Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Carol E. Biederman
Feb 6, 2007
Carol E. Biederman, 66, of Dover died Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Union Hospital. She retired from Miller Studios after 40 years of service. Born November 3, 1940 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Jim and Hazel Border Biederman. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Nellie Yeagley. Carol enjoyed crafts, knitting and cross-stitching. She...
Alice C Malone
Feb 5, 2007
Alice C. Malone, 98, of Dover died Monday, February 5, 2007 at the Schoenbrunn Health Care Center. Born February 14, 1908 in McGehee, Arkansas she was a daughter of the late Jack and Elizabeth Robinson Chapman. Alice was also preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Malone; son, Floyd Malone; six brothers and three sisters. She was a member of...
Lorene F. Harper
Feb 5, 2007
Lorene F. Harper, 84, of Park Village Health Care Center and a longtime Winfield resident, died Monday, February 5, 2007 in the center. Born November 1, 1922 at Sugarcreek she was the daughter of the late Elmer & Mary Flinner Bitikofer. She was a member of the Winfield Zion Church, Child Conservation League and the ELC Women. She had also...
Walter J. Berry
Jan 31, 2007
Walter J. “Bud” Berry, 83, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 in the Carroll County Health Care Center following an extended illness. Through his faith and perseverance, he was able to successfully wage a 31 year battle with heart disease which enabled him to enrich the lives of his family and friends.. Bud was a longtime resident of...
Edward W. Weaver
Jan 30, 2007
Edward W. Weaver, 74, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following complications from cancer surgery. Born September 6, 1932 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of the late Robert and Armilla Maybaugh Weaver. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sally Weaver and a son, Dan Weaver. Ed was a...
Albert E. Steely
Jan 27, 2007
Albert E. Steely, 87, of Dover died Saturday, January 27, 2007 at the Park Village Health Care Center. He retired in 1980 from Dover High School as a Boiler Engineer after 42 years of service; he then worked at Memorial Hall as a Watchman, having retired in 1990. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and was a life...
Arlene Harig Ocheltree
Jan 25, 2007
Arlene Harig Ocheltree, 82, of New Philadelphia died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Union Hospital. She was a member of the Goshen Community Church of the Nazarene and the Roswell Senior Center. In her spare time she enjoyed playing bingo and cards with her friends. Arlene was preceded in death by her first husband, Glen Harig who died in 1984...
Clem O. Locker
Jan 23, 2007
Clem O. Locker, 85, of Dover, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, in Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus. Born Aug. 20, 1921, in Johnstown, he was a son of the late Clemens and Gertrude Grund Locker. Clem was quite a baseball player in his youth, and presently belonged to the Cy Young Oldtimers Baseball Association. He married the former Ruth Ellis...
David Michael Gift
Jan 21, 2007
David Michael Gift, 55, of Dover, Ohio died unexpectedly Sunday, January 21, 2007 in his home. Born June 14, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Kenneth and E. Ethel Shope Gift. David was a Product Specialist for Grange Insurance Company in Columbus. He enjoyed music, was an excellent pianist and a former member of the...
Ronald C. Lawson
Jan 20, 2007
Ronald C. Lawson, 55, of Dundee, died Saturday, January 20, 2007, in his home. Born March 10, 1951 at Calhoun County, WV, he was the son of the late Carl W. and Marie Nicholas Lawson. For 19 years, Ron loaded trucks for Superior Meats in Massillon. Following his work there, his interest in trucking led his ten years of driving...
Mary Elizabeth Saki
Jan 20, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Repan Saki, 80, of Quaker City, beloved wife of Louis Edward Saki, went peacefully home to be with the Lord, surrounded by her loving family, on January 20, 2007, after a lengthy illness. Born November 3, 1926, and married October 5, 1946, in Belmont County, Mary celebrated her eightieth birthday and sixty years of marriage in 2006. Mary...
Grace Correll Shroyer
Jan 19, 2007
Grace (Correll) Shroyer, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, January 19, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre, Dover. Born April 14, 1925 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Nunzia Brundo Maugeri. For 25 years, Grace worked as an inspector for Sparta Manufacturing at East Sparta. She was a member of St. Joseph Church in...
Donald M. Draher
Jan 16, 2007
Donald M. Draher, 72, of Somerdale, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born Apr. 30, 1934 in Oxford Twp., Tuscarawas Co., he was a son of the late Charles and Sadie Pollock Draher. Don graduated from Midvale High School, and, on Feb. 10, 1956, married the former Ruth Kugler in Emmanuel Lutheran Church,...
Helen E. Maurer
Jan 16, 2007
Helen E. Maurer, 75, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at the Country Club Retirement Center. Helen was a homemaker and a well-known waitress at many different restaurants throughout Dover and New Philadelphia Born October 18, 1931 in Uhrichsville she was a daughter of the late Raymond Swauger and Wilma Harshey Cole. She was also preceded in death...
Suzanne A. Ley
Jan 15, 2007
Suzanne A. Ley, 88, a lifelong resident of Dover, Ohio died Monday, January 15, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover following a brief illness. Born July 6, 1918 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Robert O. and Beatrice Morgan Weible. She was a former clerical employee for the State of Ohio. Sue was a member of the...
Leonard D. Anderson
Jan 10, 2007
Leonard D. Anderson, 63, of Mineral City, Ohio died Wednesday, January 10, 2007 in Wade Park Veterans Hospital in Cleveland following an extended illness. Born June 26, 1943 in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of the late David and Mary Pearl Flaherty Anderson. Leonard was a mechanic until illness forced his retirement. He was a US Army veteran having...
Virginia A. Stocker
Jan 9, 2007
Virginia A. Stocker, 99, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, January 9, 2007, in Hennis Care Centre, Bolivar. Born August 31, 1907, in New Philadelphia, she was one of seven children of the late Frank L. and Beulah Diefenbacher Arnold. Virginia attended New Philadelphia High School and was a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority. On March 2, 1933, she married...
Clyde E. Dickerhoof
Jan 9, 2007
Clyde E. Dickerhoof Sr., 77, a longtime Strasburg, Ohio resident died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in Doctors Hospital at Massillon with his family by his side. Born August 7, 1929 in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Chester and Helen Hile Dickerhoof. He was also preceded in death by twin sons, Clyde and Cloyd, a stepson, Tyrone...
Clifford Andrew Pocock
Jan 9, 2007
Clifford “Cliff” Andrew Pocock, 48, of Canton passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in his childhood home at Uhrichsville with his family at his side following a five month battle with pancreatic cancer. Born June 29, 1958 in Canton he was a son of Dean and Almeda Witting Pocock of Uhrichsville. Cliff was employed as the Treasurer of the Stark...
Elmer L. Decker
Jan 9, 2007
Elmer L.”Sonny” Decker, Jr., 68, of Somerdale died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family following an 11 month battle with cancer. Born August 25, 1938 in Roswell he was a son of the late Elmer L. Sr. and Lillian Dorothy Cusano Decker. He retired from Armco steel in Dover after 40 years as a crane...
