Obituaries

Feb 5, 2002

ZITA DONOFRIO, 79, of New Philadelphia, passed away in her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, February 5, 2002. She was born in Roswell on April 28, 1922 to the late Maximillian J. and Anna M. Manini Dapoz, and attended Sacred Heart and St. Joseph schools. She was a devoted wife, mother and cherished grandmother. Zita was a member...

Feb 3, 2002

Gary W. Hendrickson, 43, of Dover, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, in Mercy Medical Center, Canton, following a long illness.Born Dec. 7, 1958, in Terre Haute, IN, he was a son of the late Richard Hendrickson and the late Alice Morecraft Hendrickson Jackson. Gary graduated in 1977 from Union Local High School, Morristown. He married the former Bonnie Powell on...

Dec 27, 1944

U.S. Army Private Emmet Wayne Schwartz, age 24, of New Philadelphia, was killed in action while serving in the vicinity of Brandenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on or around December 27, 1944.

Emmet was considered missing in action until December of 1951 when he was declared non-recoverable. His unidentified remains were buried in Rhone American Cemetery in France, but were...

Sep 17, 1933

Gertrude I. Ballentine, 83, of Dover and formerly of Uhrichsville, died Tuesday. There will be no public calling hours or services and interment will take place at Union Cemetery in Uhrichsville. The Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home & Crematory at New Philadelphia is handling arrangements.

Ruth Elizabeth Sheets, 97, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Hennis Care & Retirement Center in Dover, following a period of declining health.

A daughter of the late Flem and Dessie (Warner) Palmer, Ruth was born June 15, 1918 in Bowerston, Ohio.

Ruth graduated from Bowerston High School in 1936.  Ruth worked at Lauren for 10 years, and upon...

Jerry White 68, of New Philadelphia died Friday June 15 at his home. He was born, January 18, 1944 at New Philadelphia.

Jerry met his future wife Karen McMath and the couple married in the Emanuel Lutheran Church at New Philadelphia on June 15, 1968.

He was employed by Republic Steel as a steel worker for 38 years and was...

Stephen P. Speer, 69, of Sherrodsville, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 in Community Hospice, Truman House at New Philadelphia, following a period of declining health.

Born in Dayton, he was the son of the late Tilmon Wesley and Norma June (Plotts) Speer. Stephen was a graduate of Kent State University and the owner and operator of the former Velvet...

Lee Lashua, 72, of Dover, died Sunday. There will be no calling hours or services and the Geib Funeral Center at Dover is handling arrangements.

Ruth Hathaway-Smith, 93, of Walnut Creek, fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in the care of Hospice at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover, Ohio. Ruth was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of the last Ernest and Ethel Turner Bass.

Ruth lived most of her life in Milford, Connecticut and part of...

Donna Lee Schwab, 87, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019 and Jerry Adam Schwab, 92, both of Naples, FL, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2019. Formerly of New Philadelphia, they have been Naples residents since 1986.

Jerry was born June 5, 1927 in New Philadelphia and Donna was born November 6, 1931 in Dover. They were blessed with 67...

Shonnie Marie Marks Kutscher Pongratz, 65, went home to be with the Lord on December, 9, 2020.

Born in Weston, WV to the late John and Veda Marks. Shonnie was preceded in death by her late husband Gerald Kutscher, brother, Sherman Marks, sisters, Nancy Perry and Diane Smith.

Shonnie was a beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and a 2nd...

Johnny and Shirley Espenschied of Dover left us unexpectedly due to a car accident on December 16th, 2021. Johnny joins his parents, Paul and Wanda Espenschied and brother Randy. Shirley joins her parents, Paul and Gladys Neff, brothers Kenny and Doug, and beloved son Timothy Weirich Jr. We take great comfort in the belief that their lives have changed, not...

On the evening of December 11, 2020, Paul Gilhousen, 93, passed away with his loving wife of 66 years, Lois by his side. Less than two years later, on June 15, 2022, Lois Gilhousen, 94, passed away and reunited with Paul and their Lord and Savior.

Paul and Lois were a loving husband and wife, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. Family...