Obituaries
Tuscarawas County, Ohio Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Dover, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio & Surrounding Areas
Catherine A. Rafalowski (Streb)
Jul 11, 2021
Catherine A. Rafalowski (Streb) of Peachtree City, Georgia, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia, at the age of 89. Ann was born in Dover, Ohio, to the late Louis Streb and Edna Greenwell. She attended St. Joseph’s High School in Dover, graduating in 1950. In 1954 she received a BSc in nursing from...
Carol S. Miller
Jul 7, 2021
Carol S. Miller, age 89, of Dover, died peacefully Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia, following a period of declining health. Born July 3, 1932, in Cleveland, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Bernice Fisher Seeley. Carol graduated from Mayfield High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Baldwin-Wallace...
Douglas A. Yackey
Jul 6, 2021
Douglas A. Yackey, 54, of Dover passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 following a brief illness. Born April 6, 1967 in Dover he was a son of the late Clyde and Theda Bender Yackey. Doug was a 1985 graduate of Strasburg High School and had been employed at Dover Chemical the past 20 years. A fun loving guy with...
Carol J. Medley
Jun 29, 2021
Carol J. Medley, age 75, of Dover, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2021, in Dover’s New Dawn Retirement Community, following a long illness. Born December 12, 1945, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Dorothy May Sommers Lewis. Carol attended Dover schools, and, on August 25, 1963, married Stanley R. Medley, who survives. She was employed as a...
Edna M. Fishel
Jun 27, 2021
Edna M. Fishel, 88, of Dover passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2021 in the New Dawn Retirement Community. Born May 16, 1933 in Stone Creek she was a daughter of the late Harry and Florence Ferrell Miller. Edna was also preceded in death by her infant twin sons; brother, Eugene Miller; sisters, Hazel Skantz, Viola Teglo and Arlene Rentsch....
John R. Kinsey III
Jun 26, 2021
John Robert Kinsey lll, 51, of New Philadelphia passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021 after declining health. He was a son of Patricia DeMichael Kinsey of New Philadelphia and the late John R Kinsey Jr. A resident of Tuscarawas County most of his life, John was a 1988 graduate of Claymont High School. His happiest times were when he...
April B. Coventry
Jun 24, 2021
April B. Coventry, 61, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on April 12, 1960 in Wheeling, West Virginia and was a daughter of the late William Bose and Janet Wright Horton. April was also preceded in death by her step-father, Jim Horton Sr.; brother, Jimmy Horton Jr.; and sister,...
Angel Gabriel Gonzalez Lopez
Jun 21, 2021
Angel Gabriel Gonzalez Lopez, 19, of Strasburg and formerly of New Philadelphia passed away suddenly from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Monday, June 21, 2021. Angel was born on June 26, 2001 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, he was the son of Gabriel Gonzalez of Puerto Rico and Wilma (Miguel) Lopez Corio of Strasburg. He is also survived by...
Julio Ajanel Rodriguez
Jun 18, 2021
Julio Ajanel Rodriguez, the eight-day-old son of Juana Rodrguez Marcos and Jorge Ajanel Cox was born on June 10, 2021, at Union Hospital in Dover. He died on June 18, 2021, at Akron Children’s Hospital. Jorge and Juana have decided that it would be best to send him to be buried in the Cementerio General, Aldea Chex Abajo, Aguacatan, Huehuetenango,...
Howard M. Lewis
Jun 17, 2021
Howard M. Lewis, age 73, of Strasburg, passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia, following a brief illness. Born July 11, 1947, in Massillon, he was a son of the late Robert E. and Verna M. Hartline Lewis. Howard graduated from Dover High School in 1965. He married the former Patricia L. “Pattie” Decker...
Laura L. Myers
Jun 16, 2021
Laura L. Myers, 86, of Port Washington passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover. Born November 27, 1934 in Tuscarawas she was a daughter of the late Roy and Mary Pretorius Sherer. Laura was also preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Myers on March 10, 1997; brother, Harvey Sherer; infant...
Robert E. "Bob" Gordon
Jun 15, 2021
Robert E. “Bob” Gordon, age 78, of Dover, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Community Hospice Truman House, New Philadelphia. Born July 1, 1942, in Dover, he was the son of the late Ralph and Thelma Meek Gordon. Bob graduated from Dover High School in 1960; on August 28th of that year he married the former Mary Noland, who...
Cynthia "Cindy" Frey Renner
Jun 14, 2021
Cynthia “Cindy” Frey Renner, age 70, of New Philadelphia, passed away Monday, June 14, 2021, in Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, Dover, following a slow decline in health. Born December 8, 1950, in Fry’s Valley, Tuscarawas County, she was a daughter of the late Robert W. and Gretta Mae Durbin Frey. Cindy attended school in Gnadenhutten and graduated from Indian Valley...
Vivian M. Hines
Jun 14, 2021
Vivian M. Hines, 100, of New Philadelphia passed away on Monday, June 14, 2021 in the Park Village Health Care Center at Dover. Born August 17, 1920 in Mineral City, she was the daughter of the late Hershel and Lilly McCreery Fisher. Do to the early deaths of her parents, Vivian was raised by the late George and Anna McCreery....
Betty G. Bidinger
Jun 11, 2021
Betty G. Bidinger, 78, of Dover passed away on Friday, June 11, 2021 at Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born October 3, 1942 in Manchester, New Hampshire she was a daughter of the late William and Belle Riddle Gibbs. Betty was also preceded in death by her sister, Annabelle Dean and brother in law, Cliff Edwards. She was employed...
Dennis L. Anderson
Jun 9, 2021
Dennis L. Anderson, age 59, of New Philadelphia, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in New Philadelphia’s Community Hospice Truman House, following a brief illness. Born September 20, 1961, in Dover, he was a son of Patricia Fetters Anderson of New Philadelphia, and the late Ralph Anderson. Dennis attended New Philadelphia High School and Buckeye Joint Vocational School, and, in...
Charlotte Lloyd Hanhart
Jun 9, 2021
Charlotte Lloyd Hanhart passed peacefully on the morning of June 9 at the Inn At Northwood Village in Dover, OH just 3 days before her 94th birthday. Charlotte Rosalie Radecki was born in Luzerne County, PA. on June 12, 1927. She was the sixth of seven children born to her mother before losing her father at the age of 2....
Gertrud M. "Judy" Keller
Jun 6, 2021
Gertrud M. "Judy" Keller, 90, of Dover passed away on June 6, 2021, at the Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia. In honoring her wishes, cremation has taken place through the care of the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory in Dover.
Charlene K. Mercer
Jun 6, 2021
Charlene K. Mercer, 83, of Dover passed away on Sunday, June 6, 2021 in the Park Village Health Care Center. Born on December 15, 1937 in Dover she was the daughter of the late Howard and Lucille Pealy McCully. Charlene retired in 1996 from the State of Ohio Department of Transportation after 30 years of service. She is survived by...
Eugene A. Kaser
Jun 2, 2021
Eugene A. Kaser, 68, of Dover passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Canton on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Born in Dover on May 26, 1953, he was the son of the late Willis “Bill” and Iva (Weigand) Kaser. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Ron Kaser. Eugene was a graduate of Dover High School with the...
