Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Howard W. ''Sparky'' Lorson
Jan 31, 2003
Howard W. “Sparky” Lorson, Sr., 79, of Dover died Friday, January 31, 2003 at Mercy Medical Center following a sudden illness. He retired in 1984 from Dover High School as a Physics and Chemistry Teacher after 35 years. He had also coached football at Dover and Orville for 30 years. Born October 8, 1923 in Dalton he was a son...
Irma F. Schriever
Jan 25, 2003
Irma F. Schriever, 80, died peacefully Saturday, January 25, 2003 at South Broadway Nursing Home in New Philadelphia following a brief illness. She was born January 1, 1923 in Illinois, one of 18 children to the late Louis and Grace Pyle Varadi. Irma had worked for many years as bookkeeper for the Route 800 Machine Shop, a company that her...
Vivian June Mccarty
Jan 24, 2003
Vivian June McCarty, 63, of Dundee, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 24, 2003. She been employed for over 15 years with the National Farmers Organization and had most recently worked as a nurse�(TM)s aide. Born May 31, 1939 at Cambridge, she was daughter of the late Frank and Luella Shearrow Ankrum. Vivian was a 1957 graduate...
Barney L. Burrell
Jan 21, 2003
Barney L. Burrell, 52, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at Union Hospital following a sudden illness. He was a crew leader for the Street Dept. for the City of Dover where he worked for 27 years. Born December 29, 1950 in Dover, he was the son of Max and Jean Meese Burrell of Dover. Barney was a...
Olive M. Luyster
Jan 21, 2003
Olive M. Luyster, 87, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, January 21, 2003 in Union Hospital. Born June 6, 1915 in Belmont County, she was daughter of the late William and Anna Johnson Milliken. Olive was an avid reader. She also enjoyed being outdoors watching and feeding “her” birds. She was preceded in death by her husband, John C. Luyster, who...
Dorothy B. Crites
Jan 20, 2003
Dorothy B. Crites, 81, of Dover, died Monday, January 20, 2003 in the Walnut Hills Nursing Home at Walnut Creek. She retired from Society National Bank of Cleveland (now Key Bank) where she had worked for 24 years. Born April 12, 1921 in Carrollton, she was daughter of the late Fred E. & Lucinda Hershberger Reed. A 1939 graduate of...
Olympia Manners
Jan 19, 2003
Olympia Manners, 84, of New Philadelphia and formerly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania died Sunday, January 19, 2003 at Alterra Clare Bridge Cottage following an extended illness. Born February 27, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts she was a daughter of the late Nicholas and Helen Vasilopoulos. She was a member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh and was an avid Steelers...
Donald F. Hardy Sr.
Jan 18, 2003
Donald F. Hardy Sr., 78, of Dover died Saturday, January 18, 2003 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He retired in 1989 from Superior Dairy in Canton after 17 years of service. Born July 19, 1924 in Tompson 2, Pennsylvania he was a son of the late Walter S. and Florence Cale Hardy. He was an Army veteran of...
Wilma R. Mcgraw
Jan 16, 2003
Wilma R. McGraw, 78, of Dover, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. Born Jan. 14, 1925, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Warren and Melva Jane Burgess Border. Wilma graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1942, and went on to graduate from both secretarial school and art school....
Anne J. Megert
Jan 16, 2003
Anne J. Megert, 88, of Baltic Country Manor, and formerly of Strasburg, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003. Born Dec. 27, 1914, in Portsmouth, she was a daughter of the late Ivan “John” Yurcic, and the late Kata Yurcic Bankovich. Anne moved with her family at a young age to Canton, where she attended school, and was employed by Berger Aircraft...
Gladys Y. Morris
Jan 16, 2003
Gladys Y. Morris, 82, of Newcomerstown died Thursday, January 16, 2003 at Union Hospital. Born April 24, 1920 in Grafton, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Faye Willett Digman. She attended Calvary Baptist Church in New Philadelphia. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband Carl Morris who died on January 17, 1990. She is...
Mary Sue Bleininger
Jan 12, 2003
Mary Sue Bleininger, 82, of Dover, died Sunday, January 12, 2003 in the Park Village Health Care Center in Dover. She had worked as a nurse�(TM)s aide at Union Hospital for many years. Born July 15, 1921 at Hohenwald, TN, she was daughter of the late Sterling and Hettie Brown Arnold. Mary was a member of the Foursquare Gospel Church...
Edward M. Hewitt
Jan 10, 2003
Edward M. Hewitt, 84, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died Friday, January 10, 2003 in the Hennis Care Centre at Bolivar following an extended illness. He retired in 1983 as an engineer for the Gradall Company in New Philadelphia where he worked for 29 years. Born March 5, 1918 in Mineral City, Ohio, he was the son of the late James...
Katherine E. Bair
Jan 10, 2003
Katherine E. Bair, 86, of New Philadelphia, passed away Friday, January 10, 2003 in her home. Born November 1, 1916 at New Phila., she was daughter of the late Elmer & Oresco Rainsberg Glass. Katherine had attended worship services at the Salvation Army at Dover. Each spring she looked forward to tending to her garden. She also loved animals and...
Melvin R. Littleton
Jan 10, 2003
Melvin R. Littleton, 81, of Strasburg, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, in Hennis Care Centre, Dover. Born Jun. 8, 1921, in Richland Twp., Belmont Co., he was a son of the late Theodore Mason and Bessie Pearl Ault Littleton. Melvin moved at a young age with his family to Tuscarawas Co., and attended school in Dover. He was an Army...
Doris Gwen Mugridge
Jan 10, 2003
Miss Doris Gwen Mugridge, 72 of Dover and formerly of Strasburg, died Friday, January 10, 2003 in Union Hospital after a short illness. She retired in 1995 from Zimmer Patient Care where she had worked as a secretary for 27 years. She was the office computer before such a thing was invented, and was admired by her co-workers for her...
Viola Irene Stoneman
Jan 7, 2003
Viola Irene Stoneman, 82, a resident of Melbourne, Florida and a former resident of Goshen Township died Tuesday, January 7, 2003. A public graveside service will be held Friday, January 10 at 2:00pm in the Evergreen Burial Park in New Philadelphia with Pastor Brian Nunnally officiating. Those unable to attend or wishing to share a fond memory may sign the...
Greta J. York
Jan 6, 2003
Greta J. York, 73, of Gnadenhutten, and formerly of New Hampshire died Monday, January 6, 2003 at Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. She retired as a bus driver from the Fall Mountain Regional School System in New Hampshire. Born May 26, 1929 in Dover she was a daughter of the late Edward and Elizabeth Dotts Link. She enjoyed...
C. Dale Swinderman
Jan 2, 2003
C. Dale Swinderman, 82, of Dover, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2003, at Aultman Hospital. He was born on February 23, 1920, in Dover, the son of the late Roy F. and Myrtle M. Cunningham Swinderman. On May 20, 1946, he married Virginia Lee Hisrich, who preceded him in death on September 1, 1999. Dale, a 1940 Dover High...
Thelma E. Mason
Dec 29, 2002
Thelma E. Mason, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, December 29, 2002 in Union Hospital. She had worked for several area businesses including Charles Rewinding at Dover. Born October 30, 1919 at Russellton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Dennis & Elizabeth Ann Davis McCahill. Thelma loved animals, enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Her warm demeanor...
