Obituaries

Jan 29, 2004

Ann May Barr, 97, Dover, died Thursday, January 29, 2004, at Amberwood Manor in New Philadelphia. No visitation times or services are scheduled.

Jan 26, 2004

Jan 26, 2004

Walter H. Canty, 85, of New Philadelphia, died Monday evening, January 26, 2004 at Hennis Care Centre in Dover following a brief illness.Born February 11, 1918 in Clarksburg, WV, he was the only child of the late Walter H. and Charity M. Davis Canty. In 1922 the family relocated to New Philadelphia where Walter grew up. He graduated from New...

Jan 24, 2004

Margaret Carter, 82, New Philadelphia, died Saturday morning, January 24, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born in Beach Bottom, WVA, on November 12, 1921, Margaret was the daughter of the late Mary and William Vanno.After her high school graduation, she went abroad to serve as a civil service secretary in Japan. Later, she worked at Lauren Manufacturing for twenty-five years,...

Jan 24, 2004

Paul E. Mowrer, 81, of State Route 416, New Philadelphia, died Saturday, January 24, 2004, at Amberwood Manor in New Philadelphia, following a brief illness.Born March 7, l922, at New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Fred and Mary Howell Mowrer.Paul was a WWII US Army Veteran and was self-employed most of his life.He was a member of...

Jan 24, 2004

Jane Katherine Shields, a dear mother, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 24, 2004.Jane was born August 16, 1914, to the late Joe and Jessie Marsh of New Philadelphia, where she shared her growing up years with her many special cousins, aunts, and uncles. Locally, she was involved in radio and acting, which led her to Hollywood....

Jan 23, 2004

Peter P. Granato, 86, of Allen Lane NE, New Philadelphia, died Friday at Akron, Ohio, following a long illness. Born February 23, 1917, at Dennison, Ohio, he was a son of the late Anthony and Carmella Granato. Pete retired from the Timken Company at Canton, Ohio where he had worked for 39 years. Prior to his illness, he attended Sacred...

Jan 23, 2004

Roberta M. “Bobbi” Clark, died Friday, January 23, 2004, in New Philadelphia, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. She was 59.Born on May 1, 1944, in Dover, Bobbi was the daughter of Lorinda Hilton Walker and the late Otis T. Walker, Sr., and was a l962 graduate of Tusky Valley High School.Bobbi was a member of the Roxford United...

Jan 23, 2004

Mary Luciel Endres, 86, Dover, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Friday evening, January 23, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover.Luciel was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 3, 1917, to the late Forrest and Gladys Edie Barnes.Married to Paul E. Endres, who preceded her in death on June 29, 1979, Luciel was a loving wife and mother who spent many...

Jan 21, 2004

Virginia May “Ginny” Linard of Dover, passed away Wednesday evening, January 21, 2004 at Union Hospital. She was 78.She was born October 16, 1925 in Neffs, OH, the daughter of the late Clarence and E. Fern Hamilton Hartline. May 11, 1940 she married Robert O. Linard, who passed away April 3, 1999.The raised four children, Robert O. Linard, Jr. of...

Jan 17, 2004

Lois Hazel Landes, 83, of Westlake, OH, formerly of New Philadelphia, died early Saturday morning in Fairview Hospital at Cleveland, OH, following a brief illness. Born in Cleveland September 10, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Blanche Hrbac Kazimore. Lois graduated from John Marshall High School at Cleveland. Mrs. Landes was a member of the New...

Jan 15, 2004

Maurice C. Schilling, 85, died Thursday morning, January 15, 2004, at Hennis Care Centre in Dover.The only child of the late Clyde and Gladis Siber Schilling, Maurice was born in Dover, OH, on February 3, l918. A soldier in the United States Army during World War II, he served in Europe as a railroad conductor.After his honorable discharge, Maurice returned...

Jan 15, 2004

Soloman Edward Schwartz, a lifelong resident of New Philadelphia, died peacefully Thursday afternoon, January 15, 2004, in Morning View Care Center, following a lengthy illness. Born in New Philadelphia March 12, 1918, Soloman was one of seven children born to the late Soloman Edward Schwartz Sr. and his wife Eva N. Wolfe Schwartz. Soloman was a past member at the...

Jan 15, 2004

Earl E. “Bud” Kohler, Sr., a lifelong resident of the Wainwright, died peacefully Thursday evening, January 15, 2004 at Park Village in Dover with his family at his side. He was 82.Born in Tuscarawas on August 16, 1921 to the late Charles and Edith Goshorn Kohler, Bud started working at the Wainwright coal mine at age 16. During World War...

Jan 14, 2004

Louis Lesjak, 82, a longtime resident of New Philadelphia, died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, January 14, 2004. Born in Johnstown, Ohio on December 20, 1921, Mr. Lesjak was the only son born to the late Martin and Josephine Lesjak. Mr. Lesjak was twenty years old when he entered the Army of the United States in November of 1942.His tour of duty...

Jan 12, 2004

Connie LaFountaine, of Leesville Lake, died Monday morning, January 12, 2004, at Aultman Hospital in Canton after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was 65.Born in New Philadelphia on March 22, l938, Connie was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Hattie M. Schwartz Cronebaugh. She was a l956 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and attended...

Jan 11, 2004

Mary Dindo DeNicola, 87, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday evening, January 11, 2004 at Union Hospital.Mary was born in Nokomis, IL on March 16, 1916, a daughter to the late Domenico Eusebio and Pasqua Caterina “Esther” Cocco Dindo. During the 1930’s, Mary worked for Woolworth’s in New Philadelphia. In the 1980’s, Mary and the women she had worked with at...

Jan 9, 2004

Beatrice R. Cercone, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, January 9, 2004, at the Country Club Retirement Center in Dover. Her death came on the same date on which her husband, Donald “Gandy” Cercone had died in l966. Beatrice was 96 years old.Born in Roswell on February 7, l907, she was the daughter of and the last of eleven children born...

Jan 8, 2004

Vella Belle Young Vaughn, 86, of Byesville, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2004 at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge following an eight-week illness.Mrs. Vaughn was born in Midvale on August 4, 1917 to the late James Franklin and Eva Lucille Carpenter Young. She graduated from Midvale High School in 1934 and in 1938 she married Courtney Vaughn....

Jan 8, 2004

Lois J. Holland, a life-long resident of New Philadelphia, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2004, at Aultman Hospital in Canton. She was 78.A daughter of the late Lewis E. and Eulah Starkey Walton, Lois was born September 13, l925, in New Philadelphia, and was a 1943 graduate of New Philadelphia High School.On June 15, 1947, she married Hugh H. Holland,...