Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Irene L. Peters
Jul 12, 2003
Irene L. Peters, 86, of Strasburg, Ohio died Saturday, July 12, 2003 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Born October 13, 1916 in Dowis City, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Lena Feller Laubscher. Irene was a member of the Winfield United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the AARP and the Tuscarawas...
Elizabeth Marie Stein
Jul 11, 2003
Elizabeth Marie “Libby” Stein, 58, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, Jul. 11, 2003, in her home, following a hard-fought battle with cancer. Born Feb. 9, 1945, in Kansas City, MO, she was a daughter of Lewis R. and Viola Fairbee Robin of New Philadelphia. Libby attended Strasburg High School, and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, daughter, sister and...
Daisy Cappillo
Jul 9, 2003
Daisy Cappillo, 69, of Baltic Country Manor, and a long-time resident of Somerdale, died suddenly Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2003. Born Jan. 21, 1934, in Magoffin County, KY, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Bertie Clemons Collinsworth. Daisy moved to Ohio with her family at a young age, and attended New Cumberland schools. In 1956, she married Benny...
Mary Belle Jones
Jul 7, 2003
Mary Belle Jones, 66, of New Philadelphia died Monday, July 7, 2003 in the Beacon Point Nursing Home at Uhrichsville. Born May 21, 1937 at Flushing, Ohio, she was the daughter of Mable Randolph McConnell of Roswell and the late John F. McConnell. She had been an active member of the First Assembly of God Church at New Philadelphia where...
Carol J. Nealey
Jul 5, 2003
Carol J. Nealey, 70, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, July 5, 2003 at Morning View Care Center following an extended illness. She retired from Puritan Laundry Co. after many years of service. Born February 26, 1933 in Coshocton she was a daughter of the late John and Iva Gallagher Stubbs. Carol was preceded in death by her husband Willard Nealey...
James E. Young
Jul 3, 2003
James E. Young, 65, of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, July 3, 2003 at his daughter�(TM)s home in New Philadelphia following an extended illness. Born May 19, 1938 in Ravenna, Ohio, he was the son of the late David and Ethel Young. He was a retired employee of Nickles Bakery in Navarre. He was a US Army Veteran having served during...
Rose H. Gray
Jun 28, 2003
Rose H. Gray, 89, of Bedford and formerly a Dover resident, died Saturday, June 28, 2003, in her daughter�(TM)s home. Rose had been employed by the former West Front Grill and Dover Molded Plastics Company, both of Dover. She had also worked as a clerk for the former LaFountaine�(TM)s variety store in downtown New Philadelphia. Born Feb. 22, 1914, at...
Ethel Erdine Wallick
Jun 27, 2003
Ethel Erdine Wallick, 102, of Columbia, died Friday, June 27, 2003 in the Park Village Health Care Center where she had resided for eight years. Born February 6, 1901 at Sugarcreek, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Brady Schwartz. She worked as secretary, assisting her late husband Bryan Wallick who dies May 20, 1974, in the...
Martha Jane ''Marty'' Blair
Jun 26, 2003
Martha Jane “Marty” Blair, 78, a lifelong resident of Dover, Ohio died Thursday, June 26, 2003 following a brief battle with cancer. Many Dover High School students knew Martha Jane as “Mom” during her twenty plus years as Media Coordinator at Dover High. She was also well known for her work with her father, the late Harold Barr, owner of...
Amy Lynn Grimm
Jun 26, 2003
Amy Lynn Grimm, 38, of Dundee, died Thursday, Jun. 26, 2003, in her home with her family at her side. Born Nov. 20, 1964, she was the daughter of Lloyd E. and Ruth M. Roth of Port Washington. Amy was a 1983 graduate of Indian Valley South High School and the Kent State University nursing program. She was a registered...
Hilda M. Wallick
Jun 19, 2003
Hilda M. Wallick, 84, of 305 W. 21st St., Dover, Ohio died Thursday, June 19, 2003 in her home following an extended illness. She was a former employee of J.C. Penney�(TM)s in Dover, Buehlers Store in Dover, and the former Stallard�(TM)s Grocery in Dover. She was also an Avon Representative for over 25 years. Born September 12, 1918 in Dover,...
Judith Marie Garrison
Jun 18, 2003
Judith Marie “Judy” Garrison, 59, of Dover, and a former resident of Ravenna, died Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2003, of complications from a brain aneurysm suffered twenty-seven years ago. Born Nov. 22, 1943, in Bedford, she was a daughter of Harold and Marjorie Way Gridley of Dover. Judy was a graduate of Hudson High School. She was an executive secretary for...
Donald Gene Class
Jun 15, 2003
Loving husband, father and grandfather, Donald Gene Class, 74, of Dover, died Father�(TM)s Day, Sunday, June 15, 2003 in Union Hospital. Born September 21, 1928 at Strasburg, he was the son of the late John and Carrie King Class, Sr. He is survived by his devoted wife of 50 years, Freda, whom he wed on October 25, 1952. Other survivors...
R. Elise Blickensderfer
Jun 14, 2003
Elise Y. Blickensderfer, 81, of the Country Club Retirement Center and a longtime Dover resident died Saturday, June 14, 2003 at Union Hospital. Elise retired as a secretary for the Dover Chemical Corporation. She also assisted her late husband in his business, the former Philblix Card Shop. She also formerly worked at Union Hospital. Born March 18, 1922 in Washington...
Mary J. Sullie
Jun 13, 2003
Mary J. Sullie, 99, of Dover passed away Friday, June 13, 2003 in her home. Born April 12, 1904 in Hungary, she was the daughter of the late John and Lena Kovacs Gyurgyovics. Mary came to the United States with her family in 1912. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover for over 80 years...
Elenore M. Low
Jun 12, 2003
Elenore M. Low, 92, of 1893 Saltwell Rd. N.W., Dover, Ohio died Thursday, June 12, 2003 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She was a schoolteacher for 25 years having taught at Tusky Valley High School until her retirement in 1972. Born July 5, 1910 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Mary Klar Weinsz....
Mildred Plotts Gow
Jun 6, 2003
Mildred Plotts Gow, 82, of Dover died Friday, June 6, 2003 at Grant Hospital in Columbus following an extended illness. Born November 9, 1920 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Wayne M. and Cora Griffiths Plotts. Mildred was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dover, DAR, Literary Club, Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, Dover Historical...
Ivan M. Hochstetler
Jun 1, 2003
Ivan M. Hochstetler, 75, of Dover, died Sunday, June 1, 2003 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. He was a well-known employee of Hatcher Roofing and Henry Heating and Cooling where he had worked for many years. Born September 17, 1927 at Millersburg, he was the son of the late Perry and Esther Mast Hochstetler. An Army veteran, Ivan...
Alma ''Millie'' M. Gibb
May 30, 2003
Alma “Millie” Millocena Gibb, 88, of Dover, Ohio died Friday, May 30, 2003 in the Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. Early in her life, she worked for the former Judy�(TM)s Produce at Newcomerstown. Born April 24, 1915 in Blaine, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Henderson and Mary Blake Heston. Millie was a member...
Nellie D. Fisher
May 30, 2003
Nellie D. Fisher, 87, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, May 30, 2003, in Mercy Medical Center, Canton, following a brief illness. Born Jul. 18, 1915, in Coshocton, she was a daughter of the late Charles J. and Malinda L. Ransopher Smith. Nellie attended Big Bend School in Uhrichsville, and wed Theodore W. “Ted” Fisher on Mar. 13, 1936. The couple...
