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Samuel James Watkins
Dec 18, 2002
SAMUEL J. WATKINS, SR., 62, died unexpectedly in his Bolivar home on Wednesday morning, December 18, 2002. Sam was born in New Philadelphia on April 11, 1940 to Vivian May Watson Watkins and the late Paul Revere Watkins. In 1958 he graduated from New Philadelphia High School and later attended the University of Akron. During the Vietnam war, Sam served...
Howard M. Hinson
Dec 17, 2002
Howard M. Hinson, 89, longtime resident of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Tuesday morning, December 17, 2002 in Park Village Health Care Center of Dover. Born November 30, 1913 in Hohenwald, TN, he was a son of the late Commodore D. and Lera Baker Hinson. When he was four years old, his family relocated to New Philadelphia, where he attended...
Marian J. Reiss
Dec 16, 2002
Marian J. Reiss, 93, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, December 16, 2002, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John and Edna Adams Maurer and she had retired after thirty-seven years with the Tuscarawas County Probate Court. She was a member of the First United Church of Christ in New Philadelphia; the...
Clarence Irvin
Dec 15, 2002
CLARENCE “Irv” IRVIN, 86, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday evening, December 15, 2002 at Morning View Care Center. Irv was born May 9, 1916 at Ralphton, PA to the late Frank W. and Ethel Weld Irvin. He graduated from Toronto (OH) High School. During World War II, Irv served honorably with the U. S. Army from 1942 to 1945. On...
Veda L. Reichman
Dec 14, 2002
Veda L. Reichman, 86, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, December 14, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a brief illness.Born in Holloway, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Hattie Powell Cochran. Veda had worked as a sales clerk for the former House of Baskets in New Philadelphia and was a member of the Sharon Moravian...
Robert W. Fisher
Dec 14, 2002
Robert W. Fisher, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, December 14, 2002, at Union Hospital, in Dover. Born March 12, 1922, in Brightwood he was the son of the late Willis A. and Cora McCartney Fisher and loving stepmother and friend, Lena M. Kilchenmann, of New Philadelphia, who survives.Robert was a 1940 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, and served...
Ida M. Siegel
Dec 13, 2002
Ida M. Siegel, 91, formerly of Youngstown, died Friday, December 13, 2002 at Walnut Hills Nursing Home in Walnut Creek.Born in Youngstown, she was the daughter of the late William and Maude Stambaugh Rowland. She was a 1932 graduate of Ohio University in Athens with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was a member of the Eta Sigma Phi Honorary...
Albert C. Stratton
Dec 10, 2002
Albert C. Stratton, 91, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born in Dover, he was the son of the late Clem and Irene Krupp Stratton. He had retired from the New Philadelphia High School where he had worked as a custodian and had formerly delivered milk for Borden Dairy and the former Gasser Dairy....
Jeffrey Allen Lanzer
Dec 9, 2002
Jeffrey Allen Lanzer, 47, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, December 9, 2002, at the Cleveland Clinic following a lengthy illness.Born March 27, 1955, in Dover, he is the son of Ethel Faye Lute Lanzer, of New Philadelphia, who survives and the late Charles E. Lanzer. Jeff worked on oil wells as a supervisor for several different companies including Perkins and...
Russell H. Butcher
Dec 9, 2002
RUSSELL H. BUTCHER, 76, of New Philadelphia, died unexpectedly Monday morning, December 9, 2002 at Union Hospital Emergency Room. He was born February 17, 1926 at Grafton, WV, the only son to the late Russell K. & Bessie A. Kinter Butcher. Russ graduated from Grafton High School in 1943 and later that year he joined the U. S. Marine Corp...
Jack Judd Beahm
Dec 6, 2002
JACK JUDD BEAHM, 70, of Midvale, passed away Friday, December 6, 2002 at Sanford, FL following a lengthy illness.He was born at Midvale on February 1, 1932, a son of the late Walter C. and Estelle Judd Beahm. In 1949 he graduated from Midvale High School. Jack served honorably during the Korean War with the U. S. Army, from 1953...
William E. Williams
Dec 6, 2002
William E. “Bill” Williams, of Dover, faithful husband, loving father, trusted friend, and benevolent community member, entered into his heavenly reward early Friday morning at the age of 53. Born in East Liverpool, O, December 23, 1948, he was a son of the late Rev. Arthur Stanley and Vida Elizabeth Thomas Williams. Bill graduated from East Liverpool High School and...
Russell D. Hawk
Dec 5, 2002
Russell D. Hawk, 67, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, December 5, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born in Mineral City, he was the son of the late Roland W. and Marie Bean Hawk. He was a graduate of Dover High School and a retiree of Minteq International of Dover. After retirement, Russell worked part-time for Endres in New Philadelphia. Russell...
Dorothy Kent
Dec 4, 2002
Dorothy Kent, age 82, of 910 West Main St., Sugarcreek, died Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born January 1, 1920, in Bolivar, she was a daughter of the late Warren and Ethel Manuel Lenhart. She was a retired worker from the Amish Flea Market, a member of the Sugarcreek United Methodist Church, and the Lioness of Sugarcreek....
Hazel M. Swanson
Dec 4, 2002
Hazel M. Swanson, 90, of New Philadelphia, and formerly of North Bay Road in Tappan Lake, died Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at New Dawn Health Care Center in Dover following an extended illness.Born in Marion, she was the daughter of the late Ira O. and Cora Fairchild Millisor. She was a graduate of Harding High School, the Bethesda Hospital School...
Walter Louis Lautenschleger
Dec 3, 2002
Walter Louis “Walt” Lautenschleger, 48, of 5001 Valley Dr. SW, Lot 22, Navarre, left his earthly home for his heavenly home Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002, in Mercy Medical Center at Canton.Born Dec. 28, 1953, in Dover, he was a son of the late Harold E. and Margaret Evelyn Deibel Yackey Lautenschleger. He was a dietary food service worker at the...
Russell Adrien Denzer
Dec 2, 2002
ADRIEN DENZER, 73, of Stone Creek, died in his home on Monday, December 2, 2002. He was born May 15, 1929 at Stone Creek to the late Russell D. and Helen D. Schupp Denzer. Mr. Denzer owned and operated Denzer Trucking from 1947 to 1987. During the Korean War, he served honorably with the U. S. Army. He is survived...
Harold R. Trachsel
Dec 2, 2002
Harold R. Trachsel, 80, of New Philadelphia, died unexpectedly Monday, December 02, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born in Ragersville, he was the son of the late Louis and Dona Persinger Trachsel. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served aboard the U.S.S. Moosehead during W.W.II and had worked for the former Gundy Construction as a carpenter. Harold was a...
Sara Lynn Kugler
Dec 1, 2002
Sara Lynn Kugler, 4 months, died Sunday, December 1, 2002, at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Akron.She was born July 31, 2002, in Canton Ohio, and was the infant daughter of Erik Jason Kugler and Bobbie Jo Eichel, both of New Philadelphia.In addition to her parents, she is survived by a brother, Tyler Alan Eichel of the home, maternal grandparents,...
Mary M. Dearth
Nov 30, 2002
Mary M. Dearth, 78 of Perrysburg, O, formerly of Dover, died peacefully Saturday, November 30, 2002 in St. Luke’s Hospital at Toledo, O. Born March 31, 1924 in Nashville, TN, she was a daughter of the late Mary King and Hugh Waddel Miller. Mary was a homemaker who enjoyed raising her family. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic...
