Obituaries

Feb 23, 2002

Feb 22, 2002

Edna M. Rainsberg, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, February 22, 2002 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia following an extended illness.Born on February 22, 1922 in Roswell, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Edith Gundy Rennicker. She was a homemaker and a member of the Roxford United Methodist Church in Dennison.She is preceded in...

Feb 22, 2002

Amerigo S. “Archie” Mastreano, 93, passed away Friday, February 22, 2002 at Aultman Hospital, following an illness of six weeks. He was born Oct. 19, 1908 in Pitcarn, Pennsylvania to the late Domenico and Josephine Valentino Mastroianni. He lived in Calabria, Italy during his early teenage years, returing to live in the Canton-Massillon area. In 1935, he moved to New...

Feb 22, 2002

Calvin U. Sauser, 88, of Stone Creek, died Friday, February 22, 2002 at New Dawn Health Care Center in Dover following an extended illness.Born in Apple Creek, he was the son of the late Ulrich L. and Etha Linda Mizer Sauser. He was a long time area farmer and had worked as a mill operator for the former Valley Farm...

Feb 21, 2002

Stephanie D. Tedrick, 47, of Uhrichsville, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness.Born Jan. 15, 1955, in Pittsburgh, PA, she was a daughter of Clair L. McCord of New Philadelphia, and the late Ebba J. Anderson McCord. Stephanie was a 1973 graduate of Dover High School. During high school she was a Rotary exchange...

Feb 19, 2002

Ermile D. “Denny” Dennis, 76, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002, in Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born, February 28, 1925, in Bowerston, he was a son of the late Lloyd and Iva Bower Dennis. Denny attended New Philadelphia High School. He served with the U.S. Army 580th Ambulance Company Motor Separate in the Rhineland, Ardennes and...

Feb 16, 2002

Shirley K. Cerett, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2002, in her home, following a courageous battle with cancer.Shirley was born Aug. 31, 1938, in Mannington, WV. She graduated cum laude from West Virginia University in 1959. She was a schoolteacher for thirty-four years, retiring in 1999. Shirley taught health, physical education and science in West Virginia, Scio, Sandy...

Feb 15, 2002

BETTY E. TIDRICK, 80, of New Philadelphia, died in Union Hospital at Dover on Friday morning, February 15, 2002. Betty was born June 17, 1921, a daughter of the late Jason L. and Malinda K. Wilden Barcus. She attended New Philadelphia High School and was a homemaker. Betty was a member of Roxford United Methodist Church, the Midvale V. F....

Feb 14, 2002

Viola M. Ickes, 94, of Country Club Retirement Center, Dover, and a long-time resident of Washington, D.C., died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, in the center, following a sudden illness.Born Aug. 23, 1907, in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late John Wesley Ickes and Charlotte “Lottie” Dempster Ickes. Viola was a 1925 graduate of New Philadelphia High School,...

Feb 13, 2002

Jason M. Barcus, 47, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002.Born July 2, 1954, in Dover, he was a son of the late Paul and Dorothy Lemonte Barcus. Jason graduated in 1973 from New Philadelphia High School, and had been employed by the Goshen Dairy Co., New Philadelphia for twenty-five years.He was a member of the First Church of...

Feb 12, 2002

Arthur L. “Pete” Mushrush, 74, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at Alterra Clare Bridge Cottage in New Philadelphia, following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Arthur and Anna Davis Mushrush and was the former co-owner of New Phila Welding and Pipeline Contractors in New Philadelphia. He was a U.S. Navy...

Feb 12, 2002

Frank W. Wenger, 81, of Dover, died Tuesday, February 12, 2002, following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Daniel and Elizabeth Kohler Wenger. He honorably served his country having enlisted in the United States Army during W.W. II and had served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, the Ardennes and Central Europe. He was...

Feb 12, 2002

Marjorie I. Rogers, 80, of Country Club Retirement Center, Dover, and a long-time resident of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, in the center.Born Mar. 9, 1921, in Byesville, she was a daughter of the late John Chester Powell and the late Sophia Griffith Powell. Marjorie graduated from Byesville High School. She married John D. Rogers on Nov. 12,...

Feb 11, 2002

GEORGE E. RICHARDSON, 75, of New Philadelphia, died at his home on Monday, February 11, 2002. He was born in Dover to the late George Henry and Alice Wilson Richardson on June 6, 1926 and attended Dover High School. After high school, George entered the U. S. Army where he served honorably from 1944 to 1946. For many years, George...

Feb 10, 2002

John W. Demuth, age 50, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, February 10, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover.Born December 25, 1951 in Dover, Ohio, he was the son of John R. “Dick” Demuth of New Philadelphia and the late Mildred (Sever) Demuth who died in 1994. John was a 1970 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, and he also had...

Feb 9, 2002

Donald E. “Don” Harper, 43, of New Philadelphia (Goshen), died sometime in December, 2001. His body was found February 9, 2002.Born Oct. 1, 1958, in Dover, he was a son of JoAnn Hahn Harper Henry of Tucson, AZ, and the late Donald Roscoe Harper. Don was a 1977 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. And was a driller, a “roughneck,”...

Feb 9, 2002

Florence A. Rindchen, 99, Formerly of Minerva and New Philadelphia, died Saturday, February 9, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following an extended illness.Born in Warren Township, Tuscarawas County, she was the daughter of the late Harrison and Martha E. Cole Gundy. A graduate of Kent State University and a 1924 graduate of the Aultman School of Nursing in Canton,...

Feb 8, 2002

Velna A. Murphy, 88, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, February 8, 2002 at Hennis Care Centre in Dover.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Alva S. and Bertha Mae Linard Johnston. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in New Philadelphia, the Faith Circle and a member of the Royal...

Feb 7, 2002

DOROTHY M. CASEBEER, 81, of New Philadelphia, died at the Morning View Care Center on Thursday morning, February 7, 2002. She was born in Goshen on March 6, 1920 to the late Marvin B. and Catherine Shivers Kuhn. In 1938, Dorothy graduated from New Philadelphia High School. She married Charles D. Casebeer on April 17, 1942. He preceded her in...

Feb 7, 2002

Norma Jean Bolon, 71, of Hennis Care Centre, Bolivar, and a long-time resident of Fair Ave. N.W., New Philadelphia, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, in Union Hospital.Born Sept. 12, 1930, in Barnhill, she was a daughter of the late Desper and Ethel M. Walton Ohler. Norma attended McKinley High School, Canton, and was a cook for the J-N-G Grill, New...