Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Mary L. Hinkel
Jun 6, 2004
Mary L. Hinkel, 92, of Dover, died Sunday, June 6, 2004. She retired from Union Hospital in 1976 where she had worked in the housekeeping department. Born August 11, 1911 at North Canton, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Grace Schario Floom. Mary was a graduate of North Canton High School. She was a longtime member of...
Glenn R. Jenkins
Jun 6, 2004
Glenn R. Jenkins, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Jun. 6, 2004 �" the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day, following a brief illness. Born Dec. 24, 1922, in New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Glenn W. and Hazel M. Winkler Jenkins. Glenn was a 1940 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. He served with the United States Army...
Bonnie Sue Marchand
Jun 6, 2004
Bonnie Sue Marchand, 58, of Dover died Sunday, June 6, 2004 in Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was a longtime employee of Buehlers in Dover where she was a friendly face helping friends and customers for 14 years. She had also been employed by the former Alsco Anaconda at Sugarcreek. Born February 18, 1946 at Dover, she is...
Ronald Reagan
Jun 5, 2004
Ronald Reagan At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore 'the great, confident roar of American progress and...
John M. Wills
Jun 1, 2004
John M. “Redhawk” Wills, 64, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2004, in his home following a sudden illness. Born Jan. 31, 1940, in Dennison, he was a son of the late Herbert and Helen Armstrong Wills. John attended Tuscarawas-Warwick High School and served honorably in the United States Army. He was employed by the City of Dover Police...
Freda Anna Lahmers
Jun 1, 2004
Freda Anna Lahmers, 96, of Dover, died Tuesday Jun. 1, 2004, in Park Village Village Health Care Center. Born, Oct. 20, 1907, in Ruslin Hills, Dover Twp., Tuscarawas Co., she was a daughter of Fred and Mary Voelm Maurer. Freda graduated Oak Grove School, and at that time, joined St. Paul
Jacob A. Henry
May 31, 2004
Jacob A. “Jake” Henry, 57, of Uhrichsville, died Sunday, May 31, 2004 in Union Hospital. He will be sadly missed by his many friends and co-workers at Cable Manufacturing Co at Bolivar, where he was employed as a press operator. Born December 7, 1946 at Wheeling, West Virginia, he was the son of Loraine Henry Finnicum of Bellaire and the...
Doris Harrington
May 30, 2004
Doris “Winnie” Harrington, 81, of Dover was called home to the Lord on Sunday, May 30, 2004. She was born in Shelby, Ohio on December 1, 1922 to Frank and Flora Stoffer Wheeler. She was a graduate of Shelby High School and the Akron City School of Nursing. Her nursing career started as a lieutenant in the US Army during...
William P. Mckenna
May 29, 2004
William “Bill” P. McKenna, 82, of Bolivar, Ohio died Saturday, May 29, 2004 in his home following an extended illness. He retired in 1991 as Deputy Director for Division 11 of the Ohio Dept. of Transportation (ODOT) where he served from 1959-63 and again in 1988. Bill was the first chief engineer for ODOT in Ohio. Born October 27, 1921...
Richard L. Arter
May 29, 2004
Richard L. “Dick” Arter, 66, of Dover, died Saturday, May 29, 2004, in his home. Dick fought a long, hard battle with cancer, which he faced with great courage and humor. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Born Aug. 16, 1937, in New Philadelphia, Dick was a son of the late Harry P. and Ethel M....
Walter Schweitzer
May 27, 2004
Walter “Junior” Schweitzer, 57, of 4091 Main St. (Barnhill), New Philadelphia, Ohio went to be with Lord Thursday, May 27, 2004 in his home following a courageous battle from his illness. He worked for Larkin Contracting Company in New Philadelphia until illness forced his retirement. He had also previously operated Mac Tools in Tuscarawas County. Born May 20, 1947 in...
Thomas S. Tender
May 26, 2004
Thomas S. Tender, age 84, of Strasburg, Ohio and a former Canton resident passed away in Union Hospital, Dover, Ohio on May 26, 2004. Born in Avella, Pennsylvania to the late Thomas and Louise (Skorn) Tender on October 28, 1919. He moved to Canton, Ohio in 1946 and was an employee of the Timken Company for 30 years. He attended...
Virginia A. Zeigler
May 26, 2004
Virginia Audrey Zeigler, 86, of Dover, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 in Union Hospital. Born February 6, 1918 at Sandyville, she was the daughter of the late Frederick John and Nora Ethel Underwood Gross. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and had a unique collection of toys and Betty Boop collectables that she enjoyed sharing with them, as well...
Doris M. Dietrich
May 26, 2004
Doris M. Dietrich, 69, of Strasburg died on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at her home. She retired from the State of Ohio License Bureau and had also been an office manager for O�(TM)Neil�(TM)s. Born December 3, 1934 in Niagara Falls, New York she was a daughter of the late William and Ada Weber Walker Sr. Doris was preceded in death...
Robert Lee Lang, Sr.
May 18, 2004
Robert Lee “Bob” Lang, Sr., 82, of Dover, died Tuesday, May 18, 2004 in Union Hospital. A carpenter by trade, Bob retired from the former Gibbons & Grable Construction Company of Canton after 43 years of service. Born November 20, 1922 near Baltic, he was the son of the late Harry Edward and Bertha Mae McPherson Lang. During World War...
Howard J. Mann
May 16, 2004
Howard J. Mann, 79, of Dover, died Sunday, May 16, 2004 in Union Hospital. For forty years Howard drove truck for Lee Frieghtline. He and his family also owned and operated the former Mann�(TM)s Union 76 Station that was on the corner of West Slingluff and North Wooster Avenues in Dover, for nearly twenty years. Born February 16, 1925 at...
Margene Burrell
May 13, 2004
Margene Burrell, 68, of Dover, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, in the Cleveland Clinic following a long illness. Born February 20, 1936, in Coshocton County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Raymond S. and Bertha M. Davis Fry. Margene attended The Ohio State University. On December 24, 1957 she was wed to Lewis Burrell in Barrs Mills, and...
Betty J. Becker
May 11, 2004
Betty J. Becker, 81, of 217 Rail Ave., Sebring, Fla., and formerly of the Strasburg-Beach City, O., area, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in Fisher-Titus Medical Center Memorial Home in Norwalk, O., following an extended illness. Born July 2, 1922, in Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, she was the daughter of the late John I. and Jennie A. (Strawn) Brown. She...
Anna S. Orr
May 11, 2004
Ann S. Orr, 87, of Dover, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004, in Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia. Born Apr. 7, 1917, in Cleveland, Ann was a daughter of the late Metro “Mike” and Barbara Urich Guspyt. She moved to the Ragersville-Stone Creek area of Tuscarawas County at a young age with her family. Ann was valedictorian of her high...
Blake E. Roush
May 10, 2004
Blake E. Roush, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, May 10, 2004 in Union Hospital. He retired in 1982 from Republic Steel at Massillon where he had worked for 30 years. Born August 26, 1920 at Bolivar, he was the son of the late Earl C. & Beulah Keller Roush. He was also preceded in death by his loving step-mother,...
