Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Helen L. Hruby
Mar 19, 2002
Helen L. Hruby, 85, of Dover, and a former Kent resident, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at the Country Club Retirement Center following an extended illness. Born September 7, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Nellie Markel Miller. She loved crocheting, Italian cutwork, making blankets for family and friends, playing cards, reading and...
Earl A. Gordon
Mar 17, 2002
Earl A. Gordon, 79, of Dover died Sunday, March 17, 2002 at his home following an extended illness. He retired in 1983 from Commercial Honing in Dover after fourteen years of service. Born October 21, 1922 in Dover he was a son of the late Arthur and Katherine King Gordon. He was an Army veteran of WW II, having served...
Mary Elizabeth Headlee
Mar 15, 2002
Mary Elizabeth Headlee, 83, of Strasburg died Friday, March 15, 2002 at Park Village Health Care Center following an extended illness. She was a teacher in the Southeastern School District in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Born on June 17, 1918 in Dillner, Pennsylvania she was a daughter of the late Charles and Edna Field Sandusky. She was affiliated with the Strasburg...
Rosa A. Hoover
Mar 12, 2002
Rosa A. Hoover, 83, of Dover died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at Country Club Retirement Center following an extended illness. She retired from Dover City Schools after 15 years as a Bus Driver. Born March 26, 1918 in Uhrichsville she was a daughter of the late James and Gevonti Leberto DiGenova. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church,...
Joseph D. Gray
Mar 8, 2002
Joseph D. Gray, 87, of Bedford, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Friday, March 8, 2002 at University Hospital in Bedford following a brief illness. He retired in 1980, as an employee of the Ford Motor Company in Walton Hills where he worked for 25 years. He was also a former employee of the former Reeves Steel Company at...
Frank Clark
Mar 6, 2002
Frank Clark, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 in Aultman Hospital. He was an electrician who had retired from the Timken Company at Canton after 40 years of service. Born December 12, 1919 at Springfield, Ohio, he was son of the late Henry and Elyria Clark. Frank was a member of the Church of God at Dover....
Samuel R. Gibb
Mar 4, 2002
Samuel R. Gibb, 87, of Dover, Ohio died Monday, March 4, 2002 in Alliance following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of Norton Mfg. Company at Mineral City. Born September 27, 1914 in Sunderland, England, he was the son of the late Robert and Ann Rodda Gibb. Sam was a member of the St. John�(TM)s United Church of...
William G. ''Bill'' Vance
Mar 4, 2002
William G. ''Bill'' Vance, 63, of Dover, died Monday, March 4, 2002 in his home. He was a retired employee of the City of New Philadelphia and had also been employed by New Philadelphia City Schools. Born February 20, 1939 at New Philadelphia, he was son of the late Oliver C. & Thelma Jean Ervin Vance. Bill was an avid...
Amanda L. Allison
Mar 3, 2002
Amanda L. Allison, 96, of Crooked Run Rd., New Philadelphia, and formerly of Winfield, died Sunday, March 3, 2002 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born July 14, 1905 at New Martinsville, West Virginia, she was daughter of the late Charles & Rhoda Williams Powell. She had been a member of the Winfield United Methodist Church where she was...
Howard William Feller
Mar 2, 2002
Howard W. Feller, 89, of Dover, died Saturday, March 2, 2001 in his home. He worked at Finzer Brothers brickyard in Sugarcreek until he was hired by Reeves Steel & Manufacturing in Dover. Howard moved his family to Dover in 1949 and then lived on the same farm at the edge of Dover previously owned by his father, Edward. Howard...
Marilyn J. Digenova
Mar 2, 2002
Marilyn J. DiGenova, 75, of Dover (Parral), Ohio died Saturday, March 2, 2002 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Born May 23, 1926 in Coshocton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Emma McGovern Unthank. Marilyn was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dover. She was a graduate of Coshocton High School. She enjoyed spending...
Jane C. Jennings
Mar 2, 2002
Jane C. Jennings, 84 was born on May 21, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked as a stenographer at American Steel and Wire in Cleveland where she met her future husband, Dick W. Jennings. They were married on July 3, 1948 and moved to Dover later that year when her husband was hired as Assistant General Manager of Greer Steel...
Thomas G. Lambros
Feb 27, 2002
Thomas G. Lambros, 64, of Dover, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002, in Union Hospital. He had been employed for 30 years by IF Manufacturing of New Philadelphia, where he worked until the plant shut down in 1987. Born May 10, 1937 at Dover, he was son of the late Gust & Mary Aleferis Lambros. Thomas was a member of the...
Galen E. Moser
Feb 27, 2002
Galen E. Moser, 72, of Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, February 27, 2002 in his home following a brief illness. He retired in 1998 from the US Postal Service where he was a rural mail carrier for over 40 years. He began working for the post office at the age of 13. He also served as a facilitator for the post...
Lester S. Penrod
Feb 27, 2002
Lester S. Penrod, 84, of Dover, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at Union Hospital following a long illness. He had worked as a coal-miner for the former Eberhart Coal Co. Born May 7, 1917 at Dover, he was son of the late Samuel & Lovey Mann Penrod. Lester was a member of the St. John's United Church of Christ at...
Pearl L. Gerber
Feb 26, 2002
Pearl L. Gerber, 96, of Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, February 26, 2002 in the New Dawn Health Care Center in Dover. She was a former cafeteria employee in the Winfield and Dover Schools. Born April 5, 1905 in Dalton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Anna Lautenschlager Saurer. Pearl was a member of the St. John�(TM)s...
Louise C. ''Nee Nee'' Luciani
Feb 25, 2002
Louise C. “Nee Nee” Luciani, 86, of Dover died Monday, February 25, 2002 at her home following a two-month battle with cancer. She had worked at the Scio Pottery Restaurant. Born May 22, 1915 in Roswell she was a daughter of the late Giovanni and Angelina Contini Campo. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Senior Citizens, Dover...
Gladys E. Gerber
Feb 23, 2002
Gladys E. Gerber, 93, of Dover, died Saturday, February 23, 2002 in the New Dawn Health Care Center. She had been a longtime employee of the former Surety Savings and Loan of Dover. Born November 29, 1908 at Rittman, she was daughter of the late Henry P. & Addie Schneider Sigler. Gladys was an active member of the Grace Lutheran...
Thomas H. ''Tom'' Conwell
Feb 23, 2002
Thomas H. ''Tom'' Conwell, 79, of Dover, died Saturday, February 23, 2002 in the Hennis Care Centre at Dover. Tom spent 25 years working as an Industrial Arts teacher at Dover High School. Born May 22, 1922 at Uhrichsville, he was son of the late Joseph R. & Mary F. Harden Conwell. Tom was a member of the First United...
Jake Daulton Zeigler
Feb 22, 2002
Jake Daulton Zeigler, the infant son of John & Tracy Elifritz Zeigler of Tuscarawas, was stillborn Friday, February 22, 2002. In addition to his parents, Jake is survived by: two sisters; Vanessa & Zoe, maternal grandparents; Ruby Elifritz of Dover and John Elifritz of Minerva, paternal grandparents; John & Marty Zeigler of New Philadelphia, seven uncles and an aunt. A...
