also...
Norma J. Doutt
Feb 21, 2012
Norma J. Doutt, 87, a long-time resident of Dover, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 surrounded by her family in her daughter Catherine's home in San Marcos, California, following a long illness. Born July 17, 1924 in Ashtabula, Ohio, Norma was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Aritabelle Gladding Maurer. She graduated from Dover High School in...
Frank Sullivan
Feb 21, 2012
Frank Sullivan, age 70, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the family farmhouse on Horn's Lane in Dover where he was born, reared and lived his life. Frank came into this world on Jul. 24, 1941, a son of the late Roy and Mildred Hines Sullivan. As a youth he sold Grit, a weekly newspaper popular in rural areas. Frank...
Jeanne K. Boich
Feb 20, 2012
Jeanne K. Boich, 89, of Dover passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Park Village Health Care Center. She was surrounded by loved ones and had been in declining health for several years. Born Jeanne Elizabeth Keppler on January 22, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Homer H. and Ada E. (Dunlap) Keppler Sr. Following her 1941...
Vemba K. Breniser
Feb 20, 2012
Vemba K. Breniser, 94, of Dover died Monday, February 20, 2012 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born September 26, 1917 in Dennison, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Maurice and Dora Cordrey Patton. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Woodrow May in 1985 and her second husband, Galen Breniser in 1996; nephew,...
Jerry Darrell Penick
Feb 19, 2012
Jerry D. Penick, 75, of New Philadelphia passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012 following an extended illness. Born on August 2, 1936 in Dover, he was the son of the late Edward Penick and Violet Smitley Penick Keiser . He honorably served our country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He attended New Pointe Community Church...
Fay Maxine Heid
Feb 18, 2012
Fay Maxine Heid, 96, of Strasburg died Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover following an extended illness. Born April 18, 1915 in Brightwood, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Addison and Etta Mae Priest Simmers. Maxine was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry Heid on January 20, 2001; sisters, Bernice Nixon...
Evelyn A. Wallick
Feb 15, 2012
Evelyn A. Wallick, 89, of New Dawn Retirement Community and formerly of Bell Ave., Dover died Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, 2012 following a brief illness. Born April 14, 1922 in Sugarcreek, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth (Kaser) Gardner. She was also preceded in death by her husband of nearly 65 years, Charles F. Wallick...
Robert Wasem Jr.
Feb 15, 2012
Robert "Bob" Wasem, Jr., 90, of Dover died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at his home. Bob retired first from Kinser Coal Co. in Winfield and then was employed at Union Country Club as a Greens Keeper for over 20 years. Born May 14, 1921 in Winfield he was a son of the late Robert Sr. and Erma Maurer Wasem. He...
Jane E. Kaltenbaugh
Feb 10, 2012
Jane E. Kaltenbaugh, 90, of Strasburg went to meet her Lord and Savior at Union Hospital on Friday, February 10, 2012 following a brief illness. Born on December 6, 1921 in Dundee, she was the daughter of the late Dewey A. and Flossie B. (Medam) Burrell. She attended Dover High School. On November 25, 1939, she married the love of...
William J. Walkosak
Feb 7, 2012
William J. "Bill" Walkosak, 73, of Dover died Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, 2012 in Union Hospital following congestive heart failure. Bill was a wellknown area pharmacist and currently was a consultant pharmacist for Omnicare. He was a classmate and friend of Jerry Marlowe at Ohio State University School of Pharmacy. Because of the friendship between the Walkosak and Marlowe families,...
Anna K. Mckeever
Feb 6, 2012
Anna K. McKeever, 100, of Syracuse, New York and formerly of Dover died Monday, February 6, 2012 in the Rosewood Heights Health Center. Born October 31, 1911 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Charles and Katherine Ott Springer. Anna was also preceded in death by her first husband, William Mattern in 1962 and her second husband, Herbert...
Carolyn J. Schimel
Feb 3, 2012
Carolyn J. Schimel, 68, of Port Washington went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 3, 2012. She retired from Smurfit-Stone Container in 2005 after 20 years of service. Born February 25, 1943 in Holloway, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Charles and Marjorie Bethel Fritter. Carolyn was also preceded in death by her brother, Larry...
Kenneth E. Otto Ii
Feb 1, 2012
Kenneth E. Otto II, 69, of New Philadelphia died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Aultman Hospital. Born November 10, 1942 in Dennison he was a son of Grace Morgan Otto of Tuscarawas and the late Kenneth E. Otto I. Kenneth served his country with the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. After his discharge he was employed at GTE...
Adeline Haas Griffey
Jan 30, 2012
Adeline L. (Beitzel) Haas Griffey, 97, of Park Village and a longtime Dover resident died Monday morning, Jan. 30, 2012 in the center following a period of declining health. Adeline retired from East Sparta Ceramic Tile where she worked for 25 years and was also an employee of the former Bond Shoe Store in downtown Dover. Born Jan. 4, 1915...
