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Foster Eugene Reed
Oct 5, 2004
Foster Eugene “Gene” Reed, 64, of West Lafayette peacefully passed away at home on Tuesday, October 5, at 2:32 pm. His death was as a result of his 24-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.Born on June 8, 1940 in Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, he was the only child of the late John F. Reed and Evalee J. (Brown) Reed of Coshocton.A...
Harry R. Kinsey
Oct 1, 2004
Harry R. Kinsey, Jr., 58, of Port Washington, died peacefully at his home on Friday, October 1, 2004, after a valiant battle with melanoma.Born at Dennison, OH, on April 19, 1946, he was the son of Alice Kinsey and the late Harry Kinsey, Sr., who died in 1993.After graduating from Dover High School in 1964, he continued his formal education...
Dwight V. Pittis
Sep 30, 2004
Dwight V. Pittis, 76, New Philadelphia, passed away Thursday, September 30, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton from complications following open heart surgery.Born at Freeport, Ohio on September 23, 1928, he was a son of the late Robert and Gustava Milleson Pittis. He lived the majority of his life in New Philadelphia.He joined the United States Army in November...
William Frederick Karl
Sep 29, 2004
William F. “Bill” Karl, 74, of New Philadelphia died Wednesday at Morning View Care Center following an extended illness. He was born July 9, 1930 at Dover, Ohio to the late Leo and Florence (Lab) Karl and graduated in 1949 from New Philadelphia High School.Bill was a Korean War veteran, had worked as an inspector at the former Joy Manufacturing...
Linda E. Zubek
Sep 28, 2004
Linda E. Zubek, 59, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September 28, at Union Hospital in Dover following a sudden illness.Born in Columbus, Ohio on April 8, 1945, Linda was the daughter of the late Theodore and Elizabeth Hornyak Thomas of Gates Mills.Following her graduation from Brush High School in South Euclid, Ohio, she attended the University of Indiana, and graduated...
Marilyn K. Beorn
Sep 28, 2004
Marilyn K. (Bunny) Beorn, 59, of New Philadelphia, began her glorious new life with Jesus on September 28, 2004 after her courageous 2-1/2-year battle with cancer. Her non-wavering faith was a strength and inspiration for family and friends alike. Along with the titles of Wife, Mother and Grandmother, she was lovingly known by her family as “Grammy, Ole Girl, Henner...
Lola M. Shear
Sep 25, 2004
Lola M. Shear, 74, of Barnhill began her great rest in the arms of Jesus, on September 25, 2004 at home while being surrounded by her loving and supportive family who gathered around her bedside.She was born June 3, 1930, at Dover, Ohio a daughter of the late Robert and Alberta Barnett Sr.Lola was an active and compassionate Christian woman...
Edna M. LeMasters
Sep 24, 2004
Edna M. LeMasters, 90, of Dover, died Friday evening at the Country Club Retirement Campus in Dover after a short illness.Edna was born on March 17, 1914 in North Lawrence, Ohio to the late Ezra and Mary Elizabeth Hackman Hurst.She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in New Philadelphia and was also a member of the Tuscarawas...
Donald H. Maurer
Sep 24, 2004
Donald H. Maurer, 77, of New Philadelphia, died Friday morning September 24, 2004 in Union Hospital following a short illness.Donald, who was a lifelong resident of the county, was born on July 26, 1927 in Dover to the late Henry J. and Cora (Dessecker) Maurer.Donald was Master of the Union Grange, Treasurer of the Pomona Grange, a member of the...
Alfred J. Peterson
Sep 24, 2004
Alfred J. Peterson, 89, Niceville, FL, died September 24, 2004 at Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville.A son of the late Alfred and Jane Mould Peterson, he was born on January 27, 1915, in DuBois, PA.Serving our country for 23 years, Alfred entered the U.S. Army in l942, and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War.He was...
James S. Patrick
Sep 23, 2004
Attorney James Shaweker Patrick, 76, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday afternoon, September 23, 2004 in Aultman Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Dover, February 11, 1928, to the late James Estep and Esther Shaweker Patrick, he was the fifth James Patrick of Tuscarawas County Law prominence. His family can trace their roots in Tuscarawas County to James Patrick, a...
Thomas E. Bell
Sep 21, 2004
Thomas E. “Tom” Bell, 55, of Strasburg, died Tuesday afternoon at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a lengthy illness. He was born November 12, 1948 in Dennison, OH to the late Charles Thomas and Clarice Eileen (Barnhill) Bell. Prior to his illness Tom had worked for several area Manufacturing companies including the former IF Manufacturing of New Philadelphia and Litco...
Elsie W. Badgett
Sep 21, 2004
Elsie W. Badgett, 76, of Colonial Manor, New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, September 21, 2004, in Union Hospital. Elsie was born in Masontown, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1928, to the late Chester C. and Thelma Duncan Johnson. Elsie came to Ohio when she was eleven years old. She has been a resident of Tuscarawas County since 1958. Survivors include two sons, Danny...
Camet E. Sexton
Sep 18, 2004
Camet E. Sexton, 88, New Philadelphia, died Saturday, September 18, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born February 12, 1916, in Independence, VA., (Grayson County), he was the son of the late John Fielden and Sarah Elizabeth Fine Sexton. Camet was an area supervisor for the Ohio Power Company for 43 years, retiring in Zanesville, OH, in 1978. He was a...
Dale E. Sweaney
Sep 15, 2004
Dale E. Sweaney, 77, New Philadelphia, died suddenly on Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center in Canton.A son of the late Paul and Helen Shaffer Sweaney, Dale was born May 24, 1927 in New Philadelphia.During World War II, he served his country in the United States Army and was awarded the WWII Victory Medal and the Army of...
Kenneth D. Diefenbach
Sep 15, 2004
Kenneth D. Diefenbach, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover.A son of the late Charles and Florence Rufenacht Diefenbach, Kenneth was born March 20, 1921 in Dover, Ohio.Following his graduation from New Philadelphia High School, he served with the United States Army at Normandy in Northern France and in the Rhineland in Central...
Virginia L. Horning
Sep 14, 2004
Virginia L. (Stratton) Horning, 85 formerly of Canton, passed away Tuesday morning, September 14, 2004, in New Philadelphia, following a lengthy illness.Born on April 18, 1919 in Canton, OH, she was the daughter of the late Orville W. and Louise E. (Crane) Stratton. As a young lady, Virginia excelled in tennis and basketball. She was a stellar student athlete at...
Martha J. Hauenstein
Sep 12, 2004
Martha J. Hauenstein, 79, of Dover died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004, in Union Hospital at Dover.Born Dec. 18, 1924, in Dover, she was a daughter of the late Ira B. and Mary Miller Wolfe. For the past year and a half she had been a resident of Country Club Retirement Center at Dover.On Nov. 17, 1963, she married Donald H....
Jeffrey Lee Leggett
Sep 11, 2004
Jeffrey Lee Leggett, 44, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, died suddenly on Saturday, September 11, 2004.Jeff was born on February 11, 1960 in Dover, Ohio to the late Garry and Joann Waring Leggett.He is survived by his sister, Susan (Andy) Thomas of Tucson, AZ and one uncle, Robert (Jean) Waring of Tucson, AZ. Also surviving are many aunts, uncles cousins in...
