Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
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...
John A. Jerome
Jan 16, 2000
John A. Jerome 79, of 6672 Old State Route 39 NW, Dover, Ohio died Sunday, January 16, 2000 following an extended illness. He retired in 1986 as Manager of the Dover Elks Lodge. He had previously managed the former Tally Ho in Dover. Born March 5, 1920 in Dover, he was the son of the late Anthony L. and Mary...
Lori Ann Kieffer
Jan 15, 2000
Lori Ann Kieffer, 23, of 4315 Tabor Ridge Rd. N.E., Mineral City, Ohio died Saturday, January 15, 2000 in her home following a sudden illness. Lori was a floral designer for the Floral Packaging Company at Dover. Born November 15, 1976 in Dover, she was the daughter of Lars E. and Jovan Davis King of Dover. She was a member...
Emmy Grossniklaus
Jan 14, 2000
Emmy Grossniklaus, 84, of the Hennis Care Centre and formerly of Crater Ave., Dover, Ohio died Friday, January 14, 2000 in the centre following an extended illness. Emmy retired in 1985, as a waitress at the Union Country Club in Dover where she worked for 17 years. Born January 20, 1915 in Switzerland, she was the daughter of the late...
Norma Jean Mcdonald
Jan 11, 2000
Norma Jean McDonald, 66, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday, January 11, 2000 in Mercy Medical Center after a long illness. She had worked in the assembly department for Handy & Harman, and had also worked for the former Sparta Manufacturing. Born February 6, 1933 at Dover, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Jane Chaney Shear. Norma...
Mary Margaret Hollinger
Jan 11, 2000
Mary Margaret Hollinger, 67, of 1712 McMillen Ave., Dover, Ohio died Tuesday, January 11, 2000 in her home following a five month illness. Mary was a Registered Nurse having worked at the Park Village Health Care Center in Dover for 13 years. She had previously been an Industrial Nurse at the Timken Roller Bearing Company at New Philadelphia and emergency...
Mary M. Norris
Jan 11, 2000
Mary M. Norris, 98, passed away peacefully Tuesday, January 11, 2000 at Country Club Retirement Center at Dover following an extended illness. Born in Keene, Coshocton County, Ohio on June 25, 1901 to Charles and Harriet Pew, she lived most of her life in the Dover/New Philadelphia area. She and her husband of 70 years enjoyed travelling and fishing. A...
Eileen Hatcher
Jan 11, 2000
Eileen Hatcher, 79 of Dover died Tuesday, January 11, 2000 at the Hennis Care Centre following an extended illness. She was an LPN at Union Hospital and also helped her husband run Chucks Chicken in north Dover for many years. Born December 6, 1920 in Orillia, Ontario Canada she was a daughter of the late Arthur and May Orr Bunce....
Dorothy Swonger
Jan 11, 2000
Dorothy Swonger, 87, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, January 11, 2000 in the South Broadway Nursing Home. She had been a Registered Nurse at Union Hospital in Dover for over 35 years, having retired in 1971. Born June 20, 1912 at Lakewood, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Christopher and Harriet Bivens Oppliger. She was a lifelong member...
Margaret L. "Monie Lou" Gibbs
Jan 10, 2000
“The Candy Lady” Margaret L. “Monie Lou” Gibbs, 77, of 403 W. 11th St. Dover, passed away Monday, January10, 2000 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover. She was owner/operator of the family business – the Eiler Candy store at Dover, where she had managed for 63 years. Born October 9, 1922 at Dover, she was a daughter...
Mildred L. Owens
Jan 9, 2000
Mildred L. Owens, 88 of New Philadelphia died Sunday, January 9, 2000 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was a retired restaurant and cafeteria employee having worked at Kaufmann's Restaurant in Bowling Green, Wooster Highway Elementary and Park Elementary both in Dover. Born April 25, 1911 in Hiawatha, Kansas she was a daughter of the late John and...
Jmaes B. "Jim" Orum
Jan 2, 2000
James B. "Jim" Orum, 50, of Carrollton died Sunday, January 2, 2000. He had worked for the past five years as a welder and fitter for Minerva Welding & Fabricating. Born October 24, 1949 at Pleasant Grove, WV, he was a son of the late James Clifford & Gladys Palmer Orum. Jim enjoyed flying, and loved working on the family...
James B. Orum
Jan 2, 2000
James B. "Jim" Orum, 50 of Carrollton, died Sunday, January 2, 2000 at Mercy Medical Center after a short illness. He had worked the past five years as a welder and fitter for Minerva Welding & Fabricating. Born October 24, 1949 at Pleasant Grove, WV, he was a son of the late James Clifford & Gladys Palmer Orum. Jim enjoyed...
John A. Forstrom
Dec 31, 1999
John A. Forstrom, 47 of Dover died Friday, December 31, 1999 at the Holy Family Cancer Center in Parma following a brief illness. Born September 23, 1952 in Dover he was a son of Veronica MacLain Forstrom of Dover and the late William "Whitey" Forstrom. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp., and a member of the...
Edward "Turk" Robinson
Dec 30, 1999
Edward L. "Turk" Robinson, 81 of Mineral City died Thursday, December 30, 1999 at his home following an extended illness. He retired in 1975 as an Elementary School Teacher having taught at Lake, Dover South and New Cumberland Elementary Schools. Born January 1, 1918 in Rainelle, West Virginia he was a son of the late Elmer and Mamie Burns Robinson....
Roy Junior Lantzer
Dec 30, 1999
Roy Junior Lantzer, 49, of 306 W. 4th St., Uhrichsville, Ohio died Thursday, December 30, 1999 in his home. Born October 18, 1950 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of the late Roy S. and Florence DiGenova Lantzer. Junior enjoyed training and caring for horses. He formerly was employed at the Wooster Fairgrounds working with race horses. He was...
