Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Margaret I. Snyder-Edwards
Nov 9, 2006
Margaret I. Snyder-Edwards, 93, of Park Village Health Care Center, and a long-time resident of Blacksnake Hill Rd. N.E., in Dover, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. Born Mar. 12, 1913, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Edward W. and Emma Goodman Lieser. Margaret graduated from Dover High School and worked for the former Schwartz Apparel of Dover....
Yvonne May Powell
Nov 8, 2006
Yvonne Mae Ley Powell, 94, of Zoarville, Ohio passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at her home. Born June 26, 1912 in Canton, Ohio, Yvonne was the daughter of John and Nettie Ley. She was next to the youngest of 11 siblings. Yvonne was a lifetime resident of the area. She worked at Timken Company in Zoarville. She loved watching...
Warner "Yogi" Ferguson
Nov 7, 2006
Warner M. “Yogi” Ferguson, 62, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in his home following an extended illness. Yogi retired in 1995, as a police officer for the Dover Police Department where he worked for over 20 years. He had previously served the Helena/West Helena Police Department in Helena, Arkansas for ten years. His family moved to Dover...
Sophie F. Lemon
Nov 7, 2006
Sophie F. Lemon, 82, of New Philadelphia departed this life on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at Aultman Hospital. Born November 18, 1923 in Uhrichsville she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Stone Page. Sophie was a Lab Technician at Charity Hospital and Marymount Hospital in Cleveland, and she had also worked at Halle�(TM)s Department Store. She was...
Nancy T. Reichman
Oct 31, 2006
Nancy T. Reichman, 62, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, October 31, 2006 in Union Hospital. Born November 15, 1943 at Dover, she was the daughter of the late Floyd & Mildred Vasbinder Reichman. Over the years, she worked in a variety of positions with Starlight Enterprises. Nancy will long be remembered for her great sense of humor. She had a...
Michael S. Contini
Oct 31, 2006
Michael S. Contini, 93, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Tuesday, October 31, 2006 in the Park Village Health Care Center following a brief illness. Born May 16, 1913 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Helen Ghezzi Contini. Mike retired in 1978, as a foreman for the Hoover Company. He had also previously worked at...
Violet B. Oler
Oct 29, 2006
Violet B. Oler, 89, a longtime resident of Stonecreek, Ohio, died Sunday morning, October 29, 2006 in the Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. Violet retired in 1984, as an employee of GTE where she worked for twenty five years. Born September 7, 1917 in Adena, Ohio, the daughter of the late George and Bernice Crain Watkins....
Alva J. Mcclelland
Oct 26, 2006
Alva J. McClelland, 75, a longtime Mineral City resident died Thursday, October 26, 2006 in Aultman Hospital at Canton following an extended illness. Born February 9, 1931 in Greens Run, Ohio, he was the son of the late George B. and Carrie Judson McClelland. Alva served as the former Mayor of Mineral City for twenty years and had previously also...
Elsie N. Margo
Oct 25, 2006
Elsie N. Margo, 94, of Dover and formerly of Strasburg died Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Born April 1, 1912 in Strasburg she was a daughter of the late Gilbert and Nora Lab Snyder. She was a member of the former St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Strasburg where she was a member of the National Council of Catholic Women. Recently she...
Samuel Evan Schwartz
Oct 24, 2006
Samuel Evan “Sam” Schwartz, age 44, of Mineral City, unexpectedly passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2006, in his home. He was born July 22, 1962, son of Nancy L. Evans Seabrook of New Philadelphia, and the late Earl E. Schwartz of New Philadelphia. His stepmother, Donna Schwartz of New Phila., also survives. Sam was a wonderful, carefree person who loved...
Robert L. Kline, Sr.
Oct 24, 2006
Robert Louis “Bob” Kline, Sr., 81, of Dover, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006 in the Park Village Health Care Center. He was born June 9, 1925 at DeBois, PA, the son of the late Ira Sherman and Twila Mumford Kline. For many years, Bob was a familiar face to area residents from his work in the automotive industry, most of...
Bilinda J. Opphile
Oct 20, 2006
Bilinda J. Opphile, 49, of New Philadelphia died Friday, October 20, 2006 at her home following a sudden illness. Born June 28, 1957 in Canton she was a daughter of James and Shirley Marsh Wise Sr. of Canton. She was employed at the Timken Co. in Canton for over 9 years in the Bearing Department. She was a member of...
Aden D. Miller
Oct 18, 2006
Aden D. Miller, 72, of Dover, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, in his home, following an apparent heart attack. Born Aug. 10, 1934, in Charm, he was a son of the late David J. and Ada J. Miller Miller. Aden was a heavy equipment operator, having retired from the Belden Brick Co. For many years he was a vendor at...
Louis K. Bachie
Oct 15, 2006
Louis K. Bachie, 68, of Gnadenhutten, Ohio passed away Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 11am in the Country Club Retirement Center in Dover following a 3month illness. He was born in Barton, Ohio on April 21, 1938, a son of the late Kalman and Laura Kuhn Bachie. Louis was a 21 year veteran of the United States Army serving in...
Elden G. Fondriest
Oct 15, 2006
Elden G. Fondriest, 81, of Dover, Ohio died Sunday, October 15, 2006 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Elden was a longtime real estate appraiser and dealer. He was also a retired Vice President and Loan officer for the Huntington Bank and former Reeves Banking and Trust Company in Dover. Born July 21, 1925 in Dover, he was the...
Jeffrey E. Swinderman
Oct 10, 2006
Jeffrey E. Swinderman, 58, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, in his home following an apparent heart attack. Born May 30, 1948, in Dover, he was a son of the late Floyd and Francine Cotterman Swinderman. Jeff graduated from Dover High School in 1966, and went on to serve honorably in the United States Air Force. While in...
John B. Pyle
Oct 8, 2006
John B. Pyle, 89, of Pyle Rd. N.W., Dover, Ohio died Sunday, October 8, 2006 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. John was a self employed appliance repairman. Born June 22, 1917 in Somerdale, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ray and Susie Ludy Pyle. He was a U.S. Army Veteran during World War II and enjoyed...
Vearl W. Specht
Oct 4, 2006
Vearl W. Specht, 87, of Stone Creek, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, in Union Hospital, Dover. Born Jun. 28, 1919, in Dover, he was a son of the late William A. and Arba Kern Specht.. Vearl was a long-time dairy farmer, and also worked for the Goshen Dairy Co., New Philadelphia for twenty-five years before retiring. He was a hard-working,...
June Pritchard
Oct 2, 2006
June (Graber) Pritchard, 89, of Dover, Ohio died Monday in her home. June was a retired clerical employee for the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services. She had also previously been employed by the former Daily Reporter newspaper and Hurst Insurance Company in New Philadelphia. June was a 1935 graduate of Dover High School and attended Ohio State University where she...
Carl E. Metzger
Sep 29, 2006
Carl E. Metzger, 72, of Dover, died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, in Union Hospital from complications of Alzheimer�(TM)s Disease. Born May 3, 1934, in Tuscarawas, Carl attended Tuscarawas High School, and then went on to serve honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War. Carl was an officer with the Sugarcreek Police Department, where he also served as...
