Obituaries

Mar 14, 2002

Rufina “Betty” Adkins, 63, of New Cumberland Rd., Mineral City, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Mar. 14, 2002.Born Oct. 27, 1938, in Gauly Bridge, WV, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Sarah Coleman Hudnall. She married Riley “Harry” Adkins on Nov. 2, 1956, and the couple moved to Tuscarawas County shortly there afterward. Betty...

Mar 14, 2002

Mar 13, 2002

Alta M. Deibel, 85, of Dover, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002, in Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, following an extended illness. Born July 22, 1916, in Sugarcreek, she was a daughter of the late Oliver Thomas and Clara Amelia Zurcher Burrier. Alta was baptized in the United Church of Christ in Ragersville, and attended the Ragersville School. She was...

Mar 10, 2002

Robert E. “Pete” Goss, age 77, of New Philadelphia died on Sunday, March 10, 2002, at Union Hospital, In Dover, following an extended illness. Born December 20, 1924, he was the son of the late Ervin and Mary Madden Goss. Robert was a steel worker for Greer Steel, in Dover, where he retired after 37 years. He was a US...

Mar 9, 2002

Genevieve M. Vaughan, 84, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, March 9, 2002, at Union Hospital in Dover following an extended illness.Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Geiler Marshall. She was a secretary of the former Earl E. Smith Company in New Philadelphia, a member of Sacred Heart Church in New Philadelphia and...

Mar 9, 2002

David E. Thomas Sr. 71 of Navarre, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, March 9, 2002 at his home following an extended illness.Born in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Evan W. and Geraldine Lab Thomas. He was a 1948 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, a graduate of Heidelberg College where he was all Ohio in...

Mar 8, 2002

Nick L. France, 20, of Wainwright, died Friday, March 8, 2002. Born in Dover, he was the son of Fred A. and Bonnie A. Hill France of Wainwright. He was a 1999 graduate of Indian Valley High School and was employed by Gross Welding and Fabricating Company in New Philadelphia. An avid outdoorsman, Nick loved hunting and fishing, was a...

Mar 7, 2002

Barbara E. Tufford, 79, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, March 7, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following an extended illness.

Born August 3, 1922 in Bangor, County of Down in Northern Ireland, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Montgomery Moffett.

She was a homemaker for many years and had retired from the former Endres Floral...

Mar 6, 2002

Norma J. Heck, 67, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 in her home following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late E. James and Angelina Parolini Mattevi. She was valedictorian of the 1952 graduating class from St. Joseph High School in Dover and had worked for the former Belmont Stamp and Enameling...

Mar 5, 2002

LELIA MAE SNODGRASS, 84, of Dover, died Tuesday, March 5, 2002 at Hennis Care Centre. She was born in Cameron, WV on May 21, 1917 to the late Reverdy and Golda Gray Snodgrass Reynolds. Lelia was a former resident of the Alliance area and was a member of the Alliance First Baptist Church. She worked for the Zone Cab Company...

Mar 4, 2002

ROBERT B. LONG, SR., 81, a life-long resident of Dennison, died Monday, March 4, 2002 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia. Bob was the son of the late Clarence and Elsie Armstrong Long. In 1940 he graduated from Uhrichsville High School. By profession, Bob was a millwright, retiring from LTV Steel in Massillon in 1984. Bob was a...

Mar 3, 2002

Betty J. Martin, 59, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Mar. 3, 2002, in the emergency room of Union Hospital, where she was taken following a sudden illness.Born Nov. 6, 1942, in Athens, OH, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Audrey Smith Pierce. Betty was a graduate of Waterloo High School, New Marshfield, and was employed for some...

Mar 3, 2002

GRACE A. MASON, 74, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 3, 2002. She was born to the late Christian and Jessie Storrie Ford Steiner in Bowerston on May 21, 1927. Grace attended New Philadelphia High School. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in New Philadelphia, and was a devoted mom, grandma...

Mar 2, 2002

Lucy C. Wilhelm, 56, of Acworth, GA and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, March 2, 2002 in Zanesville. Lucy was born November 14, 1945 in Dover to the late Dominic and Melita DiSanto Pallotto. In 1963 she graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Dennison. On July 10, 1965, she married Gary L. Wilhelm in Sacred Heart Church in...

Mar 1, 2002

Helen E. Mutti, 88, of Dover, died on Friday, March 1, 2002, at Hennis Care Center in Bolivar. Born August 17, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Arthur David & Lillian Lenhart Schlegel.Surviving are several stepchildren.Helen was preceded in death by her first husband, John Lloyd Minard, who died in 1980, her second husband, Walter E. Mutti, who...

Mar 1, 2002

DONNA M. PHILLIPS, 69, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with her Jesus on Friday, March 1, 2002, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Uhrichsville on June 12, 1932 to the late Ray Franklin and Helen Grace Zumbrunnen Schumacher. Donna was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church. Most of her life she was devoted to her...

Feb 27, 2002

Hugh A. Schott, 72, of Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness.Born Feb. 6, 1930, in Youngstown, he was the son of the late Church and Margaret Hollingsworth Schott. Hugh was a 1947 graduate of Lehman High School, Canton, and attended the University of Maryland. He served honorably...

Feb 25, 2002

ROBERT M. DAVIDSON, 75, of Port Washington, died Monday, February 25, 2002 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton following a brief illness. Lovingly known by many as “Grandpa” or “Pops”, he was born June 23, 1926 in Hendrysburg, OH to the late James D. and Pearl C. Acton Davidson. He attended Massillon High School and was a truck driver for...

Feb 23, 2002

Corinne C. Dellego, 92, of Bolivar, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, February 23, 2002, at Hennis Care Center and Assisted Living Centre in Bolivar, following an extended illness. Born in Midvale, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Bertha Jane Gracy Ricketts. Corinne was a 1927 graduate of Uhrichsville High School, and she was a homemaker. She...

Feb 23, 2002