Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas

Marian D. Lewis
Sep 11, 2008
Marian D. Lewis, 102, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Country Club Retirement Center. Marian was born December 21, 1905 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, the daughter of the late Fred A. and Emma Louise Kuhn Strine. She was a schoolteacher having taught at New Philadelphia and Alliance schools. She was a life member of the First United...
Francisco Quinilla Pu
Sep 6, 2008
Francisco Quinilla Pu, 33, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, September 6, 2008 in the Hospice Care Center at Fairlawn following a two year battle with cancer. Born August 6, 1975 in Canilla, El Quiche, Guatemala he was a son of Martin Quinilla and Isabela Batz Pu of Guatemala. He was employed by Case Farms. In addition to his parents he...
Edna I. Zurcher
Sep 2, 2008
Edna I. Zurcher, 85, of Dover, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Born, June 6, 1923, in Bolivar, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Verna Laughlin Pershing. Edna graduated from Dover High School in 1941, and was employed during the Second World War by the Belmont Stamp and Enameling Co. in New Philadelphia, and the Shenango Penn...

Fay R. Brode
Aug 29, 2008
Fay R. Brode, 87, long time resident of New Philadelphia, died Friday, August 29, 2008 in Union Hospital in Dover following a long illness. Born January, 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Esther Mueller Wascko. She is preceded in death by her three husbands', Ian Robertson , who died on July 9, 1944; Ralph E....

James B. Dabney
Aug 29, 2008
On Friday, August 29, 2008, James Bernard Dabney, 43, of Dennison, Ohio passed away in his home. Born February 21, 1965 in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of Ruth Keller Moran of Dennison and Thomas Dabney of Athens, Ohio. Many of his friends and family knew him by his nick name, "Big Jim." He was a man with an...
Mary Aschbacher
Aug 16, 2008
Mary Aschbacher, 95, passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2008 in Union Hospital in Dover following a sudden illness. She was born on August 30, 1912 to the late Henry Elmer and Bertha Ellen Walterhouse. She married her husband, Duffy Aschbacher, on January 1, 1933. Duffy preceded her in death on October 4, 1991. She was also preceded in death...
Patrick W. Fearon
Aug 10, 2008
Patrick W. Fearon, 74 of Dover came to his well-deserved rest on Sunday, August 10, 2008 after courageously battling illness for 10 years. He was born on May 11, 1934 in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of the late John and Angela Walters Fearon. His mother died just a few years after his birth and his stepmother Ellen precedes him in...
William J. Withers
Aug 8, 2008
William Jennings "Billy Jo" Withers, 43, of Dover, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Union Hospital emergency room following a sudden illness. Born, Feb. 17, 1965, in Dover, he was a son of the late John and Sarah Louise Vaughn Withers. Bill was a 1983 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and was employed by Altivity Packaging in New Philadelphia....
Peter S. Welsch
Aug 7, 2008
Peter S. "Pete" Welsch, 87, of Strasburg, died Thursday, August 07, 2008 in Country Club Retirement Center. Born May 6, 1921 in Strasburg, Ohio he was the son of the late Ben and Bertha (Miller) Welsch. He graduated from Strasburg High School in 1940. He served our country during World War II in the Army Air Corps. He later married...
John A. Larson
Aug 7, 2008
John A. Larson, 78, of Dover, died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, in his home; John had battled idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis for the last three years. Born, Jan. 30, 1930, in Detroit, MI, he was a son of the late August and Evelyn McCann Larson. John attended the University of Michigan, and was an engineer and partner at the Larson Clay...
Dorothy A. Hoover
Aug 5, 2008
Dorothy A. Hoover, 89, of Strasburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a period of declining health. Born, Feb. 27, 1919, in Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Maude Studer Kemmerly. Dorothy graduated from Strasburg High School, and, on Oct. 8, 1938, married Richard A. Hoover. Dorothy was proud of her family,...
Phillip S. Pittman
Aug 4, 2008
Phillip S. "Pitt" Pittman, 59, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, August 4, 2008 following injuries received in an auto accident near Dover. Phill was a Project Superintendent for Regency Construction in Lakewood. He was responsible for overseeing the building of many schools including the new Strasburg Franklin High School. Born June 15, 1949 in Massillon, he was the son of...
C. Dale Gillaspie
Aug 3, 2008
C. Dale Gillaspie, 88, of Dover, Ohio and formerly of Cadiz died Sunday, August 3, 2008 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover following an extended illness. Dale retired in 1975 from Cadiz High School where he served as band director and music teacher for 27 years. Born January 24, 1920 in Wellsville, Ohio, he was the son of the...
Bernice E. Lineberger
Aug 1, 2008
Bernice E. Lineberger, 85, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, in Schoenbrunn Healthcare following a long illness. Born May 14, 1923, in Dutch Valley, Clay Twp., Tuscarawas Co., she was a daughter of the late John I. and Hazel F. Meldrum Mahaffey. Bernice attended Uhrichsville High School, and was employed for thirty-five years by the General Electric Co.,...
Steve Doyal Dessecker
Jul 29, 2008
Steve Doyal Dessecker, 51, of Dover died Tuesday, July 29, 2008 in Mercy Medical Center in Canton after a long illness. Born August 31, 1956, in Dover, he was the son of the late Doyal and Mary Slates Dessecker. He married his wife, Mary Chercony on April 8, 1979. Steve graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1974. He worked...
Catherine Jane Marlor
Jul 29, 2008
Catherine Jane Marlor, 80, of Zoarville, died Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2008, in Union Hospital, Dover. Born, Mar. 24, 1928, in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late James Harvey and Carrie Kaserman Ault. Catherine attended school in New Philadelphia, and was employed by the U.S. Ceramic Tile Co. in East Sparta for forty-two years, retiring in 1990. She...
Alan Harold Everhart
Jul 29, 2008
Alan Harold "Al" Everhart, 65, of New Philadelphia, passed away Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2008, in Mercy Medical Center, Canton, following a brief, unexpected illness. Born, Jun. 26, 1943, in Massillon, he was the son of the late Harold F. and Mary Steely Everhart. Al moved at a young age with his family to Strasburg, where he attended school, graduating high...
Robert E. Ley Jr. D.D.S.
Jul 28, 2008
Dr. Robert Earl Ley Jr., 89, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, July 28, 2008 in Mercy Hospital at Canton following complications from a stroke in May. He joined his father's dental office where he practiced for fifty years having retired in 1991. He was passionate about the dental profession and thoroughly enjoyed serving his patients. He founded the Dental Awareness...

Florence Mae Lybarger
Jul 26, 2008
Florence Mae Lybarger, 101, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 in the New Dawn Health Care Center at Dover following a long illness. A daughter of the late Robert and Lottie Russell Lybarger, Florence was born in Mt Vernon, Ohio on April 15, 1907. Shortly after, the family moved to Akron where Florence was a lifelong resident until declining health...
Sylvia A. Espenschied
Jul 25, 2008
Sylvia A. Espenschied, 82, of New Philadelphia died Friday, July 25, 2008 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born August 19, 1925 in Stone Creek she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Gertrude Bleininger Krebs. She attended the First Assembly of God in New Philadelphia. Sylvia enjoyed cooking, playing cards and baking pies. A loving wife, mother...