Obituaries

May 13, 2003

DOUG SWINDERMAN, 50, of Midvale, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, May 13, 2003 at Doctors’ Hospital in Massillon. Doug was born February 17, 1953 in Dennison to the late Willard D. and Frances Camdon Swinderman. A 1971 graduate of Indian Valley North High School, Doug worked for 28 years as a quality control inspector at Stone Container. On New Year’s Eve,...

May 12, 2003

Louis Joseph Rypien, 74, of Uhrichsville, died Monday, May 12, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover.He was born February 23, 1929, in Newport, Ohio and was a graduate of Uhrichsville High School. Louis served honorably in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He worked at Timken Roller Bearing in the Quality Control Department for over 20 years. Then,...

May 11, 2003

Family and friends are invited to the memorial service for Ronald and Vesta Merkel on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 1:30 PM in the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home. Their pastor, Rev. Michael E. Walters, will officiate. Vesta was born January 11, 1912 in Newcomerstown, a daughter of Gotlieb and Flora Cutshal Opphile. She was reared there and worked for Heller’s Drug...

May 9, 2003

May 6, 2003

Richard Romig Rasche, 87, of Galveston, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2003.He was born April 20, 1916 in Uhrichsville, to the late George and Charlotte Romig Rasche. He graduated from New Philadelphia High School and attendedWooster College and Ohio University. In 1942, he served in the Army AirCorps and served as a weather observer in Augusta, Georgia. After servicehe was...

May 5, 2003

Eileen M. Osgood, 85, of New Philadelphia, Monday evening in Morning View Care Center following a lengthy illness. Born January 23, 1918 in New Philadelphia, she was the oldest of three daughters born to the late Hershel Herbert McMerrell and Frances May Price McMerrell. A graduate of New Philadelphia High School, Mrs. Osgood was a member of the First Church...

May 5, 2003

JAMES E. SWINDERMAN, 63, died Monday, May 5, 2003, at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia. Born August 24, 1939 in Dover, he was a son of the late John E. and Doris E. (Maholm) Swinderman. Jim was reared and educated in Midvale and by profession he was a truck driver. Surviving family include a son, James (Lori J....

May 4, 2003

Mary I. Syler, 97, of New Dawn Health Care and Retirement Ceter, in Dover, formerly of Baltic and Sugarcreek, died Sunday, May 4, 2003, in Dover.Born July 7, 1905, in Coshocton County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Ellen Vansicle Nelson. She attended St. John Lutheran Church in Baltic. Mary enjoyed crocheting and her bell collection. She...

May 4, 2003

A. Eugene Raber, 87, of 307 N. Broadway, Sugarcreek, died Sunday, April 4, 2003 in Hennis Care Center at Dover following a four month illness.Born December 27, 1915 in Sugarcreek, he was a son of the late Ernest and Tracie Yoder Raber.Mr. Raber was a teacher in one room schools in holmes County from 1935 to 1940 then was a...

May 3, 2003

Laurel L. Rose, 64, of New Philadelphia died Saturday, May 03, 2003, at her residence following an extended illness.Born May 30, 1938, in Canton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Goddard & Ida G. Evans Owen Sheldon. Laurel was a graduate of Conotton Valley High School and a 1976 graduate of San Diego City College. She entered...

May 1, 2003

Freeda Patrick Day, 98, of Uhrichsville, formerly of Midvale, died Thursday, May 1, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center in Canton.Born January 21, 1905, in Belmont County Ohio, she was the daughter of Weldy and Hattie Brock Patrick. She worked as a sales clerk for Earle E. Smith and then as a receptionist for Dr. Orr. Freeda was a member of...

May 1, 2003

Mary K. Kinser, 77, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, May 1, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Canton following an extended illness.Born March 28, 1926, in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Bert & Bessie King Garner. Mary was a 1944 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. During WWII, she ran a lathe for a local factory. She then was...

Apr 29, 2003

Leland R. LeMasters, 76, of Midvale, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born June 18, 1926, in Sherrodsville, he was the son of Basil and Eva Herron LeMasters. Leland served in the US Army during World War II. He worked as an operator for Evans Brick Company in Midvale before retiring after 30 years of service. Leland...

Apr 29, 2003

GLEN W. FISHER, 88, died Tuesday evening, April 29, 2003 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover. A native of New Philadelphia, he was born to the late Clyde V. and Kathryn Reif Fisher on September 7, 1914. Glen shared 63 wonderful years with his wife, the former Connie M. Massarelli, whom he married in Sacred Heart Church on...

Apr 28, 2003

DONALD L. BREEHL, 77, passed away in his sleep at his New Philadelphia home Monday morning, April 28, 2003. Don was born in New Philadelphia on February 6, 1926 to the late Harry and Frances Crescio Breehl. In 1947 he sold his grocery near the corner of Second Street, NE and East High Avenue and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan....

Apr 27, 2003

Delmar Leroy Vickers, 77, of Uhrichsville, died peacefully Sunday morning in the Wade Park Veterans Medical Center of Cleveland. Born June 24, 1925 in Deersville, he was a son of the late John Vickers and Dessie Kail Vickers. Mr. Vickers served in the United States Navy during World War II and later worked as a site technician for the mental...

Apr 27, 2003

Chet Ferrell, age 72, of 351 McConnell St., Uhrichsville, O., died April 27, 2003, at home with his immediate family at his bedside after a brief illness. Chet had retired from O.A. Heil Distributing Company. After retiring from truck driving, he was then employed by Monarch Management and was resident manager of Carroll Court Apartments for the elderly in Carrollton,...

Apr 24, 2003

Betty G. Lute, 70, of Midvale, died Thursday, April 24, 2003 at her home, following an extended illness.Born in Buffalo, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Arthur H. and Ethel G. Dawson Van Dyke and was a homemaker and a member of the New Philadelphia V.F.W. Auxiliary. Betty had a beautiful spirit that positively glowed and warmed the...

Apr 24, 2003

Mable Lorene Fox, 87, of Beavercreek, formerly of Tuscarawas, Ohio, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Hospice of Dayton. Born April 25, 1915 in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Curtis E. and Harriet G. McCullough Wardell. Mable was a member of Sharon Moravian Church. In 1975, she retired from Indian Valley School District where she...

Apr 24, 2003

Richard William March, 81, of Fort Worth, Texas, died peacefully Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Hospice House West of Fort Worth. Born April 16, 1922 in his family home on Beaverdam Road, just outside of New Philadelphia, he was the only child of the late Delmar J. March and Nora Christine Torgler March. Soon after his birth, the family moved...