Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
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...
Rose Peg Ryan
Jan 7, 2007
Rose M. “Peg” Ryan, 87, of Marietta, and a former resident of Cleveland and Dover, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 in Marietta Memorial Hospital. Born July 16, 1919 at Cleveland, she was the daughter of the late James F. & Bridget Agnes Welsh Doyle. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover and it�(TM)s LCBA, Christian Mothers...
Richard H. Mathias
Jan 7, 2007
Richard H. “Dick” Mathias, 77, of Dover, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 in his home. He was born May 3, 1929 at New Philadelphia, the son of the late Clyde V. and Pauline Plunkett Mathias. For 33 years, the former Reeves Steel Company at Dover employed Dick in a variety of positions. He honorably served our country in the Air...
Ralph J. Houser
Jan 4, 2007
Ralph J. Houser, 88, of Strasburg died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at Park Village Health Care Center. Born June 5, 1918 in North Carolina he was a son of the late James and Bessie Houser. Ralph retired in 1985 from the Chessie System Railroad after 45 years of service. He was a member of the Dover Masonic Lodge and the...
Allen J. Brinkley
Jan 3, 2007
Allen J. Brinkley, 90, of Strasburg, Ohio died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 in the Affinity Medical Center in Massillon following an extended illness. Allen retired from Belden Brick Company at Strasburg. He also previously worked as a heavy equipment operator for the former Bockus & Son Contractors in East Sparta for twenty five years and also formerly worked for the...
