Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Ruth ''Bea'' Eberly Baker
Feb 14, 2003
Ruth “Bea” Eberly Baker, 96, died at Union Hospital on February 14, 2003. Ruth was born in Mineral City on February 24, 1906, and was a daughter of the late Alfred and Emma Stahlecker Eberly. She resided in Zoar and Zoarville before moving to Dover twelve years ago. She was a member of Good Hope Lutheran Church in Zoarville, WELCA...
Bertha A. ''Bertie'' Geiser
Feb 12, 2003
Faithful Christian, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother Bertha A. “Bertie” Geiser, 97, formerly of 5th Street, Dover, died peacefully Wednesday, February 12, 2003 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She retired as bookkeeper of the former Geiser & Kappeler Woodworking Shop, the family business, at Dover where she had worked for 20 years. Born September 1, 1905 at...
Earl D. Lafferty
Feb 10, 2003
Earl D. Lafferty, 89, of Dover, died Monday, February 10, 2003 in the Morning View Care Center. He retired in 1977, from the former Masonite Corp of Dover. Born February 15, 1913 at Prestonburg, KY, he was the son of the late M.D. and Alice Gray Lafferty. A member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Dover, Earl served in...
James L. Mcnutt, Sr.
Feb 10, 2003
James L. “Jim” McNutt, Sr., 68, of Dover, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness. Born May 3, 1934, in Greens Run, Athens County, he was a son of the late Edward and Florence Johnson McNutt. Jim served honorably in the U.S. Army. He retired as a truck driver from Baker Hi-Way Express, Dover....
Maxine M. Varner
Feb 8, 2003
Maxine M. Varner passed from our midst this 8th day of February, 2003 after a prolonged battle with Alzheimers disease. A 28 year employee of Dover Public Schools, Maxine retired in 1984 after serving as secretary to Superintendents, D.C. Lemmon, Paul Hayes, Emmett Riley, & William Kinneer. She was a member of the Dover High School�(TM)s graduating class of 1938....
Carol M. Jackson
Feb 7, 2003
Carol Jackson, 61, a Dover resident who grew up in Strasburg, died Friday, February 7, 2002 in Union Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born November 11, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Dr. Walter & Catherine Fisher. Carol was a member of the Foursquare Gospel Church at Dover. She was noted for her green thumb and enjoyed working...
John L. Tucker
Feb 7, 2003
John L. Tucker, 77, of Strasburg, died Friday, February 7, 2003, in Aultman Hospital following a brief illness. Born January 6, 1926 at Cambridge, he was a son of the late Porter and Opal Jones Tucker. As a member of the United States Navy, John earned 3 medals while serving on the USS Canberra during World Ward II. He was...
Frances Gooding Harmon
Feb 6, 2003
Frances Gooding Harmon, 94, of New Dawn Health Care Center, Dover, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003, in the center. Born Jan. 24, 1909, in Uhrichsville, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Edith Robinette Gooding. Frances attended the College of Wooster and Ohio University, obtaining her teaching certificate. She began her teaching career in Port Washington, and went...
Helen M. Rybarczyk
Feb 6, 2003
Helen M. Rybarczyk, 81, of 511 N. Broadway, New Philadelphia, Ohio died Thursday, February 6, 2003 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was a bookkeeper having retired in 1986 from Gundy Construction Company in New Philadelphia. She was also previously employed by J.A. Raeder Construction Co. and A.J. Weigand Trucking Company in Dover. Born December 9, 1921 in...
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...
