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John E. Baldwin
Sep 28, 2007
John E. “Jack” Baldwin, 88, of Country Club Retirement Campus, died Friday, September 28, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover.Born December 10, 1918 in Midvale, he was a son of the late Emerson and Ella (Beitzel) Baldwin.After graduating from Midvale High School in 1936, he joined the U.S. Army where he honorably served his country from 1942 to 1945. Then,...
Dean Ray Locker
Sep 26, 2007
Dean Ray LockerDean Ray Locker, 70, of Dover, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, in the New Dawn Retirement Community following a lengthy illness.Dean was born June 4, 1937, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio to the late Clem Locker, Sr. and Gertrude Grund Locker and attended Dover Schools.Dean is survived by his wife, Colletta Marie Schellin Locker; a son, James Ray Locker;...
Todd Graef
Sep 24, 2007
Jerry E. “Todd” Graef II, age 50, of Dover, died unexpectedly as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Muskingum County. Best known as Todd to his friends, he was employed by Commercial Honing where he worked as a machinist for the past nine years. Todd’s career spanned the past thirty years in both specialty machining and...
Doris Jean Tucker
Sep 23, 2007
Doris Jean Tucker, 78, of New Philadelphia, died early Sunday morning, September 23, 2007, in New Dawn Retirement Community at Dover.A daughter of the late Ralph and Pearl (Flock) Hole, Doris was born March 1, 1929 at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.Doris was a 1947 graduate of Lorain High School and she then graduated in 1951 after continuing her education at Baldwin...
Gary W. Cline
Sep 22, 2007
Gary W. Cline, age 60, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and formerly of Dover, died Saturday morning, September 22, 2007, in his residence following a brief illness. Born at Canton, November 15, 1946, he was a son of Mary Agnes Elson Cline Buechele of Dundee and the late Howard Woodrow Cline. Gary attended school at the former Wooster Highway School before...
Dennis Crolley
Sep 21, 2007
Dennis Crolley, 71, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 21, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover, Ohio following a courageous battle with cancer. A son of the late Dennis and Ruth (Wolfe) Crolley, Dennis was born on October 29, 1935 at Sewickley, Pennsylvania.He is survived by his loving wife, Patricia L. (Kennedy)...
Bernice Elizabeth Fincher
Sep 21, 2007
Bernice Elizabeth Fincher, 96, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, September 21, 2007 in Country Club Retirement Campus at Dover.A daughter of the late Joseph and Emma (Metzger) Beitzel, Bernice was born May 19, 1911 at New Philadelphia.Bernice attended the former Gribble School at Auburn Township and on July 14, 1928, she married Kadez “Doc” Fincher. Together, Bernice and Kadez raised...
Harry A. St.Clair
Sep 21, 2007
Harry A. St. Clair, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, September 21, 2007 in Amberwood Manor at New Philadelphia.A son of the late Harry and Marie St. Clair, Harry was born on November 4, 1924 at Bannock, Ohio.Harry worked for the former Robinson Clay Company at Midvale for several years and he retired from Michigan Sewer Pipe at Gnadenhutten where...
Johnny G. Shoemaker
Sep 20, 2007
Johnny G. Shoemaker, age 71, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Thursday morning, September 20, 2007 in Union Hospital at Dover. Born Halloween Day, (October 31) 1935, at Morgan Mines West Virginia, he was a son of the late Juanita Carpenter Norman and the late Austin Shaver. Johnny was reared in West Virginia and here in the Tuscarawas Valley as...
Marian Jean Fragasse
Sep 20, 2007
Marian Jean Fragasse, 84, of Navarre and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, September 20, 2007 in Altercare of Navarre.A daughter of the late Foster and Merle (Graff) Stonebrook, Marian was born February 18, 1923 at New Philadelphia.Marian graduated in 1940 from New Philadelphia High School. Being the avid Quaker fan she was, Marian was proud of the fact she...
Patricia A. Tornabene
Sep 20, 2007
Patricia A. Tornabene, age 73, of Dover, died peacefully early Thursday morning, September 20, 2007, in Union Hospital. Born at the Bronx of New York City on November 14, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Mary Chadwick Milligan. Pat graduated from a parochial high school in New York and went to work as a clerk in...
Roland William Becker
Sep 20, 2007
Roland “Red” William Becker, 97, of Lakewood, Colorado, and formerly of Dover and New Philadelphia, died Thursday, September 20, 2007 in Villa Manor Care Center at Lakewood, Colorado. Born January 1, 1910 in Dover Township, he was the son of the late Albert and Clara Kreiter Becker.After finishing his formal education, Red began his professional career, having worked in the...
Carol Ann Mathias
Sep 19, 2007
Carol Ann Mathias of Columbus and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007 in Mt. Carmel East Hospital at Columbus.Born March 5, 1933 in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late David Hamilton and Nell Cotham Hamilton Gaither. After graduating from New Philadelphia High School in 1951, she attended Akron City School of Nursing before marrying...
Arthur D. Scott
Sep 18, 2007
Arthur “Art” D. Scott, 80, of Stone Creek, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, September 18, 2007, following a sudden illness.A son of the late William L. and Ovia Davison Scott, Art was born on May 11, 1927, in his family’s residence at Mineral City.He was a World War II veteran, was retired from the Stone Creek Brick Company,...
Michael Eugene Fletcher
Sep 17, 2007
Michael Eugene Fletcher, 42, of Mineral City, died Monday, September 17, 2007 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.A son of James and Rosanne (Maydak) Fletcher, Mike was born May 24, 1965 at Canton, Ohio.Mike was employed at Green Valley Golf Course at New Philadelphia where he worked on the grounds crew for the last five years. He was an...
Ruth E Burrier
Sep 16, 2007
Ruth E. Burrier, 86, of Newcomerstown and formerly of Oldtown Valley, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 in Riverside Manor Nursing Home in Newcomerstown.Born December 3, 1920 in Newcomerstown, she was a daughter of the late Sigel and Edith Shaffer John. After completing her formal education at Newcomerstown, she spent the remainder of her lifetime as a homemaker, caring for her...
Donald Robert Kinsey
Sep 15, 2007
Donald Robert Kinsey, 95, of Mineral City died Saturday, September 15, 2007, in Union Hospital at Dover.Born April 19, 1912, he was the son of the late Robert Christian and Elzanna Maude Carr Kinsey. He was raised on a family farm in Union Township, two miles east of Dennison. He attended grade school at Pleasant Valley and Healea schools and...
Mary H Kilian
Sep 14, 2007
Mary H. Kilian, of Park Village Health Care Center at Dover, formerly of New Philadelphia, died September 14, 2007.Born August 5, 1918, at Morgantown, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Bertha Clay Justus Rhoades and Albert David Rhoades. On May 8, 1940, she married Joe Kilian, who died August 1, 1989. They had two children, twins Paul...
Mary Carmella Mroczkowski
Sep 13, 2007
Mary Carmella Mroczkowski, 84, of Dover, died early Thursday morning, September 13, 2007, in Park Village Health Care Center at Dover following a lengthy illness. Mary’s passing came one day before her 67th wedding anniversary with her husband Pete.A daughter of the late James and Carmella Chitti, Mary was born July 16, 1923 at Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.Mary attended Midvale High School...
Joyce Baum
Sep 12, 2007
Joyce Baum, age 81, of Dover, died early Wednesday morning, September 12, 2007, in her residence. Born at Dover, February 4, 1926, Joyce was a daughter of the late Richard Plummer and Rose Webb Plummer. Joyce was a 1944 graduate of Dover High School and throughout her life, kept in touch with classmates who met over the years for mini-reunions....
