Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Edward H. Fritz
Mar 23, 2009
Edward H. Fritz, 76, of Dover, Ohio died peacefully Monday evening, March 23, 2009 surrounded by his family. He was a retired employee of Greer Steel Company in Dover where he worked for forty four years. Born June 30, 1932 in Dover, he was the son of the late William R. and LaVette (Stauffer) Fritz. He was also preceded in...
Rebecca M. German
Mar 19, 2009
Rebecca M. German, 60, of Dover died Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Union Hospital. She was employed as the Office Manager at Tender Touch Home Health in New Philadelphia. Born July 22, 1948 in Dover she was a daughter of the late James and Ida Keffer Bucher. Her companion, Kevin Rolli, also preceded Rebecca in death. Rebecca enjoyed fishing, camping,...
Mary Virginia Erwin
Mar 18, 2009
Mary Virginia Erwin, age 90, of Dover, died Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2009, following a brief illness. Born, Dec. 13, 1918, in Massillon, she was a daughter of the late Milliard and A. Blanche Pickens McCombs. Mary graduated from Dover High School in 1936, and, during the Second World War, was employed by the Reeves Steel Co. at Dover, and the...
Daniel L. Mcmurray
Mar 15, 2009
Daniel L. McMurray, of Dover, died unexpectedly Sunday, March 15, 2009, in Union Hospital at the age of 62. Born August 5, 1946 at Dover, he was the son of the late Lee & Evelyn Barcus McMurray. For 34 years, he was employed at Republic Steel at Massillon. He worked there until the plant closed, and later retired from Flex...
Florence H. Vesco
Mar 13, 2009
Florence H. Vesco, 82, of Dover died Friday, March 13, 2009 in Park Village Health Care Center in Dover following an extended illness. Born June 14, 1926 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Dan and Assunta Bonitati Monaco. She married her husband, John Vesco Sr. on October 22, 1955. They were married 49 years until his death...
Patricia Ruth Renner
Mar 12, 2009
Patricia Ruth Renner, 78, of Bolivar, died Thursday, Mar. 12, 2009, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Born, Sept. 15, 1930, in Killbuck, she was a daughter of the late Kingdom Percell and Ollie Mae Escue Duncan. Patricia graduated from Big Prairie High School, and, on May 28, 1953, married Harold A. Renner. She was a devoted homemaker,...
Arline I. Hiltner
Mar 12, 2009
Arline I. Hiltner, 88, of Dover died Thursday, March 12, 2009 in Dover after a sudden illness. Born in Columbia, Ohio on January 11, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Leo and Bertha Steiner Schenk. Arline graduated from Strasburg High School. While in high school, she enjoyed writing poetry and was the literary editor for her high school...
Donald L. Simmers
Mar 12, 2009
Donald L. Simmers, 65, of Mineral City died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Park Village Health Care Center. Born December 24, 1943 in Dover he was a son of Katherine Reardon Simmers of Dover. He had retired from Morse Tools in Canton, and was the owner of Don's Small Engine Repair. In his spare time Don enjoyed playing Bingo....
Reuben Keener, Sr.
Mar 3, 2009
Reuben Keener Sr., 77, of Dover, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 in Oak Point Nursing Home in Baltic surrounded by his family. Born December 8, 1931 in Dover, he was the son of the late George and Iva Porter Keener. He graduated from Dover High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, on August 4, 1950, he married his wife, Rose...
Pauline E. Sickels
Mar 2, 2009
Pauline E. Sickels, 84, of Medina, Ohio and formerly of Tuscarawas Ave., Dover died Monday morning in Medina General Hospital following a brief illness. Born March 1, 1925 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Clara (Espenschied) Smutz. Pauline was a former member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Dover. She loved spending time...
James Pryor
Mar 2, 2009
James Pryor, 86, of New Philadelphia, Ohio formerly of Somerset, New Jersey died Monday, March 2, 2009 in Union Hospital at Dover following an extended illness. Born October 25, 1922 in Monroe, Michigan, he was the son of the late Roberta Pryor Sherrell. He was also preceded in death by two sons John and Eric Pryor; a stepson, Stanley Tate...
Hazel M. Watkins
Feb 28, 2009
Hazel M. Watkins, 88, of Dover died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Union Hospital. She retired in 1998 from Dover Station Restaurant after 14 years and had also worked at Bassetti's for 18 years. Born March 10, 1920 in Dover Township she was a daughter of the late Fredrick and Pearl Yeager Rothacher. Her husband, William Watkins who died in...
Ruth A. Wigert
Feb 26, 2009
Ruth A Wigert, 93, a longtime Dover resident who resided in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover for the past four years, died peacefully Thursday, February 26, 2008. Born August 1, 1915 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Ennis and Emma Blaser Bartholomew. Ruth took great pride in her home and worked very hard to make...
Russell Fleming Kurtz
Feb 24, 2009
Russell Fleming Kurtz, 83, of Dover, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, in Union Hospital, following a lengthy illness. Born, February 2, 1926, in Springfield Twp., Summit Co., he was a son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Fleming Kurtz. Russ represented the Akron Beacon Journal as a spelling bee champion in 1940 in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington,...
Kenneth R. Brenneman
Feb 22, 2009
Kenneth R. Brenneman, 88, of Munroe Falls and a former Dover resident died peacefully in Akron General Hospital on Sunday. Ken was a retired pressman for the former Seibert Printing Company at Dover. Born July 30, 1920 in Eagleville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Neal and Elsie (Roth) Brenneman. Ken was a member of St. John 's...
Dorothy A. Knisely
Feb 20, 2009
Dorothy A. Knisely, 84, of Logan, and a former resident of both Silver Spring, MD, and Dover, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in Arcadia Acres, Logan, following a long illness. Born, Mar. 23, 1924, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Alvin V. and Mary R. Millhon Lind. Dorothy graduated from Dover High School and went on to...
Jay D. Rupe
Feb 20, 2009
Jay D. Rupe, 58, of Dover died Friday, February 20, 2009 at Union Hospital. Born January 18, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio he was a son of Margie Kelch Rupe of New Philadelphia and the late Robert G. "Bob" Rupe. He was a tool and die maker for 35 years. Jay enjoyed fishing, hunting and playing a good round of golf....
Donald W. Mastin M.D.
Feb 19, 2009
Donald W. Mastin, M.D., 88, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, February 19, 2009 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Dr. Mastin began his practice at Dover in 1953 where he joined Dr. Joseph Hamilton. He later practiced medicine in a shared office with Dr. Philip Doughten on Wabash Avenue in New Philadelphia. He served on the Union Hospital Medical...
Jane A. Miller
Feb 15, 2009
Jane A. Miller, 73, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born, Apr. 16, 1935, in Coshocton, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Bernice Nealey Newell. Jane attended school in Coshocton, and, on Nov. 14, 1953, married Blaine Miller. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,...
Donna Croft Norris
Feb 13, 2009
Donna H. Croft Norris, 91, of the Park Village Health Care Center and formerly of New Philadelphia died Friday, February 13, 2009. Born July 7, 1917 in Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Emma (Geioque) Gindlesberger. Donna owned and operated the former Croft Floral and Gift Shop in Baltic for over twenty years. She was...
