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Lewis L. Levengood
Jul 17, 2002
Lewis L. Levengood, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at Aultman Hospital in Canton following complications of a stroke.
Born, December 27, 1919 in Auburn Township, Ohio, he was the son of the late Raymond C. and Jessie Levengood.
Lewis served honorably in the US Army during World War II in England and France. He was involved...
Elsie M. Young
Jul 15, 2002
Elsie M. Young, 98, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, July 15, 2002 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia following an extended illness.Born in Canton, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Annie Arney Boydletour. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Church of Christ in Canton, the Emma Zimmer Circle and the...
Dale G. Robb
Jul 15, 2002
Dale G. Robb, 65, of New Philadelphia, passed away, Monday, July 15, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton, following a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Dover, he was the son of the late Edward C. and Nellie M. Morgan Robb and a 1955 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. Dale was a U.S. Army veteran having served with the military...
Margaret Messerly Knisely
Jul 14, 2002
Margaret Messerly (Steiner) Knisely, 85, of Dover, died Sunday, July 14, 2002, at Park Village Health Care Center, following an extended illness.Born August 16, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Edward F. Steiner and Emma (Messerly) Steiner of Baltic, Ohio. Margaret Knisely was a graduate of Baltic High School and went on to graduate from Denison University in...
Donald L. Abbuhl, Sr
Jul 14, 2002
DONALD L. ABBUHL, SR., 74, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with his Savior on Sunday, July 14, 2002. Don had recently been hospitalized at Aultman Hospital in Canton. He was born August 12, 1927, a son of the late Roy E. and Matilda Stubbins Abbuhl. Don served with the U. S. Army and Reserves from 1951 until his...
Anna G. Hershberger
Jul 9, 2002
ANNA G. HERSHBERGER, 95, a resident of the New Dawn Retirement Community in Dover, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. Anna was born in Geauga County, the third child to Jacob and Mattie Glick. She attended Amish school in Barrs Mills. At 17, Anna received her religious conversion through numerous visits to Jeff Davis...
Holly J. Fountain
Jul 8, 2002
Holly J. Fountain, 51, of Freeport, died suddenly, Monday, July 8, 2002 at Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge.Born in Sandusky, Ohio, she was the daughter of Larry W. and Carol Galitz Nabakowski of Carrollton and had worked as an L.P.N. in numerous medical facilities.In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Robert W. Fountain of...
Zelma Mae Hummell
Jul 4, 2002
Zelma Mae Hummell, 77, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, July 4, 2002, at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia, following a brief illness.Born February 8, 1925, in Winterset, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late George U. and Norma Belle Ford Wright. She was a homemaker and a past member of the Winterset United Methodist Church.Zelma is survived...
Alice Marie Szymialis
Jul 4, 2002
ALICE MARIE SZYMIALIS of Barnhill, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 4, 2002, having passed away at Twin City Hospital after a lengthy illness. Alice was born in Lafferty, OH, a daughter of the late Constantino and Mary A. Chini Zanotelli Bartolis. On February 12, 1944 she married Alfred J. Szymialis who preceded her in death on...
Jonathan Matthew Gray
Jul 3, 2002
Jonathan Matthew Gray, 19, of Tippecanoe, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002, as the result of a tragic automobile accident in Dover Township.Born in Canton, O, on November 20, 1982, Jon was a son of Daniel Paul and June Louise Moore Gray.A 2000 graduate of Lakeland High School, Jon attended Belmont Vocational School where he studied to be a draftsman. Active...
Mary M. Wise
Jul 2, 2002
Mary M. Wise, 92, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at South Broadway Nursing Home in New Philadelphia following a sudden illness.Born in Pittsburgh on October 6, 1909, she was a member of Sacred Heart Church in New Philadelphia and loved animals.Mary was preceded in death by her father and mother, Mary Hopkins Friscic, her step-father, Mr. Grunik,...
Richard R. Shaffer
Jul 1, 2002
Richard R. “Dick” Shaffer, 86, of New Philadelphia, passed through Heaven’s Gate on Monday, July 01, 2002, in his residence after a lengthy illness.He was born May 1, 1916 on a farm near New Cumberland, a son of the late Herman J. and Bessie M. Shaffer (Ripley) and a stepson of Adolpus Ripley. A lifelong resident of the area, he...
Dorothy L. Walker
Jun 30, 2002
Dorothy L. Walker, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, June 30, 2002, at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia, following a brief illness.Born in Roswell, she was the daughter of the late Ed and Dora Fox Graham. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Church of God in New Philadelphia.Her husband, Blaine Walker, preceded her in...
James E. Penrod
Jun 30, 2002
JAMES E. PENROD, 55, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday afternoon, June 30, 2002 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover. Jim was born October 23, 1946 in Dover to Walter and Flora Ferchill Penrod. He graduated from New Philadelphia High School and served honorably with the U. S. Army in Germany during the Vietnam War. Jim was a member...
Vicki J. Rogers
Jun 29, 2002
Victoria “Vicki” J. Rogers, 72 of Dover, died Saturday, June 29 at Union Hospital, Dover, following an extended illness.Born April 18, 1930, she was the daughter of the late John & Mary Ambro. Vicki was an active member of St. Joseph Church in Dover. She was a Eucharistic Minister, a Lector and she helped prepare meals for the church. She...
Howard R. Sullivan
Jun 26, 2002
Howard R. Sullivan, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born September 29, 1921, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, he was the son of the late Henry Anderson and Goldie Mae Metzger Sullivan. Howard served honorably with the U.S. Army during WWII from October 1942- July 1945. He retired in September of 1983 after 35...
Lena May McAninch
Jun 24, 2002
Lena May McAninch, age 98, of Tallmadge, died Monday, June 24, 2002, at Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, following an extended illness. Born March 23, 1904, in Dillonvalle, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Taylor & Anna May Waller Bane. Lena was a school bus driver for Georgetown and Adena School Districts, and she also was...
Rita C. Stellarini
Jun 21, 2002
Rita C. Stellarini, 98, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully Friday morning, June 21, 2002, at Hennis Care Center in Bolivar.Born October 30, 1903, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Regina Bassetti Besozzi. She was educated in Wainwright, Ohio and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Philadelphia and the Altar Society. Rita took great...
Lawrence W. Myers
Jun 18, 2002
LARRY W. MYERS, 57, passed away from complications of leukemia in his New Philadelphia home on Tuesday evening, June 18, 2002. Larry was born June 10, 1945 in Scio to the late Clarence and Helen Irons Myers. He was a 1964 graduate of Scio High School. On June 11, 1965 Larry married the former Harriett M. Shultz in the New...
Clyde C. Lamb
Jun 7, 2002
Clyde C. “Buss” Lamb, 79, formerly of New Philadelphia and Atwood Lake died Friday, June 7, 2002, at Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio from a heart condition. Born October 31, 1922 at Richmond, VA, he was a son of the late Clyde C. & Laura Dickey Lamb.Buss graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1941 and served in the U.S....
