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Catherine B. Schlafly
Jun 6, 2002
Catherine B. “Bunny” Schlafly, 78, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, June 6, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover following a sudden illness.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Charles D. and Veronica A. Ringler Hare. She was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Church in New Philadelphia, the L.C.B.A. Bunny enjoyed playing cards and...
Mabel Goedel
Jun 5, 2002
Mabel Goedel, 89, of Baltic and recently a resident of Walnut Hills Nursing Home died Wednesday evening, June 5, 2002, in the nursing home of natural causes.Born Nov. 13, 1912, in Barrs Mills, she was a daughter of the late Charles Robert and Amelia Catherine Pfister Schnitzer.She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church at Baltic, the Lutheran United...
Donald Alfred Dessecker
Jun 5, 2002
Donald Alfred Dessecker, 89, of New Philadelphia, died in Union Hospital at Dover on Wednesday morning, June 5, 2002. Donald was born February 27, 1913, a son of the late Clarence W. and Millie M. Newton Dessecker. He was employed with Greer Steel in Dover, retiring in 1978. Donald was a former member of the United Steel Workers Union and...
John J. Chek
Jun 5, 2002
John J. Chek, 81, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, June 05, 2002, at South Broadway Nursing Home.Born March 15, 1921 in Roswell, Ohio, he was the son of the late Mike and Helen Talaber Chek. John was employed at Shennango-Penn Mold and retired after working for 41 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during W.W....
Clara R. Quicksall
Jun 5, 2002
CLARA R. QUICKSALL, 69, of Dover, died peacefully in Union Hospital Wednesday, June 5, 2002. Born in New Philadelphia May 5, 1933, Clara was the daughter of the late Harry Franklin and Nettie Nancy Overholt Renner. Clara was a 1951 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and graduated from St. Luke’s Hopsital Nurse Training in Cleveland O. Clara was a...
Josephine E. Gopp
Jun 5, 2002
JOSEPHINE E. GOPP, 74, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover. Jo was born July 8, 1927 in New Philadelphia, a daughter of the late Raffelle F. and Maria Pasquinelli Basiletti and was a 1945 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church and it’s Senior Citizens’ group,...
Paul D. Gibbs
Jun 4, 2002
PAUL D. GIBBS, 78, of Sherrodsville, died Tuesday, June 4, 2002 at Union Hospital.Paul was born April 16, 1924 in Goshen to the late Arthur J. and Mary C. Schumacher Gibbs. He was reared in New Philadelphia and graduated from New Philadelphia High School. Paul was a charter member of Schoenbrunn Moravian Church. He also belonged to the Tuscarawas Valley...
Robert L. Loveday
Jun 4, 2002
ROBERT L. LOVEDAY, 75, of Stone Creek, died Tuesday, June 4, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton. He was born December 9, 1926 in Goshen to the late Albert John and Geraldine Walton Loveday. Bob served honorably in the U S Navy during the Second World War. On January 28, 1950 he married Vivian A. Kohler, who survives. Bob was...
Nancy L. Haver
Jun 3, 2002
NANCY L. HAVER, 67, a life-long resident of Midvale, died in her home Monday evening, June 3, 2002.She was born at Union Hospital in Dover to the late William H. and Elta M. Parrish Abel and attended Midvale schools. On May 28, 1955 she married James Kenneth Lee Haver, who preceded her in death on January 6, 1983. Nancy had...
Erma M. Lesjak
Jun 2, 2002
Erma M. Lesjak, 78, of New Philadelphia, died suddenly Sunday, June 2, 2002, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born January 3, 1924, in Tuscarawas County, she was the daughter of the late James and Angelina Parolini Mattevi. She attended New Philadelphia High School. Erma and her husband were co-owners, along with Monte and Irene Parolini, of the former Orchard Inn in...
Italia Helen West
May 31, 2002
Italia Helen West, 78, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, May 31, 2002 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover.Born in Dover, she was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Elizabeth Antonelli Fragasse. Helen was a 1941 graduate of Dover High School and had retired from Union Hospital in Dover where she had worked as an aide. She was...
Marlin Patrick Kidd
May 30, 2002
Marlin P. Kidd, 40, of Scio, died Thursday, May 30, 2002, at Mercy Medical Center in Canton following an extended illness. Born in Dennison, Ohio, he is the son of Mary Ruth Whiteman Kidd of Scio and the late Lloyd Clifton Kidd. Marlin was a 1981 graduate of Jewitt-Scio High School, and a truck driver for CRST International. He loved...
Dorothy Hamilton
May 30, 2002
Dorothy “June” Hamilton, 80, of New Philadelphia, died on Thursday, May 30, 2002, at Union Hospital, Dover, following an extended illness.Born December 14, 1921, in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, was the daughter of the late Ralph & Katherine Gross Hamilton. June was a 1935 graduate of Gnadenhutten High School, a 1965 graduate of the Ohio Valley Watch Making Institute of Cincinnati. She...
Ethel K. Muntz
May 28, 2002
ETHEL K. MUNTZ, 92, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at Hennis Care Centre in Dover. he was born July 8, 1909 in Oakdale, PA to the late Arthur L. Kaltenborn, Sr. and Effie G. Bower Kaltenborn. Mrs. Muntz was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. She was past Worthy Matron of the former Orange Chapter No. 302,...
Doreen Gundy
May 28, 2002
Doreen Gundy, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, May 28, 2002 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia following an extended illness.Born in Walls End, England, she had attended New Philadelphia High School, was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church in New Philadelphia and was a member of New Philadelphia Chapter No. 222, Order of the Eastern Star....
James R. Schaar
May 27, 2002
James R. Schaar, 38, passed away of natural causes during his sleep at his Goshen home in the early morning on Monday, May 27, 2002.
Jim was born at Twin City Hospital in Dennison on August 12, 1963 to Robert L. and Barbara J. Fellers Schaar and was a 1982 graduate of Indian Valley High School. On October 8,...
Katie V. Hine
May 22, 2002
Katie V. Hine, 67, of New Philadelphia (Roswell), went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 22, 2002, after a courageous eight-year battle with cancer.Born Jan. 2, 1935, in Holmes County, she was a daughter of the late Valentine “Felty” and Sarah Schlabach Miller. Katie married Sam Erb on Feb. 5, 1978; Sam died on Feb. 15, 1987. She...
Erma L. Snellenberger
May 20, 2002
Erma L. Snellenberger, 85, formerly of Chestnut St., Dover, and a resident of Park Village Health Care Center in Dover since September 1998, died Monday, May 20, 2002, in Union Hospital after a brief illness.Born April 25, 1917, in Canton, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Minnie Lower Smith. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Walter Snellenberger,...
Eva Marie Rink
May 18, 2002
Eva Marie Rink, infant daughter of Jason William and Tisa Marie Scott Rink of Midvale, was stillborn Saturday, May 18, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover.
In addition to her parents, Eva is survived by a brother, Ethan James Rink of the residence; maternal grandparents Cathi Scott and her companion, Paul Davis of New Philadelphia and Randy and Tabitha Scott...
Rev. William Desmond Cooper
May 17, 2002
Rev. William Desmond Cooper, 67, of Dover, died Thursday, May 16, 2002 at his home following an extended illness.Born in Uhrichsville, he was the son of the late Desmond J. and Hazel M. Freeman Cooper. He was a 1952 graduate of Uhrichsville High School, 1958 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and 1962 graduate of Claremont Graduate School of Theology of the...
