Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Robert A. Gaston
Jun 29, 2007
Robert A. “Bob” Gaston, 59, of Dennison died Friday, June 29, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family following an extended illness. Born November 17, 1947 in Clarksburg West Virginia he was a son of the late Alfred R. Gaston and Virginia Williams Gaston Church of Farmington Hills, Michigan. He retired from Airborne Express and had also been a...
Ruth V. Henry
Jun 27, 2007
Ruth V. Henry, 84, of Dover, died Wednesday, June 27, 2007 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born April 15, 1923 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Charlene VanFossen Jones. A 1941 graduate of Dover High School, she was a Methodist by faith and had attended both the First United Methodist Church at Dover...
Richard E. Haugh
Jun 27, 2007
Richard E. “Dick” Haugh, 67, of Dover, died Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in his home after battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig�(TM)s Disease). Born, February 12, 1940, in Carrollton, he was the son of the late Donald and Leona Umpleby Haugh. Dick graduated from Carrollton High School in 1958, and went on to graduate from Andrew Barber School...
Opal D. Stringer
Jun 24, 2007
Opal D. Stringer, 85, of Dover went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at the Park Village Health Care Center. Opal had retired from JC Penney in 1981 after 25 years of service. Born September 23, 1921 in Hohenwald, Tennessee she was a daughter of the late James and Rose Hooks Burns. Opal was also...
Alvin F. Lengler
Jun 22, 2007
Proud Army veteran and longtime advocate of area veterans and their activities, Alvin F. Lengler, 88, of Dover, died Friday, June 22, 2007 in the Hennis Care Centre in Dover. During World War II, Alvin was an Army gunner in the 89th Infantry Division. His involvement in local veterans organizations was far reaching. He was a life member of the...
Jeremiah John Beck
Jun 20, 2007
Jeremiah John “Jeremy” Beck, 35, of Dundee, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, in his home surrounded by his loving family, following a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Born, January 6, 1972, in Dover, he was a son of Richard L. and Linda F. Dean Beck of Strasburg. Jeremy graduated from Strasburg High School in 1990, and went on to earn...
John W. Gotschall
Jun 20, 2007
John W. Gotschall, 88, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover following an extended illness. John was a retired employee of General Electric Company at Dover. Born September 8, 1918 in Apex, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles and Zella Gotschall. John was an active member of the Dover Alliance Church...
Wilma E. Aubihl
Jun 20, 2007
Wilma E. (Wendling) Aubihl, 94, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in her home. Born March 19, 1913 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Etta Dickey Handrich. She was an employee of the former F.W. Woolworth Company in Dover and had previously worked at the former Delphian Motor Inn in New Philadelphia and...
Artie Mae Mcknight
Jun 19, 2007
Artie Mae McKnight, 88, a lifelong resident of Strasburg, died Tuesday, June 19, 2007 in Aultman Hospital. Born July 5, 1918 at Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank & Mary Lint Shonk. Her husband, Don McKnight, in addition to a brother and four sisters, preceded her in death, while her longtime companion, Ignace Zivkovich, as well as...
Robert Deseyn, Sr.
Jun 17, 2007
Robert “Bob” DeSeyn Sr., 78, of Mineral City died Sunday, June 17, 2007 after a struggle with Alzheimer�(TM)s. He was born on May 31, 1929 in Canandaigua, New York and was the son of the late Lewis J. and Mercie Peer DeSeyn. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1949 where he majored in retailing. He was employed...
Miles Clifford
Jun 16, 2007
Miles W. �~Cliff�(TM) Clifford, age 79, of 804 Cross Street, Dover, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007, with his loving family around him. A generous, loving and always giving person, Cliff surrounded himself with the people and things he loved the most. Born in Rivesville, West Virginia, on November 5, 1927, he was a son of the late Miles and...
Marsha R. Kadri
Jun 16, 2007
Marsha R. Kadri, 45, of 124 ½ North Ave. N.E., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Union Hospital following an unexpected illness. She was a gifted caregiver and was a former employee of Horizons of Tuscarawas County. Born August 24, 1961 in Dover, Ohio, she was the daughter of Mabel (Swonger) DeVault and the late Martin D....
Alexander V. Antonelli
Jun 13, 2007
Alexander V. Antonelli, 65, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2007, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness. Born, May 9, 1942, in Dover, he was a son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Wise Antonelli. Alex graduated from St. Joseph High School in Dover in 1960. For many years he was a salesman for Banker�(TM)s Advertising and...
Lewis A. Lou Festi
Jun 13, 2007
Lewis A. “Lou” Festi, 73, of Dover, died Wednesday, June 13, in Mercy Medical Center at Canton. Born February 7, 1934 at Dover, he was the son of the late John & Margheri Zambotti Festi. In the early 1960's, he operated Lou's Auto Electric in New Philadelphia and also the former Sinclair Station in Dover. Later, he retired from McKnight...
Dora J. Burrell
Jun 11, 2007
Dora J. Burrell, 77, of Dover, died Monday, June 11, 2007, in Union Hospital after a long illness. Born May 13, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Floyd R. & Martha Miller Meese. She had been employed by U.S. Ceramics at East Sparta, but mostly enjoyed being a homemaker. Dora had most recently attended Ruslin Hills Church at...
S. Marie Moser
Jun 10, 2007
S. Marie Moser, 95, died Sunday, June 10, 2007 in Hennis Care Center at Bolivar. Born August 17, 1911, at Hohenwald, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha Grover Graves. She moved to Dover when she was 9 and graduated from Dover High School in 1930. On December 2 of that year, she and Alvin C....
Isabell M. Pietro
Jun 8, 2007
Isabell M. Pietro, 82, of Dover, Ohio died Friday, June 8, 2007 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born May 22, 1925 in Sugarcreek, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Jennie (Jentes) Finzer. She operated the former Dinner Bell Restaurant in downtown Dover during the 1950's. She also assisted her husband, Frank in the operation...
Harry Pappas, Jr.
Jun 6, 2007
Harry “Skip” Pappas, Jr., 68, of Strasburg died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at his home following a six-month illness. He retired in 1999 from Republic Steel in Canton after 42 years of service. Born April 30, 1939 in Canton he was a son of Nell Sanko Pappas of Middlebranch, Ohio and the late Harry Pappas, Sr. In addition to his...
Donna A. Judy
Jun 5, 2007
Donna A. Judy, 79, of Beach City, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007, in her home, following a long illness. Born, November 6, 1927, in Strasburg, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Eda Lanzer Maurer. Donna moved with her family at a young age to Dover where she attended school, graduating from Dover High School in 1945. She...
Robert M. Schaar, Jr.
May 31, 2007
Robert M. “Bob” Schaar, Jr., 58, of Dover, died peacefully in his home Thursday, May 31, 2007. Born February 2, 1949 at Dover, he was the son of the late Robert M. & Grace M. Feller Schaar, Sr. He was a hard-working man, but he wouldn�(TM)t have wanted it any other way. For the past two years, he had enjoyed...
