Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Robert W. Sheets
Sep 9, 2005
Robert W. Sheets, 51, of Pennsylvania died Friday, September 9, 2005 at Doctor�(TM)s Hospital in Massillon following a sudden illness. He was a manager at Watsontown Brick Co. in Watsontown, Pennsylvania. Born September 13, 1953 in Leesville, Ohio he was a son of Ruth Palmer Sheets of New Philadelphia and the late William Sheets. He was a member of Watsontown...
Oliver R. Humerickhouse
Sep 9, 2005
Oliver R. Humerickhouse, 95, of Fairview Park, Ohio and formerly of Stone Creek died Friday, September 9, 2005 at his home. He retired from Jim Boltz Excavating as a heavy machine operator. Oliver also enjoyed farming and owned and operated his own harvesting company. Born September 15, 1909 in New Philadelphia he was a son of the late Fred and...
Betty J. Mathews
Sep 8, 2005
Betty June Mathews (Metzger) died peacefully at home on September 8th, 2005 after a courageous battle with lymphoma. Born September 11th, 1925, in Dover, Ohio she was a lifetime resident of Dover. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Emma Metzger, one son, Dennis Mathews, and one grand daughter Melanie K. Mathews. Betty is survived by her...
Catherine A. Murray
Sep 3, 2005
Catherine A. “Katie” Polka Murray, 84, of Winfield, died peacefully Saturday, September 3, 2005 in Union Hospital. For more than 20 years, she worked with GTE, holding a variety of positions before retiring as an assignment clerk. Katie was born in Alderson, Oklahoma on November 12, 1920, the 9th of ten children of the late Frank & Mary Polka. She...
Angeline Deserio
Sep 2, 2005
Angeline “Angie” DeSerio, 91, a lifelong resident of Roswell, died Friday, Sep. 2, 2005, in Union Hospital, following a brief illness. Born Apr. 4, 1914, she was a daughter of the late James and Philomena Antonine DeSerio. Angie was an employee of the former Belmont Stamp and Enameling Co., New Philadelphia, and retired from Sparta Manufacturing Co., East Sparta. She...
Thurman S. Groff
Sep 2, 2005
Thurman S. Groff, 82, of Dover, died Friday, September 2, 2005 in Union Hospital. He was a hard-working man who for nearly 40 years was a fixture at the Stone Creek brick plant. Born July 27, 1923 at Dover, he was the son of the late Joseph & Clara Kohler Groff. Thurman was a member of Dover�(TM)s Grace Lutheran Church....
Audrey H. Fruchey
Aug 24, 2005
Audrey Fruchey, 90, a lifelong Dover resident, died Wednesday, August 24, 2005, in the Hennis Care Centre Assisted Living wing, following an extended illness. During her many years at Hennis, she received loving, nurturing care from all the staff that knew her. Audrey graduated in 1933 from Dover High School and went on to further her education at Kent State...
Howard B. Bean
Aug 15, 2005
Howard B. Bean, 95, of Titusville, FL, and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, in Titusville. Born Apr. 22, 1910, in New Philadelphia, Howard was the son of the late Elmer W. and Sally Hutchison Bean. He served honorably with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, and, for many years, was the owner and...
Bessie M. Harper
Aug 14, 2005
Bessie M. Harper, 82, of Dover, died peacefully Sunday, August 14, 2005 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Born May 8, 1923 at New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Clyde M. & Laura Barr Law, as well as her stepmother, Clara. Bessie retired in 1989 from the JCPenney Company, where she had spent 30 years as...
Kenneth E. Stein
Aug 13, 2005
Kenneth E. Stein, 75, of Sugarcreek died Saturday, August 13, 2005 at the Louis Stokes VA Hospital in Cleveland. He retired from Sugarcreek Industries. Born June 24, 1930 in Dover he was a son of the late Clarence and Minnie Lang Stein. Ken enjoyed all sports, especially his beloved Indians and Browns. He also proudly served his country during the...
Dorothy V. Kauffman
Aug 13, 2005
Dorothy V. Kauffman, 67, of New Philadelphia died August 13, 2005 at the Cleveland Clinic following a sudden illness. She was employed at CMA in Bolivar and had retired from GTE after 32 years of service. Born July 28, 1938 in New Philadelphia she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Carrie Kaserman Ault. Dorothy was a member of...
Helen F. Snyder
Aug 13, 2005
Helen F. Snyder, 80, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, August 13, 2005 at the Schoenbrunn Health Care Center. Born May 29, 1925 in Strasburg, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Orb and Florence Harper Miller. She is survived by two sons; Gene Snyder of Mineral City and Ernie Snyder of Dover; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She...
Annabell Gibson
Aug 10, 2005
Annabell Gibson, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005, in the New Dawn Retirement Community, Dover. Born Aug. 1, 1924, in Lost Creek, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Warren and Mattie Wright Weekley. Annabell was a loving wife and mother who enjoyed doing all of the things that help make a rich home and...
Ann M. Burnhouse
Aug 6, 2005
Ann M. Burnhouse, 88, of the Country Club Center and formerly of Superior Ave., Dover, Ohio died Saturday, August 6, 2005 in the center. Ann retired in 1981, as a receptionist and telephone operator for the former Reeves Steel Company in Dover where she worked for 33 years. Born July 30, 1917 in Austria, a daughter of the late Angelo...
William Lee Anslow
Aug 6, 2005
Loving husband, father, and grandfather, William Lee “Bill” Anslow, 63, a lifelong New Philadelphia resident, died suddenly Saturday, August 6, 2005, while fishing in Morgan County. He was born February 5, 1942 at New Philadelphia, the son of the late James & Lula Belle Agin Anslow. For 35 years, Bill was a hard working employee of Marsh Lumber. For the...
Betty Caroline Goedel
Aug 5, 2005
Betty Caroline Yackey Gordon Goedel, 83, of Dover died Friday, August 5, 2005, in her home. Born June 20, 1922 in Franklin Twp. She was the daughter of the late Ralph & Viola Myers Yackey. Betty was a lifelong member of the Strasburg United Methodist Church where she had been active with the United Methodist Women and formerly served as...
Green J. Patrick
Aug 3, 2005
Green J. Patrick, 80, of New Cumberland, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005. Green was born Jan. 5, 1925, in Magoffin County, Kentucky; he was a son of the late Conoy and Rebecca Whitley Patrick. At the age of eighteen, Green moved to Ohio where he took a job with the Republic Steel Company in...
Ferrell L. Knotts
Jul 31, 2005
Ferrell L. “Candle Maker” Knotts, 78, of Dover died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at the Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. He retired in 1994 from the Der Candle Maker, which he owned and operated for over 20 years. Prior to that he had worked at Goodyear in Akron. Born April 13, 1927 in Akron he was...
Jane Comfort Craven
Jul 31, 2005
Jane Comfort Craven, 84, of Dover, Ohio and a former resident of La Porte, Indiana for seventy seven years died Sunday, July 31, 2005 in her home. Jane retired in 1982, as a schoolteacher in the La Porte community. She was also a former employee at the Engineering office in La Porte and Chicago. Born August 25, 1920 in La...
Mary E. Hachtel
Jul 31, 2005
After a full life of 103 1/2 years, Mary E. Hachtel died in her home on July 31, 2005. Her hope is to be awakened from death�(TM)s sleep in the paradise earth referred to by the Apostle Peter at 2 Peter 3:13 where he says, “There are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his...
