Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Laura L. Stith
Feb 23, 2000
Laura L. Stith, 80, of New Philadelphia died Wednesday, February 23, 2000 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. Born October 5, 1919 in Rittman, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Isodore and Minnie Moine Strupe. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking, helping people, gardening and walking in downtown New Philadelphia while...
Jackie L. Peters
Feb 23, 2000
Jackie L. "Jack" Peters, 66, of 3569 Reichman Dr. NW, Dover, died Wednesday, February 23, 2000 in Aultman Hospital. He was a retired mechanic, having spent more than 17 years at the former Ford automotive plant at Canton, then retiring from Simon Duplex at Dover. Born November 22, 1933, at Range Twp., near London, Ohio, he is the son of...
Katherine (Katie) Wayt Guffey
Feb 21, 2000
Katherine (Katie) Wayt Guffey, 95, of the New Dawn Health Care Center and formerly of Pompano Ln., New Philadelphia, Ohio died Monday, February 21, 2000 in the center following an extended illness. Katie owned and operated the former Wayt’s Restaurant (Dinner Bell) and Katie’s Restaurant in Dover and Katie and Anna’s Dutch Oven Restaurant in New Philadelphia. She was in...
Macellus (Bud) A. Gray
Feb 18, 2000
Marcellus A. (Bud) Gray, 75, of 7225 Angel Valley Rd. S.W., Stone Creek, Ohio died Friday, February 18, 2000 in Aultman Hospital following a two week illness. Bud was a retired journeyman carpenter in the Canton Akron area for many years. He worked out of local 69. He also enjoyed woodworking and som of the family’s prize possessions are the...
Peter J. Samsa
Feb 18, 2000
Peter J. "Jim" Samsa, 59, of Strasburg, died Friday in his home following a two-year illness. He was a machine operator who retired from the Timken Company after 39 years of service. Born August 25, 1940 at Dover, Jim was the son Margaret (Dreher) Samsa of Dover, and the late Peter Samsa. Strasburg was Jim's home. He was a graduate...
Almeda M. Haueter
Feb 15, 2000
Almeda M. Haueter, 101, of the New Dawn Health Care Center and formerly of W. 1st St., Strasburg, Ohio died Tuesday evening, February 15, 2000 following a bout with influenza. Born January 11, 1899 in Bolivar, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late John and Malinda Bixler Breniser. Her parents owned a farm which they homesteaded between Strasburg and...
Ruth Elizabeth Jones
Feb 12, 2000
Ruth Elizabeth Jones, 100, of 230 E. 11th St., Dover, Ohio died Saturday, February 12, 2000 in the Balfour Retirement Community in Louisville, Colorado. She was a schoolteacher having taught at the Crooked Run School, Dover Avenue School and later substituted in the Dover schools. In the early 50’s she started to work at the Dover City Hall as a...
John N. Sproul
Feb 12, 2000
John N. Sproul, 80, of 210 E. Iron Ave., Dover, Ohio died Saturday, February 12, 2000 at Union Hospital. He retired as Parts Mgr. For the former Mart Sand Pontiac in Dover and was a former employee of Chuck Nicholson GMC Pontiac in Dover. He also formerly worked for Horrisberger Pontiac in Dennison. Born July 31, 1919 in Uhrichsville, Ohio,...
Edna M. Cattabiani
Feb 9, 2000
Edna M. Cattabiani, 88, of Dover, died Tuesday, February 8, 2000, in Bethesda Hospital at Zanesville. Born March 5, 1911 at Powhatan Point, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Edward & Mary Hendershot Carpenter. She was a graduate of Powhatan High School and had attended Muskingum College. She returned to Powhatan where she taught for eleven years in...
Mary F. Bitikofer
Feb 7, 2000
Mary F. Bitikofer, age 98, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, February 7, 2000, following a full Christian life. She resided in the Sugarcreek area until moving to Strasburg in 1982, and to the Morning View Care Center in 1991. She was born May 20, 1901 in Holmes County to George and Malinda (Miller) Flinner. On December 8,...
Paul R. Hayes
Feb 4, 2000
Paul R. Hayes, 72, of Dover died Friday, February 4, 2000 at the home of his son in Dallas Texas. He retired from Reese Trucking and had formerly worked for A.J. Weigand Trucking both in Dover. Born September 3, 1927 in Uhrichsville he was a son of the late Charles and Anna Hayes. He was a member of St. Joseph...
Gertrude M. Shutt
Jan 31, 2000
Gertrude M. Shutt, 87, a former Strasburg resident, died Monday, January 31, 2000 in the South Broadway Nursing Home at New Philadelphia. Born January 18, 1913 at Strasburg, she was daughter of the late Robert D. & Christina Kramer Bowen. She was a member of the St. John United Church of Christ at Strasburg. Gertrude was preceded in death by...
Janet R. Deetz
Jan 26, 2000
Janet R. (Incarnato) Deetz of 600 W. 14th St., Dover, Ohio died Wednesday, January 26, 2000 following a nine year illness. Born December 18, 1912 in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Philomena Nigro Incarnato. Janet was in the tavern business for nearly 70 years. Until 1991, she owned and operated “JD’s Rendezvous” on Tuscarawas Ave....
John R. Luthy
Jan 23, 2000
John R. Luthy, 94, of 214 W. 23rd St., Dover, Ohio died Sunday, January 23, 2000 at his son Rudy’s home near Stone Creek. John retired in 1970 as an employee of the Greer Steel Company at Dover where he worked for 31 years. Born August 31, 1905 near Dover, he was the son of the late Rudolph and Rosa...
Pearl Coyle
Jan 23, 2000
Pearl Coyle, 94, formerly of Mineral City died Sunday, January 23, 2000 at the New Dawn Health Care Center following a brief illness. She had retired from East Sparta Ceramics after 25 years of service. Born August 18, 1905 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania she was a daughter of the late Bert and Ella McCracken Jones. She was a member of St....
Theresa K. Lynn
Jan 23, 2000
Theresa K. Lynn, 89, of Dover died Sunday, January 23, 2000 at Union Hospital following an extended illness. Born October 20, 1910 in Flushing, Ohio she was a daughter of the late Martin and Mary Fontana. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Theresa was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Z. Lynn who died on January...
Harold Egler
Jan 22, 2000
Harold "Red" Egler, 76, of Dover died Saturday, January 22, 2000 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He retired in 1986 from East Sparta Ceramic Tile after 45 years of service. Following retirement he was employed at the Atwood Lake Marina. Born October 22, 1923 in Somerdale he was a son of the late Raymond and Beulah Stonebrook Egler....
Merle A. Himes
Jan 19, 2000
Merle A. Himes, 88, of Strasburg died Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. He retired in 1979 from the Timken Co. in Canton after 35 years of service. Born May 2, 1911 in Strasburg he was a son of the late Arley and Edith Klingler Himes. He was a member of First Lutheran...
Chester E. Truman
Jan 18, 2000
Chester E. Truman, 73, of Dover died Tuesday, January 18, 2000 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. He had formerly worked for the Reeves Mill, Dover Police Dept. and Rees Cast Stone. Born September 24, 1926 in New Philadelphia he was a son of the late James and Agnes Ricklic Truman. He was a Navy Veteran of...
Laura V. Turvey
Jan 17, 2000
Laura V. Turvey, 82, of Essex II Care Center in Salem and formerly of Strasburg, died Monday, January 17, 2000 in the center. Born April 19, 1917 in Canton, she was a daughter of the late John & Ida Vorhees Ferguson. She was a member of the Strasburg United Methodist Church, Strasburg AARP, and Tuscarawas County Senior Citizens. Laura was...
