Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Juanita Howell
Dec 15, 1999
Juanita "Jean" Howell, 77, of 1216 Walnut St., Dover, died Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was an employee of the former Stallard's IGA at Dover and the Reeves Bank in Dover. Born July 23, 1922 in Dennison, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Martin & Emma Huston. She was a member...
Doris V. Couts
Dec 10, 1999
Doris V. Couts, 83, of the Walnut Hills Retirement Home and formerly of Dover Avenue, Dover, Ohio died Friday, December 10, 1999 in her residence following a brief illness.Doris attended Muskingum College and Edinburgh University in Scotland. She served in the Womens Army Corp from 1944-46. She had worked at New Philadelphia Public Library before and after military service. In 1947, she moved...
Lawrence W. Menges Jr.
Dec 10, 1999
Lawrence W. (Larry) Menges, Jr., 59, of 212 Lloyd St. Apt. 5, Dover, Ohio died Friday, December 10, 1999 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton following an extended illness.Larry was an employee of the former Invincible Vacuum Company at Dover and had previously worked for over 20 years at Sparta Mfg. Company in Columbia.Born July 26, 1940 in Dover, he...
Helen L. Smith
Dec 8, 1999
Helen L. Smith, 85, formerly of Beach City, died Wednesday, December 8, 1999 in Heartland of Mentor, where she had resided for the past year and a half.Born December 29, 1914 at Farmerstown, Ohio, Helen was daughter of the late William and Verna Gonter Baker.Helen was longtime local correspondent for The Times Reporter and the Massillon Evening Independent. A member of...
Dorothy E. Dessecker
Dec 8, 1999
Dorothy E. Dessecker, 101, of 4264 Boy Scout Rd. NE, Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, December 8, 1999 in the Park Village Health Care Center. She was a retired schoolteacher having taught in Bolivar, New Philadelphia, and Wooster Highway Schools. She was an educator for 31 years.Born June 27, 1898 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Sylas and Nellie...
Clara L. Ries
Dec 7, 1999
Clara L. Ries, 90, of Dover, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 1999 in the Park Village Health Care Center.Born February 28, 1909 at Dover, she was a daughter of the late Alex and Mary Warther Feutz.She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond E. Ries.Survivors include: sisters, Alma Loibl & Edna Boltz of Dover, several nieces and nephews.In addition...
Edith L. Kneubuehl
Dec 3, 1999
Edith L. Kneubuehl, 96, of the Park Village Health Care Center and formerly of 126 E. 3rd St., Dover, Ohio died Friday, December 3, 1999 in the center following an extended illness.She was a retired business education schoolteacher in the Dover Public Schools for 38 years where she also taught Spanish typing, and shorthand. She also formerly taught in Stone Creek...
Verbal L. Gordon
Dec 2, 1999
Verbal L. Gordon, 89 of Dover, began her spiritual life on Thursday, December 2, 1999, following a brief illness.Born July 18, 1910 at Strasburg, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Elmer & Clara (Klar) Johnson. She married Delbert R. Gordon on October 12, 1937 in the First Lutheran Parsonage at Strasburg. After 58 years of being a devoted wife, she...
Francis G. Sacks
Nov 28, 1999
Francis G. Sacks, 83 of New Philadelphia died Sunday, November 28, 1999 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness.He was the president and owner of the Bond Shoe Store in Dover for over 60 years.Born July 16, 1916 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania he was a son of the late Alexander and Anna Dorko Sacks.He was a member of St....
Frieda J. Peacock
Nov 26, 1999
Frieda J. Peacock, 74 of Dover died Friday, November 26, 1999 at the Hennis Care Centre following a brief illness.She retired as a Nurses Aid from the Park Village Health Care Center after many years of service.Born November 23, 1925 in Beach City she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Lenora Wompler Helmsdoerfer.She was a member of St....
Virginia J. Fisher
Nov 26, 1999
Virginia J. Fisher, 90 of Dover died Friday, November 26, 1999 at the New Dawn Health Care Center following a brief illness.She worked part-time with her husband Bud at the Scott's Five & Dime store in Dover for many years.Born June 28, 1909 in Kearney, Nebraska she was a daughter of the late Harry and Bertha Nelson Crawford.She was a...
John (Jack) W. Daniels
Nov 23, 1999
John W. (Jack) Daniels, 60, of 127 Linden St., Gnadenhutten, Ohio died Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following an extended illness.Jack was a Data Processing Supervisor at the Marlite Corporation in Dover where he worked for 39 years until illness forced his retirement.Born December 19, 1938 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of the late...
Robert Steven Trustdorf
Nov 23, 1999
R. Steven Trustdorf, 51, of 1545 McMillen St., Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, November 23, 1999 as the result of a motor vehicle accident.Steve was a 5th and 6th grade schoolteacher at Indian Valley Schools where he taught mathematics. He was also the Title Program teacher for first and second grade in math and reading at Port Washington. He was previously a...
Josiah A. 'Joe' Bosler
Nov 22, 1999
Josiah A. 'Joe' Bosler, 73, of 1118 E. Front St., Dover, died Monday, November 22, 1999 in Union Hospital.He was retired from GTE where he had worked for nearly 35 years as an installer/repairman.Born February 6, 1926 at Louisville, Ohio, he was a son of the late John Myron & Carolina Christina Huthmacher Bosler.Joe was a member of the Grace...
Lulu 'Zuby' Murphy
Nov 22, 1999
Lulu 'Zuby' Murphy, 74 of Dover died Monday, November 22, 1999 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness.Born May 30, 1920 in Burnsville, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late William and Merle Gibson Tomblin Sr.She was a member of Bisel United Methodist Church and a 1938 graduate of Burnsville High School. She enjoyed gardening and children.Zuby...
Audrey M. Kail
Nov 19, 1999
Audrey M. Kail, 81, of 133 Fair Ave., New Philadelphia, Ohio and a former Dover resident died Friday, November 19, 1999 in her home following a brief illness.Audrey retired in 1988 as a Licensed Practical Nurse at the Park Village Health Care Center and the former Dover Nursing Center, Karl and Torgler Nursing Homes.Born September 10, 1918 in Tiltonsville, Ohio, she...
Margaret A. 'Peggy' Douglas
Nov 15, 1999
Margaret A. 'Peggy' Douglas, 61, of 227 E 3rd St., Dover, died Monday, November 15, 1999 in Aultman Hospital at Canton.A graduate of the Aultman School of Nursing, Peggy spent 32 years working as a nurse at Union Hospital.Born April 19, 1938 at Dover, she was a daughter of the late Charles & Jessie Walton Schlafly.Peggy was a member of...
Thomas Gilbert Hess
Nov 15, 1999
Thomas Gilbert Hess, 58, of 2427 Crown St. Ext. NW, Dover died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family, Monday, November 15, 1999, after a short battle with cancer.Born January 10, 1941 near Dover, he was the son of the late Gilbert E. & Freda M. (Berger) Hess. He was also the step-son of the late Thelma M. (Judy) Hess.He...
Tom B. Adams
Nov 15, 1999
Tom B. Adams, 99 of Dover died Monday, November 15, 1999 at Park Village Health Care Center following a brief illness.He retired from the B & O Railroad in 1965 with over 40 years of service.Born August 11, 1900 in Dover he was a son of the late Clark and Anna Mae Brannan Adams.He was a member of First Moravian...
J. Scott Kastor
Nov 12, 1999
J. Scott Kastor, 37 of New Philadelphia died suddenly at his home Friday, November 12, 1999.He was employed by the United States Ceramic Tile Co. in East Sparta.Born September 2, 1962 in Dover he was a son of P. Joel and Ann Eash Kastor of Dover.He was a member of First Moravian Church in Dover and was a 1981 graduate...
