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Alvin Washington Phillabaum
Aug 11, 2004
Alvin Washington Phillabaum, 77, of New Philadelphia died Wednesday August 11, 2004 at Morning View Care Center where he had resided since 2002.
He was born October 10, 1926 at Millersburg, Ohio to the late Edward and Genevine (Saxauer) Phillabaum and grew up in Dundee.
He attended Lower Trail Elementary and Dundee High Schools. During WWII “Al” served...
Lodema Colleen Eberle
Aug 10, 2004
Lodema Colleen Eberle, 77, of Ocala, Fl., formerly of Columbus and Dover, OH. died Tuesday August 10, 2004. She was born August 31, 1926 at Dover to the late Alfred and Lodema (Grimm) Williams and was raised in Tuscarawas Co.She graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1944. Following High School Lodema worked for the Government at Wright Â? Patterson...
Richard P. Gasser
Aug 8, 2004
Richard P. Gasser, age 74, of Brightwood, died Sunday, August 8, 2004 at his residence.Mr. Gasser, who was a lifetime resident of the area, was born in Dover on January 9, 1930 to the late Albert Gasser and Vera (Maurer) Gasser.Mr. Gasser was a former Tuscarawas County Commissioner. He retired from Frontier Power and he was also a skilled carpenter...
Charles Franklin Rand
Aug 8, 2004
Charles Franklin “Ted” Rand, a well known past director of Jobs Plus in our area, died peacefully on his farm in Adams Township, Sunday afternoon, August 8, 2004. He was 78. Born in North Tonawanda, New York, on December 14, 1925, he was a son of the late Charles F. and Emogene Howard Rand. Mr. Rand served as a corporal...
Mark Allen Martin
Jul 28, 2004
Mark Allen Martin, age 35, of Wilkshire Hills, died Wednesday evening in Aultman Hospital as the result of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident July 22. Mark was born in Canton, O. October 16, 1968, to Sue Ellen Spring of New Philadelphia and Marty Martin of Estero, Florida. Mark was a 1987 graduate of Tusky Valley High School. He...
Glenn A. Wingeier
Jul 27, 2004
Glenn Wingeier, 89, of New Philadelphia died Tuesday July 27, 2004 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Glenn was born July, 18, 1915 to the late Walter and Maude (Lower) Wingeier and graduated from Baltic High School. He was a WWII Army Veteran, was retired from the Warner-Swasey Co. after 30 years of service, member of the New Philadelphia First United Church...
Robert L. Metzger
Jul 20, 2004
Robert L. Metzger, age 85, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at New Dawn Retirement Community in New Philadelphia.Born on March 31, 1919 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, Robert was the son of the late Oscar E. and Bessie A. (Nussbaum) Metzger.Robert was a member of the Christian Worship Center in New Philadelphia. He was also a World War II...
Mary C. Kerschbaumer
Jul 19, 2004
Mary C. Kerschbaumer, age 90, of Dover, died Monday, July 19, 2004 at Country Club Retirement Campus.Mary was born on March 24, 1914 in Barnhill, Ohio to the late Joseph and Phillipina (Valenti) Police.Mary attended Midvale Schools. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in New Philadelphia and was previously a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in...
Betty Joan Teischinger
Jul 19, 2004
Betty Joan Teischinger, 72, Strasburg, died Monday afternoon, July 19, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover.The daughter of the late James Foster and Viola Esther Bybee Mowrey, Betty was born in Akron, OH, on February 26, 1932. She is survived by her daughters, Maxine (Edward) Kaufman of New Philadelphia and Roseanne (Chuck) Abercrombie of Dover; one sister, Barbara (Larry) Fink...
Audrine Crosier
Jul 18, 2004
Audrine V. Crosier, 84, of New Philadelphia died Sunday July 18, 2004 at Union Hospital following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 2, 1920 in Waitville, West Virginia to the late Thomas and Emma (Clarkson) Crosier. “A. V.” owned and operated the Crosier Lumber Co. of Freeport, Ohio prior to his retirement and relocating to New Philadelphia in 1983....
Robert D. Polen
Jul 18, 2004
Robert D. Polen, 74, New Philadelphia, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at Country Club Center in Dover.Born November 3, 1929, in Dennison, OH, he was the only son of the late Roy F. and Mary B. VanLehn Polen.On July 16, 1950, he married the former Hazel J. Weiss, with whom he shared 53 years of marriage before her death in...
Ruth E. Saunders
Jul 17, 2004
Ruth E. Cranston Saunders, age 96, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Saturday morning, July 17, 2004 at Country Club Retirement Campus in Dover.
Born in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1908, she was the last surviving daughter of the late Robert Hamilton Cranston and Anne Maxwell Cranston.
Mrs. Saunders spent most of her adult life there as a...
Ada Alice Galbraith
Jul 17, 2004
Ada Alice Rankin Galbraith, age 95, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully early Saturday afternoon, July 17, 2004 in New Dawn Health Care Center of Dover. Born in Port Washington, O. October 23, 1908, she was a daughter of the late Commodore and Josephine Butler Rankin. She graduated as valedictorian from Gnadenhutten High School with the class of 1926. Ada grew...
George Michael Lusic, III
Jul 17, 2004
George Michael Lusic III, age 22, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, July 17, 2004 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Born March 22, 1982 at Dover, Ohio, he was the son of George Michael Lusic, Jr. and Joy (Watson) Lusic of New Philadelphia.George was a 2000 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. George was majoring in psychology at the Tuscarawas...
Doris Maye Cox
Jul 17, 2004
Doris Maye (Patterson) Cox, 86, of New Philadelphia, passed away Saturday morning, July 17, 2004, at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia.Born November 18, 1917 in Tappan, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lewis and Ella Dell (Davis) Patterson. After graduating from Dennison High School in 1937, she married her late husband, Robert Lester Cox, on...
James Patrick Collins
Jul 16, 2004
James “Jimmy” Patrick Collins, 43, of New Philadelphia, died unexpectedly Friday July 16, 2004 at his mother’s residence.Jimmy was born April 24, 1961 in Dearborn, MI. to James B. and Glenna Collins. He was a natural born salesman and had worked for various companies. He enjoyed camping, held a blue belt in the art of Tae Kwon Do, and was...
Russell T. Erwin
Jul 15, 2004
Russell T. Erwin, Sr., age 52, of New Philadelphia, died suddenly on Thursday, July 15, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover.Born on October 10, 1951 in Dover, Russell was the son of Hazel L. (Huff) Erwin and the late Charles “Chick” Erwin.Russell was the owner and operator for Erwin Backhoe Service for 25 years. He was a member of the...
Geraldine H. Holloway
Jul 14, 2004
Geraldine H. Holloway, 61, of New Philadelphia, formerly of Okeechobee, Fl., died Tuesday July 13, 2004 at her residence surrounded by her family.Geraldine was born at Marissa, Il., July 20, 1942 to the late Stanley and Ann (Wisneski) Mierek and had worked for the Plastridge Insurance Co. of Palm Beach, Fl., prior to her illness.She is survived by her husband...
Gertrude Walton Donahey
Jul 11, 2004
Gertrude Walton Donahey, 95, the former Treasurer of the State of Ohio (1971-1983), died peacefully Sunday, July 11, 2004, at Sunrise in Bexley, OH. Born August 4, 1908, in Goshen she was the daughter of the late George and Mary Thomas Walton. The first woman to be elected to a statewide executive office in the State of Ohio, Gertrude became...
Angela Casey
Jul 11, 2004
Angela Casey, age 91, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, July 11, 2004 at Union Hospital.Born June 4, 1913 in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late John D. and Eleanor (Koby) Casey.She was a 1931 graduate of Saint Joseph High School in Dover.Angela was employed as a Senior Accounting Clerk with the Ohio Power Company for 46 years,...
