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Marian C. Marsh

Marian C. Marsh

Aug 18, 2004

Marian Carol Marsh, 90, formerly of Dover, died Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at Chapel Hill Community in Canal Fulton, Ohio.The daughter of Harry Edwin Marsh and Beryl Austin Marsh, she was born April 8, 1914, and was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Harold “Hal” Austin Marsh and Richard Graydon Marsh.Marian was a professional dancer and model, using...

Carl R. (mike) Bice

Carl R. (mike) Bice

Aug 18, 2004

Carl Richard (Mike) Bice, 76, of New Philadelphia, Ohio and formerly of Smithfield, Ohio, died Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at his home with his family by his side. He was born on September 28, 1927 in Flushing, Ohio to the late Jacob and Myrtle Howard Bice.Mike retired from Ohio Operating Engineers in 1990. He was a former race car driver...

Richard E. Goforth

Richard E. Goforth

Aug 17, 2004

Attorney Richard E. Goforth, J.D., age 83, of New Philadelphia passed away in the Cleveland Clinic, August 17, 2004 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Robert Lee Goforth and May Louise Pierce. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Ronald and one sister, Nell. He married Mary Davey of Barnesville, Ohio, September...

Leah Reynolds

Leah Reynolds

Aug 17, 2004

Leah Reynolds, 67, of New Philadelphia, entered her heavenly reward Tuesday evening, August 17, 2004, from her residence. Born in New Philadelphia September 8, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Mason Torgler. Leah graduated as the Salutatorian of her class with a 4.0 grade point average from New Philadelphia High School in 1954.Leah spent her...

Paul E. Mason

Paul E. Mason

Aug 13, 2004

Paul E. Mason, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Friday August 13, 2004 at Union Hospital following a period of declining health. He was born July 15, 1924 at Dean, West Virginia to the late John G. and Olive (Livingston) Mason. He had resided in New Philadelphia since 1958.Paul was a member of the New Philadelphia Church of Christ, where he...

Alvin Washington Phillabaum

Alvin Washington Phillabaum

Aug 11, 2004

Alvin Washington Phillabaum, 77, of New Philadelphia died Wednesday August 11, 2004 at Morning View Care Center where he had resided since 2002.

He was born October 10, 1926 at Millersburg, Ohio to the late Edward and Genevine (Saxauer) Phillabaum and grew up in Dundee.

He attended Lower Trail Elementary and Dundee High Schools. During WWII “Al” served...

Richard M. Dutton

Richard M. Dutton

Aug 11, 2004

Richard M. Dutton of Dover died Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a brief illness. He would have been 72 on August 24th.Born in Uhrichsville, Ohio, in 1932, he was the son of the late Gerald M. and Ella M. Homman Dutton.Following his l951 graduation from New Philadelphia High School, where he had been the NPHS...

Lodema Colleen Eberle

Lodema Colleen Eberle

Aug 10, 2004

Lodema Colleen Eberle, 77, of Ocala, Fl., formerly of Columbus and Dover, OH. died Tuesday August 10, 2004. She was born August 31, 1926 at Dover to the late Alfred and Lodema (Grimm) Williams and was raised in Tuscarawas Co.She graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1944. Following High School Lodema worked for the Government at Wright Â? Patterson...

Charles Franklin Rand

Charles Franklin Rand

Aug 8, 2004

Charles Franklin “Ted” Rand, a well known past director of Jobs Plus in our area, died peacefully on his farm in Adams Township, Sunday afternoon, August 8, 2004. He was 78. Born in North Tonawanda, New York, on December 14, 1925, he was a son of the late Charles F. and Emogene Howard Rand. Mr. Rand served as a corporal...

Richard P. Gasser

Richard P. Gasser

Aug 8, 2004

Richard P. Gasser, age 74, of Brightwood, died Sunday, August 8, 2004 at his residence.Mr. Gasser, who was a lifetime resident of the area, was born in Dover on January 9, 1930 to the late Albert Gasser and Vera (Maurer) Gasser.Mr. Gasser was a former Tuscarawas County Commissioner. He retired from Frontier Power and he was also a skilled carpenter...

Mark Allen Martin

Mark Allen Martin

Jul 28, 2004

Mark Allen Martin, age 35, of Wilkshire Hills, died Wednesday evening in Aultman Hospital as the result of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident July 22. Mark was born in Canton, O. October 16, 1968, to Sue Ellen Spring of New Philadelphia and Marty Martin of Estero, Florida. Mark was a 1987 graduate of Tusky Valley High School. He...

Glenn A. Wingeier

Glenn A. Wingeier

Jul 27, 2004

Glenn Wingeier, 89, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday July 27, 2004 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Glenn was born July, 18, 1915 to the late Walter and Maude (Lower) Wingeier and graduated from Baltic High School. He was a WWII Army Veteran, was retired from the Warner-Swasey Co. after 30 years of service, member of the New Philadelphia First United Church...

Robert L. Metzger

Robert L. Metzger

Jul 20, 2004

Robert L. Metzger, age 85, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at New Dawn Retirement Community in New Philadelphia.Born on March 31, 1919 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, Robert was the son of the late Oscar E. and Bessie A. (Nussbaum) Metzger.Robert was a member of the Christian Worship Center in New Philadelphia. He was also a World War II...

Betty Joan Teischinger

Betty Joan Teischinger

Jul 19, 2004

Betty Joan Teischinger, 72, Strasburg, died Monday afternoon, July 19, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover.The daughter of the late James Foster and Viola Esther Bybee Mowrey, Betty was born in Akron, OH, on February 26, 1932. She is survived by her daughters, Maxine (Edward) Kaufman of New Philadelphia and Roseanne (Chuck) Abercrombie of Dover; one sister, Barbara (Larry) Fink...

Mary C. Kerschbaumer

Mary C. Kerschbaumer

Jul 19, 2004

Mary C. Kerschbaumer, age 90, of Dover, died Monday, July 19, 2004 at Country Club Retirement Campus.Mary was born on March 24, 1914 in Barnhill, Ohio to the late Joseph and Phillipina (Valenti) Police.Mary attended Midvale Schools. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Philadelphia and was previously a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in...

Robert D. Polen

Robert D. Polen

Jul 18, 2004

Robert D. Polen, 74, New Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at Country Club Center in Dover.Born November 3, 1929, in Dennison, OH, he was the only son of the late Roy F. and Mary B. VanLehn Polen.On July 16, 1950, he married the former Hazel J. Weiss, with whom he shared 53 years of marriage before her death in...

Audrine Crosier

Audrine Crosier

Jul 18, 2004

Audrine V. Crosier, 84, of New Philadelphia died Sunday July 18, 2004 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 2, 1920 in Waitville, West Virginia to the late Thomas and Emma (Clarkson) Crosier. “A. V.” owned and operated the Crosier Lumber Co. of Freeport, Ohio prior to his retirement and relocating to New Philadelphia in 1983....

George Michael Lusic, III

George Michael Lusic, III

Jul 17, 2004

George Michael Lusic III, age 22, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, July 17, 2004 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Born March 22, 1982 at Dover, Ohio, he was the son of George Michael Lusic, Jr. and Joy (Watson) Lusic of New Philadelphia.George was a 2000 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. George was majoring in psychology at the Tuscarawas...

Ruth E. Saunders

Ruth E. Saunders

Jul 17, 2004

Ruth E. Cranston Saunders, age 96, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Saturday morning, July 17, 2004 at Country Club Retirement Campus in Dover.

Born in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1908, she was the last surviving daughter of the late Robert Hamilton Cranston and Anne Maxwell Cranston.

Mrs. Saunders spent most of her adult life there as a...

Ada Alice Galbraith

Ada Alice Galbraith

Jul 17, 2004

Ada Alice Rankin Galbraith, age 95, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Saturday afternoon, July 17, 2004 in New Dawn Health Care Center of Dover. Born in Port Washington, O. October 23, 1908, she was a daughter of the late Commodore and Josephine Butler Rankin. She graduated as valedictorian from Gnadenhutten High School with the class of 1926. Ada grew...