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Ann I. Simmers
Sep 9, 2011
Ann I. Simmers, age 78, of New Philadelphia, passed away suddenly in her home early Friday morning. Born October 29, 1932, at Dover, she was a daughter of the late Vincent Marion Coniglio, Sr. and Anna Butera Coniglio.She was baptized and confirmed in St. Joseph Catholic Church and was a 1950 graduate of St. Joseph High School. As a young...
Karen J Meyers
Sep 9, 2011
Karen J. Meyers, age 68, of New Philadelphia passed away peacefully in her home Friday, September 9, 2011.Born in Little Rock, Arkansas on March 24, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Harold W. and Constance L. (Weber) Meyers and the step-daughter of Dorothy Hudson.Karen will be remembered for her love of crafts and flowers. Karen’s great joy was...
Melba Jo Galbraith
Sep 8, 2011
Melba Jo Galbraith, age 76, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully in her home earlier this week. Born at her family’s New Philadelphia home on St. Patrick’s Day, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Edward and Ada Alice Rankin Galbraith. A 1953 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, Melba went on to work at the former City Savings...
Elizabeth Jane Bigler
Sep 6, 2011
Elizabeth Jane Bigler, age 85, of Dover, died Tuesday, September 6, 2011, in Union Hospital at Dover.A daughter of the late Andrew H. and Louise Phelps Perry, Betty, as she was known to family and friends, was born on February 22, 1926, at Canton, Ohio. She attended New Philadelphia High School, married Dale R. Bigler on October 5, 1946, and...
Robert Scott Bucher
Sep 6, 2011
Robert Scott Bucher, age 77, of New Philadelphia, a loving husband, dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa, passed away early Tuesday evening, September 6, 2011, in Cleveland Clinic following a lengthy and courageous battle with heart disease for 18 years, and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for the past eleven years. Born at Mineral City, January 9, 1934, he was a son of the late...
Donald E. ”gene” McInnes
Sep 5, 2011
Donald E. “Gene” McInnes, age 84, of Dover and formerly of East Canton, died early Monday morning, September 5, 2011, in Hennis Care Center at Dover following a brief illness.A son of the late James and Caroline Jentes McInnes, Gene was born at Canton, Ohio on May 13, 1927. He was a 1945 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and...
Nancy Louise Roth
Sep 1, 2011
Nancy Louise Roth, 70, of Wainwright, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 in Union Hospital at Dover following a period of declining health.A daughter of the late William Toth Sr. and the late Marie (Nicolodi) Toth, Nancy was born May 26, 1941 at Wainwright, Ohio.Nancy graduated as the class valedictorian from St. Mary’s High School at Dennison in 1959. Then on...
Arthur Carl Heidenreich
Aug 31, 2011
Arthur Carl Heidenreich, age 88, a long time resident of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011 in Country Club Retirement Center at Dover following a lengthy illness.Born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 2, 1923, Art was the son of the late Clifford and Clara Reimer Heidenreich, and was a 1941 graduate of West Technical High School, in Cleveland, and...
Patty Lue Watson
Aug 31, 2011
Patty Lue (Preston) Watson, age 71, of Dover passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2011 in Union Hospital at Dover following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Muskingum County on September 9, 1939, she was a daughter of the late James Leroy and Emma Jane (Whyde) Preston.Patty was a gracious lady full of love and compassion for those around her....
Margaret A. Burson
Aug 30, 2011
Margaret A. Burson, 60, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011 in her home following a period of declining health.A daughter of Naomi (Dahler) Hill of New Philadelphia and the late Robert Hill, Margaret was born June 29, 1951.Margaret was a 1969 graduate of Indian Valley North High School and was a member of Sharon Moravian Church at Tuscarawas....
Earl Lewis Watson
Aug 30, 2011
Earl Lewis Watson, 84, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 from his home with his family at his side.A son of the late Arthur Harrison and Grace Marie (Hinton) Watson, Earl was born March 27, 1927 in Carroll County, Ohio.Following the completion of eighth grade, Earl left school to go to...
Gloria J. Vaughn
Aug 29, 2011
Gloria Jean Vaughn, age 74, of New Philadelphia, entered her Heavenly reward early Monday afternoon, from her home, surrounded by her family. Born at Castalia, OH, October 11, 1936, she was a daughter of the late John Leo and Esther Saxer Lester. While still a young child, her family moved to Sandusky where Gloria attended Sts. Peter and Paul Elementary...
Bonnie Minnis
Aug 27, 2011
Bonnie Jerles Minnis, age 45, of Dover, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, early Saturday morning, August 27, 2011, in Hennis Care Centre, at Dover, following an extended illness that she courageously battled. Born at Dover, December 18, 1965, she was a daughter of Robert “Bob” L. Jerles (wife, Mary Ann) of Bolivar and the late LaRita J....
Mary DeFeo
Aug 26, 2011
Mary DeFeo, age 94 of Country Club Retirement Campus at Dover, passed away Friday morning, August 26, 2011.Born at Brooklyn, New York on February 2, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Maurice and Golda (Maltzman) Pawlovsky. Mary wed her beloved husband, James DeFeo, on March 5, 1939 and enjoyed more than sixty years together before his passing on...
Robert H. ”shack” Shackelford
Aug 26, 2011
Robert H. “Shack” Shackelford, age 65, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, August 26, 2011, in Union Hospital at Dover following a courageous battle with cancer.A son of the late Robert E. and Mary M. Phillips Shackelford, Bob was born at Marion, Ohio, on March 26, 1946. He was a graduate of Marion Harding High School and completed his formal education...
Laura M. Redman
Aug 26, 2011
Laura M. Redman, age 75, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, August 26, 2011, in Union Hospital at Dover.A daughter of the late John and Minnie Peacock Moran, Laura was born at New Philadelphia on August 12, 1936.She attended New Philadelphia High School and married the love of her life, Virgil Dale Redman on November 16, 1957. The couple raised four...
Jennie D (aveni) Garrett
Aug 25, 2011
Jennie D. (Aveni) Garrett, age 96, a lifelong resident of New Philadelphia, passed away in Aultman Hospital at Canton Thursday morning, August 25, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Born in New Philadelphia Jennie was the daughter of the late Anthony and Carmella (Mobilia) Aveni. Jennie married her late husband, Cecil O. Garrett, on February 21, 1947 in New...
Clyde A. Gindlesberger
Aug 24, 2011
Clyde Atlee Gindlesberger, age 86, of Millersburg, died Wednesday, August 24, 2011, in Walnut Hills Nursing Home at Walnut Creek.A son of the late Earl and Emma Giauque Gindlesberger, Clyde was born in the Kenmore area of Akron, Ohio on September 25, 1924.He graduated from the former Millersburg High School, entered into the United States Army and served in the...
James R. ”jim” Welch
Aug 22, 2011
New Philadelphia resident James R. Welch, 65, died Monday morning, August 22, 2011.A son of Mary “Irene” Barkley Welch of New Philadelphia and the late Robert “Bob” Welch, Jim was born January 4, 1946, in Twin City Hospital at Dennison.Jim graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1964 and Tri State University in Angola, Indiana, in 1969 with a degree...
James E. Smith
Aug 18, 2011
James E. Smith, Sr., age 79, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, August 18, 2011, in Mercy Medical Hospital following a period of declining health.A son of the late Melvin and Bessie Clyne Smith, James was born at Wooster, Ohio on December 17, 1931.James attended Creston High School prior to enlisting into the United States Air Force and married the love...
