Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Melva L. Stallings
Aug 31, 2004
Melva L. Stallings, 91, of Dover died Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at New Dawn Retirement Center following an extended illness. She retired in 1977 from Stallard�(TM)s Food Liner after 27 years of service. Born December 22, 1912 in Ragersville, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Alta Kerns Levengood. Melva was a member of First United Methodist...
Karen L. Ringley
Aug 30, 2004
Karen L. Ringley, 60, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 30, 2004, after a long struggle with illness. Born September 14, 1943 at Canton, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Mary A. Frye. For more than 35 years Karen was a member of New Philadelphia�(TM)s First Church of God. Many...
Omer Sexton
Aug 30, 2004
Omer Sexton, loving husband, father and pap, went home to be with our Lord on August 30, 2004. He was born February 16, 1940 in Strasburg to the late Kelse and Maude Fannin Sexton. Omer enjoyed golfing, hunting and watching the Cleveland Indians. His greatest enjoyment was spending time with his family. Surviving is his wife, Edna Graves Sexton and...
Dorothy June Beitzel
Aug 29, 2004
D. June Beitzel Dorothy June Beitzel, 79, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Sunday, August 29, 2004 in Union Hospital following a nine month illness. She was a sales clerk for Elder Beerman in New Philadelphia and had previously been a clerk for the former Cooper Shoe Stores in Dover and New Phila and Lanza and Zuckerman Jewelry stores. She was...
Brian L. Vanasdal
Aug 27, 2004
Brian L. Vanasdal, 36, of Dover died Friday, August 27, 2004 at Akron City Hospital following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was an Operations Supervisor at Zimmer Orthopedic in Dover. Born March 2, 1968 in Lodi, Ohio he was a son of Arlen and Sharon Read Vanasdal of West Salem, Ohio. Brian was a member of the Harley...
Rodney L. Ward
Aug 25, 2004
Rodney L. “Rod” Ward, 51, of Dover, died Wednesday, August 25, 2004 following a courageous battle with cancer. Rod�(TM)s health forced him to retire in 2003 from the Praxair Company at Canton where he had worked for 11 years as a truck driver. Born January 4, 1953 at South Eckstein, Ohio, he was the son of Rebecca Morris Ward of...
Phoebe Josephine Rozlog
Aug 21, 2004
Phoebe Josephine Rozlog, 82, of Hennis Care Centre, Dover, and a former resident of Magnolia, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, August 21, 2004. Born November 2, 1921, in Lindentree, Carroll County, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Peter “Pete” and Virginia Lejune Ash. She moved at a young age with her family to New Philadelphia,...
Ronald E. Meek
Aug 21, 2004
Ronald E. Meek, 78, of Strasburg, Ohio died Saturday, August 21, 2004 in Union Hospital following an extended illness. Ron retired in 1987 as a truck driver for Consolidated Freight where he worked for over 27 years. Born May 13, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of the late William and Gaynell Boring Meek. He was in the...
Elizabeth V. Wright
Aug 20, 2004
Elizabeth (Libby) V. Wright, 96, formerly of Oak St. N.W., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Friday, August 20, 2004 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover following an extended illness. She was a retired employee from the Dietary Dept. at Union Hospital in Dover where she worked for over 19 years. Born July 14, 1909 in Ninevah, Ohio, she...
Alice Kathleen Amick
Aug 19, 2004
Alice Kathleen “Kathy” Amick, 81, of New Philadelphia died Thursday, August 19, 2004 at the Hennis Care Centre in Bolivar. Born November 18, 1922 in Midvale she was a daughter of the late John and Nena Hallet Smith. Kathy was a member of the First United Church of Christ in New Philadelphia and the Sarah Circle. She was involved with...
Paul P. Zimmerman
Aug 12, 2004
Paul P. Zimmerman, 91, of Dover died Thursday, August 12, 2004. Born December 24, 1912 in Gnadenhutten, Paul was the son of the late Joseph and Ida Romaine (Gram) Zimmerman. He was a lifelong resident of Tuscarawas County, having lived in Gnadenhutten until 1965 when he and his wife moved to Dover. He graduated from Gnadenhutten High School in 1930,...
Thomas R. Hamilton
Aug 11, 2004
Thomas R. Hamilton, 70, of Dover died Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at Union Hospital. Tom is survived by his wife, Mary Helbling Hamilton; two sons, Jim (Amy) Hamilton of Dover and Mark (Carolyn Cirrito) Hamilton of Olympia, Washington; daughter, Kathy Hamilton of Dover; two grandchildren, Owen and Jaye Hamilton. He was preceded in death by a son, Brian Hamilton; sister,...
Bryan S. Deibel
Aug 8, 2004
Bryan S. Deibel, 27 of Roswell, died in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, August 8, 2004 from injuries sustained as a result of an accident while riding an All-Terrain Vehicle. He was a hard worker and although he had only been there a short time, had enjoyed his employment with the Hicks Roofing Company at New Philadelphia....
John J. Stoller
Aug 7, 2004
John J. Stoller, 92, died Saturday evening, Aug. 7, 2004, in Country Club Retirement Center following an illness of several months. Born Dec. 16, 1911, in Stone Creek, O., he was a son of the late John Stoller and Mary Cronebach Stoller. His wife, Helen C. Renneker, preceded him in death in April 1994. After moving to Dover in 1935,...
Harry H. Fockler
Aug 4, 2004
Harry H. Fockler, 90, of Country Club Retirement Campus, Dover, and a long-time resident of Crooked Run Road, New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, August 4, 2004, at Country Club. Born February 17, 1914, in New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Walter and Marie Chalmers Fockler. Harry graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1936, and went on to...
John W. "Jack" Kloha
Aug 2, 2004
John W. “Jack” Kloha, 73, of Dundee died peacefully in the home of his nephew, John Mizer, on Monday, August 2, 2004. Jack retired in 1984 from the Tuscarawas County Road and Bridge Department after 30 years of service. Born January 18, 1931 in Dundee he was a son of Olive Johnson Kloha of Dundee and the late John Kloha....
Mary Ann Reichman
Aug 1, 2004
Mary Ann Reichman, 57, of Midvale, died Sunday, August 1, 2004 in her home after battling illness for four years. She had worked as a nurse�(TM)s aide for the former Twin City Health Care Center. Born January 8, 1947 at her family�(TM)s home in Gnadenhutten, she was the daughter of the late Ansel & Betty Kinsey Smith. Mary was a...
Roy W. Kuntz
Jul 28, 2004
Roy W. Kuntz, 92, of Dover, died Wednesday, July 28, 2004, in Union Hospital. Born February 2, 1912, in Stanleyville, Washington County, he was a son of the late Charles and Clara Berg Kuntz. Roy retired as a foreman from the Eberhart Coal Company, North Industry, following forty-seven years of service. He was a member of St. Joseph Church, Dover,...
Faye I. Jaberg
Jul 28, 2004
Faye I. Jaberg, 86, of the Country Club Retirement Center and formerly of 3rd St. N.W., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Wednesday, July 28, 2004 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. Faye retired in 1979, as an employee of the Tuscarawas County Clerk of Courts office. Following retirement, she was a longtime volunteer at Union Hospital. She was a member...
Catherine Corsi
Jul 24, 2004
Catherine “Katie” Toohey Corsi, 77, of Dover, Ohio died Saturday, July 24, 2004 at University Hospital in Cleveland following a courageous battle with kidney disease. Katie was a Registered Nurse having formerly worked at the Tuscarawas County Health Department and was a private duty nurse for many years. Born August 26, 1926 in Paris, Kentucky, she was the daughter of...
