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Dorothy B. Miller
Feb 19, 2003
Dorothy B. Miller, age 78, of 214 Dover Rd. Sugarcreek, died on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at Union Hospital in Dover after a brief illness.Born September 12, 1924 in Holmes County, she was a daughter of the late Ira and Alice Balder Harmon. She was a house cleaner, homemaker, and a member of the Dover Baptist Church.Dorothy is survived by...
Marie C. Warner
Feb 17, 2003
Marie C. Warner, 94, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, February 17, 2003, at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover.Born March 29, 1908, in Tuscarawas County, she was the daughter of John and Agnes Goras Tilkey. Marie was a homemaker and enjoyed caring for her family. She also worked for a short time as a housekeeper. Marie was a member...
Mabel Ellen Neibert
Feb 17, 2003
Mabel E. Neibert, 79, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, February 17, 2003 at Morning View Care Center. She was born September 7, 1927 at Mena, Arkansas to the late George W. Brewington and Mae Powell Brewington Gilligan and was reared at Enid, Oklahoma. Mabel married Melvin E. Neibert in November of 1962. Together they enjoyed fishing, camping and listening to...
Walter Richard Penrod
Feb 13, 2003
Walter Richard Penrod, 84, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Thursday morning in New Dawn Health Care Center following a lengthy illness.Born June 22, 1918 in New Philadelphia, Walt was one of eight children of the late George Richard and Catherine Marie Engeldinger Penrod. As a child, he attended the former Oak Grove School, situated on what is now the...
Laird W. Hawkins
Feb 13, 2003
Laird W. Hawkins, 85, of the Midvale and Barnhill area, passed from our midst Thursday, February 13, 2003, at his residence following a brief illness.Born October 1, 1917, in Barnhill, Ohio, he was the oldest son of the late John A. and Verna Rainsberg Hawkins. He was a 1935 graduate of Midvale High School. Laird was a retired Coal Miner...
Zelma Gae Bair
Feb 11, 2003
Zelma Gae Bair, 72, of New Philadelphia went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born September 10, 1930 in Roswell, OH, she was a daughter of the late George E. and Mary C. (Byers) Beans. After graduating from New Philadelphia High School in 1949, Zelma went on to marry the love of...
Judy L. Shuman
Feb 10, 2003
Judy L. Shuman, 17, of Midvale, died Monday, February 10, 2003 from injuries she sustained in an automobile accident.Born in Millersburg, she was the daughter of Kenneth D. and Nancy L. Owens Shuman of Midvale. Judy was a junior at Indian Valley High School and was also attending classes at the Kent State University Tuscarawas Campus. She was a member...
Kathryn M Hurst
Feb 9, 2003
Kathryn M. Hurst, 90, a life long resident of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, February 09, 2003 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Lewis A. and Bessie Jordan Deinst. She was a graduate of New Philadelphia High School and a member of the First Christian...
Juanita Mae Peoples
Feb 8, 2003
Juanita Mae “Nan” Peoples, age 75, of Tuscarawas, died Saturday, February 8, 2003, at her residence following a courageous battle with cancerShe was born June 3, 1927, in Allegheny County Pennsylvania to the late Joseph H. and Fluda M. Walls Blankenship. Juanita spent most of her life as a homemaker caring for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also worked...
Nadine Badertscher
Feb 8, 2003
Nadine died at her residence Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, of cancer.Nadine Louise was born the daughter of Louis and Betty (Swihart) Krocker on May 17, 1954, in Dennison, O. Nadine was a lifetime resident of Tuscarawas County, O., where she was raised and educated. Here is where she met and married the love of her life, Tim Badertscher, on June...
Ruth E. Belknap
Feb 7, 2003
Ruth E. Belknap, 61, of Dover died Friday, February 7, 2003 in Union Hospital at Dover following a brief illness.
Born in Roswell May 16, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Isaac and Nellie Taylor Morrison and a 1959 graduate of the New Philadelphia High School.
Ruth was a homemaker and attended the First Church of God...
Elsie C. Horger
Feb 6, 2003
Elsie C. Horger, 89, of Cabot, Pennsylvania, formerly of New Philadelphia, Ohio, died Thursday, February 6, 2003, at Concordia Lutheran Ministries in Cabot, Pa.Born May 4, 1913, in Wiesbaden, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Rose Huber Maurer. Elsie was raised by Adam and Stella Lanzer. She was a 1933 graduate of Dover High School and...
Dorothy Catherine King
Feb 3, 2003
Dorothy Catherine King, 86, of Tabor Ridge Road in Mineral City, died Monday, February 3, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover.She was born August 17, 1916, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, to the late Nels Ira and Theresa Breehl Nelson. Dorothy was a graduate of St. Joseph High School and retired from Zimmer Patient Care in 1980. Dorothy was a member...
Donald E. Krebs
Feb 3, 2003
Donald E. Krebs, 53, of Dover, died Monday, February 3, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover following a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis.Born in Dover, he was the son of the late Forest V. Krebs and is survived by his mother, Dorothy I. Krebs Halter of Dover. A 1967 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, he was a U.S. Army...
Viona Nelson
Feb 1, 2003
VIONA M. NELSON, 83, died Saturday morning, February 1, 2003 in her Dennison home. She was the only child to the late Charles and Fern Groff Baughman, born December 25, 1919 in Greensburg, PA. Viona graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1937 and on April 15, 1939 she married Raymond A. Nelson. He died January 25, 1998. A homemaker,...
Rose Marie Grasselli Penrod
Feb 1, 2003
ROSE MARIE GRASSELLI PENROD, 76, of New Philadelphia, left the earth to join her beloved Bobby and son on Saturday morning, February 1, 2003 in Morning View Care Center. She was born in Dover to the late Santi and Ruby Dotts Grasselli on August 23, 1926. On January 25, 1947 she married Robert D. Penrod, who preceded her in death...
Maxine Jones
Jan 31, 2003
MAXINE JONES, 84, died in her daughter’s Dover home on Friday, January 31, 2003. She was born near Newport on January 4, 1919 to the late Victor D. and Anna Simmers Tschudy. After graduating from Goshen Township High School in 1937, Maxine attended the Euclid Academy of Cosmetology. She retired as a dental assistant after fourteen years having worked for...
James A. McAfee
Jan 31, 2003
JAMES A. McAFEE, 62, of Stone Creek, died unexpectedly Friday, January 31, 2003. Jim was born at home in Nottingham Township, Cadiz, July 28, 1940 to the late Harley F. and Irene M. Lillie McAfee. In 1959 he graduated from Stone Creek Jefferson High School where he played basketball. While in school, Jim met Monica A. Reinhart, a school cheerleader...
Glen D. Lorenz
Jan 29, 2003
Glen D. Lorenz, 38, of 849 Geneva St., Sugarcreek, died Wednesday, January 29, 2003 in Aultman Hospital Emergency Dept. after an apparent heart attack suffered while attending class at Kent State University Stark Campus.Born June 14, 1964 in Dover he was a son of Leroy and Mary Ellen Knerr Lorenz of Baltic.Glen owned and operated The Pizza Parlor in Sugarcreek...
Ruth V. Schupbach
Jan 29, 2003
Ruth V. Schupbach, 58, of Dover, died Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland following a yearlong illness.Born in Coshocton County, she was the daughter of the late Walter R. and Edith Rowe Levengood. She was formerly employed at Elasto-Tec in Walnut Creek and was a member of the Dover Moose, the Dover Eagles and the Dover...
