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Lola M. Shear
Sep 25, 2004
Lola M. Shear, 74, of Barnhill began her great rest in the arms of Jesus, on September 25, 2004 at home while being surrounded by her loving and supportive family who gathered around her bedside.She was born June 3, 1930, at Dover, Ohio a daughter of the late Robert and Alberta Barnett Sr.Lola was an active and compassionate Christian woman...
Donald H. Maurer
Sep 24, 2004
Donald H. Maurer, 77, of New Philadelphia, died Friday morning September 24, 2004 in Union Hospital following a short illness.Donald, who was a lifelong resident of the county, was born on July 26, 1927 in Dover to the late Henry J. and Cora (Dessecker) Maurer.Donald was Master of the Union Grange, Treasurer of the Pomona Grange, a member of the...
Edna M. LeMasters
Sep 24, 2004
Edna M. LeMasters, 90, of Dover, died Friday evening at the Country Club Retirement Campus in Dover after a short illness.Edna was born on March 17, 1914 in North Lawrence, Ohio to the late Ezra and Mary Elizabeth Hackman Hurst.She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in New Philadelphia and was also a member of the Tuscarawas...
Alfred J. Peterson
Sep 24, 2004
Alfred J. Peterson, 89, Niceville, FL, died September 24, 2004 at Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville.A son of the late Alfred and Jane Mould Peterson, he was born on January 27, 1915, in DuBois, PA.Serving our country for 23 years, Alfred entered the U.S. Army in l942, and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War.He was...
James S. Patrick
Sep 23, 2004
Attorney James Shaweker Patrick, 76, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday afternoon, September 23, 2004 in Aultman Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Dover, February 11, 1928, to the late James Estep and Esther Shaweker Patrick, he was the fifth James Patrick of Tuscarawas County Law prominence. His family can trace their roots in Tuscarawas County to James Patrick, a...
Thomas E. Bell
Sep 21, 2004
Thomas E. “Tom” Bell, 55, of Strasburg, died Tuesday afternoon at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a lengthy illness. He was born November 12, 1948 in Dennison, OH to the late Charles Thomas and Clarice Eileen (Barnhill) Bell. Prior to his illness Tom had worked for several area Manufacturing companies including the former IF Manufacturing of New Philadelphia and Litco...
Elsie W. Badgett
Sep 21, 2004
Elsie W. Badgett, 76, of Colonial Manor, New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September 21, 2004, in Union Hospital. Elsie was born in Masontown, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1928, to the late Chester C. and Thelma Duncan Johnson. Elsie came to Ohio when she was eleven years old. She has been a resident of Tuscarawas County since 1958. Survivors include two sons, Danny...
Camet E. Sexton
Sep 18, 2004
Camet E. Sexton, 88, New Philadelphia, died Saturday, September 18, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born February 12, 1916, in Independence, VA., (Grayson County), he was the son of the late John Fielden and Sarah Elizabeth Fine Sexton. Camet was an area supervisor for the Ohio Power Company for 43 years, retiring in Zanesville, OH, in 1978. He was a...
Dale E. Sweaney
Sep 15, 2004
Dale E. Sweaney, 77, New Philadelphia, died suddenly on Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center in Canton.A son of the late Paul and Helen Shaffer Sweaney, Dale was born May 24, 1927 in New Philadelphia.During World War II, he served his country in the United States Army and was awarded the WWII Victory Medal and the Army of...
Kenneth D. Diefenbach
Sep 15, 2004
Kenneth D. Diefenbach, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover.A son of the late Charles and Florence Rufenacht Diefenbach, Kenneth was born March 20, 1921 in Dover, Ohio.Following his graduation from New Philadelphia High School, he served with the United States Army at Normandy in Northern France and in the Rhineland in Central...
Virginia L. Horning
Sep 14, 2004
Virginia L. (Stratton) Horning, 85 formerly of Canton, passed away Tuesday morning, September 14, 2004, in New Philadelphia, following a lengthy illness.Born on April 18, 1919 in Canton, OH, she was the daughter of the late Orville W. and Louise E. (Crane) Stratton. As a young lady, Virginia excelled in tennis and basketball. She was a stellar student athlete at...
Martha J. Hauenstein
Sep 12, 2004
Martha J. Hauenstein, 79, of Dover died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, in Union Hospital at Dover.Born Dec. 18, 1924, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Ira B. and Mary Miller Wolfe. For the past year and a half she had been a resident of Country Club Retirement Center at Dover.On Nov. 17, 1963, she married Donald H....
Jeffrey Lee Leggett
Sep 11, 2004
Jeffrey Lee Leggett, 44, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, died suddenly on Saturday, September 11, 2004.Jeff was born on February 11, 1960 in Dover, Ohio to the late Garry and Joann Waring Leggett.He is survived by his sister, Susan (Andy) Thomas of Tucson, AZ and one uncle, Robert (Jean) Waring of Tucson, AZ. Also surviving are many aunts, uncles cousins in...
Virgil Clifton Pierce
Sep 10, 2004
Virgil Clifton Pierce, 84, of Dover, Ohio died on Friday, September 10, 2004, following a brief illness.He was born on May 26, 1920 on the family farm in Scioto County, Ohio, to the late Elmer and Adelia Howard Pierce.He enlisted in the National Guard, Ohio’s 37th Division, in October 1939, and the unit was called into federal service in 1940....
Richard Louis Harig
Sep 8, 2004
Richard L. Harig, Sr., 64, of New Philadelphia, died Wedneday September 8, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover following a lengthy illness. He was born April 20, 1940 at Dennison, Ohio to Earl L. and Thelma I. (Espenschied) Harig and had been employed as an auto mechanic at the former Weaver Cadillac and Buick dealership of New Philadelphia, Richard was...
Hazel L. Erwin
Sep 7, 2004
Hazel Leona Erwin, 83, of Park Village Health Care Center in Dover, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday afternoon, September 7, 2004. Born in New Philadelphia January 15, 1921, she was a daughter of the late William and Helen Neighbor Huff. Hazel spent her entire life in New Philadelphia, and after attending school here, she met and married her husband,...
Wayne A. Smith
Sep 4, 2004
Wayne A. Smith, 46, New Philadelphia, died unexpectedly Saturday, September 4, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover.A son of Verna M. Sanders Smith and the late Charles Alvin Smith, Wayne was born December 26, 1957 in Canton, OH. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed a variety of activities, especially fishing. He was a member of the First Church of God...
Raymond Ricklic
Sep 3, 2004
Raymond J. “Rick” Ricklic, 80, long-time New Philadelphia resident and craftsman, died Friday, September 3, 2004, at his home following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia on June 11, 1924, Raymond was a son of the late Joseph and Martha E. DeWaele Ricklic, and a l941 graduate of New Philadelphia High School.He served in the South Pacific as a member...
Alta E. Neiger
Sep 1, 2004
Alta E. Neiger, 75, New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born December 10, 1928, in Dover, OH, she was a daughter of the late Chester and Celeste Schum Page.A homemaker devoted to her family and her church, Alta was married to Paul Neiger, Sr. for 42 years prior to his death in l990. When their...
Virginia F. Gribble
Aug 31, 2004
Virginia (Ginny) F. Gribble, 81, of Palm Harbor, Florida, died on August 31, 2004, at Tandem Health Care in Safety Harbor, Florida.Born May 7, 1923 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late London and Emma Beans Miller. Virginia graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1941 and married Kenneth W. Gribble on January 18, 1942.Virginia was...
