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Louis Lesjak
Jan 14, 2004
Louis Lesjak, 82, a longtime resident of New Philadelphia, died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, January 14, 2004. Born in Johnstown, Ohio on December 20, 1921, Mr. Lesjak was the only son born to the late Martin and Josephine Lesjak. Mr. Lesjak was twenty years old when he entered the Army of the United States in November of 1942.His tour of duty...
Connie LaFountaine
Jan 12, 2004
Connie LaFountaine, of Leesville Lake, died Monday morning, January 12, 2004, at Aultman Hospital in Canton after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She was 65.Born in New Philadelphia on March 22, l938, Connie was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Hattie M. Schwartz Cronebaugh. She was a l956 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and attended...
Mary Dindo DeNicola
Jan 11, 2004
Mary Dindo DeNicola, 87, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday evening, January 11, 2004 at Union Hospital.Mary was born in Nokomis, IL on March 16, 1916, a daughter to the late Domenico Eusebio and Pasqua Caterina “Esther” Cocco Dindo. During the 1930’s, Mary worked for Woolworth’s in New Philadelphia. In the 1980’s, Mary and the women she had worked with at...
Beatrice Rose Cercone
Jan 9, 2004
Beatrice R. Cercone, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, January 9, 2004, at the Country Club Retirement Center in Dover. Her death came on the same date on which her husband, Donald “Gandy” Cercone had died in l966. Beatrice was 96 years old.Born in Roswell on February 7, l907, she was the daughter of and the last of eleven children born...
Lois J. Holland
Jan 8, 2004
Lois J. Holland, a life-long resident of New Philadelphia, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2004, at Aultman Hospital in Canton. She was 78.A daughter of the late Lewis E. and Eulah Starkey Walton, Lois was born September 13, l925, in New Philadelphia, and was a 1943 graduate of New Philadelphia High School.On June 15, 1947, she married Hugh H. Holland,...
Vella Belle Young Vaughn
Jan 8, 2004
Vella Belle Young Vaughn, 86, of Byesville, died Thursday morning, January 8, 2004 at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge following an eight-week illness.Mrs. Vaughn was born in Midvale on August 4, 1917 to the late James Franklin and Eva Lucille Carpenter Young. She graduated from Midvale High School in 1934 and in 1938 she married Courtney Vaughn....
Ruth Brown Castelli
Jan 5, 2004
Ruth Brown Hall Castelli, 79, formerly of Sandyville, OH, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Monday evening, January 5, 2004 while she was at Green County Memorial Hospital in Waynesburg, PA, with her loving family at her side.Ruth was born August 12, 1924 in Morgantown, WV, a daughter of the late John L. and Rose Lambes Brown.She...
Frederick William Mosshart
Jan 5, 2004
Frederick William Mosshart of Dover, died peacefully on his eighty-ninth birthday, Monday afternoon, in Union Hospital, following a brief illness. Born January 5, 1915 in Tuscarawas County, he was a son of the late Emmanuel F. Mosshart and Cecelia Reif Mosshart. Frederick was a veteran of the United States Army. He enlisted March 1, 1941, and once the United States...
Helen C. Shuman
Jan 5, 2004
Helen C. Shuman, 84, of New Philadelphia, died Monday morning, January 5, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover.Mrs. Shuman was born in Steelton, PA on February 2, 1919, one of six daughters born to the late Anton and Mary Krasevec Tezak. She moved to New Philadelphia from Harrisburg, PA in July, 2002, to be nearer her daughter and family. In...
Mary C. Green
Jan 3, 2004
Mary Catherine Green, 83, of Hennis Care Center in Bolivar, died January 3, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover.Born May 20, 1920 in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Walter C. and Hazel Irene (Uptegraph) Metzger.On October 27, 1937, she married her husband, Justin Clarence Green, Sr., who died on May 11, 2000. Mary was a homemaker...
Lloyd Herbert Crouse
Jan 2, 2004
Lloyd Herbert Crouse, 59, a three year resident of Gnadenhutten, formerly a fourty year resident of Morning View Care Center at New Philadelphia, died early Thursday morning, January 2, 2004 at Union Hospital in Dover. Born in Browntown West Virginia, Mr. Crouse was a son of the late Robert and Edna Estella Crouse. Mr. Crouse enjoyed interacting with his coworkers...
Joan Elizabeth Ervin
Jan 2, 2004
Joan Elizabeth Ervin, 82, of New Philadelphia, passed away Friday, January 2, 2004, at Union Hospital in Dover after a brief illness.Born June 14, 1921 in New Washington, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Bernard R. and Anna J. (Martin) Kaple Sr.. After graduating high school, she attended and graduated from nursing school and was a registered nurse...
Albert T. Massarelli
Jan 2, 2004
Albert T. (Torelo Michallis) Massarelli of Dover, age 86, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon, January 2, 2004 at Union Hospital. Al was born in New Philadelphia on September 11, 1917, a son to the late Stanislau “Stanley” and Angelina Spera Massarelli. He attended New Philadelphia High School. On March 3, 1941, Al married the former Florence Kathryn Fisher, who preceded him...
Charles Watkins Bargar
Jan 2, 2004
Charles Watkins Bargar, 79, of Uhrichsville and formerly of Freeport, died peacefully early Friday morning, January 2, 2004 in Beacon Point Care Center at Uhrichsville following a month-long illness. Born July 23, 1924 in Gnadenhutten, Charles was the last surviving son of Charles Jacob and Lola Dell Millhorn Bargar. He was a 1942 graduate of Gnadenhutten High School. Following graduation,...
Dean Willis Jarvis
Jan 2, 2004
Dean Willis Jarvis, 79, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully in Union Hospital Friday evening, January 2, 2004 following a lengthy illness.Born in New Philadelphia on January 18, 1924, Dean was a son of the late Clyde Samuel Jarvis and Lena Stahl Jarvis. He attended New Philadelphia High School. Mr. Jarvis owned and operated the former Jarvis Trailer Sales and Service...
Gregory Lynn Fuller
Dec 31, 2003
Gregory Lynn Fuller, 50, of Raleigh, NC, died there unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 31, 2003. Greg was born at Union Hospital in Dover on April 9, 1953, a son of the late Henry and Wanda Zimmerman Fuller. He was reared in Sugarcreek and was a graduate of Garaway High School.For nearly eighteen years, Greg lived in Houston where he developed...
Theda Elizabeth Lawrence
Dec 31, 2003
Theda Elizabeth Lawrence, 87, of New Dawn Health Care Center, formerly of New Philadelphia, died unexpectedly in Massillon Community Hospital Wednesday, December 31, 2003. Born in New Philadelphia, May 9, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Byron Franklin and Winifred Elizabeth Davis Swihart. Theda graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1934. Mrs. Lawrence is best known as...
Hilda A. Humerickhouse
Dec 30, 2003
Hilda A. Humerickhouse, 91, formerly of Union Avenue, New Philadelphia, died at Union Hospital in Dover on Tuesday, December 30, 2003.Born January 21, 1912 in Kensington, OH, Hilda was the daughter of the late Chalmer A. and Anna L. Wehner Phillips. She was a graduate of Dover’s St. Joseph High School. Primarily a homemaker, Hilda worked for a time as...
Ethel Fay Lanzer
Dec 29, 2003
Ethel Fay Lanzer, 83, of New Philadelphia, died quietly Monday afternoon, December 29, 2003 at New Dawn Health Care Center following a lengthy illness.Mrs. Lanzer was born in Dover to the late Ralph E. and Myrtle M. Holbein Lute. She was a wonderful homemaker who enjoyed gardening, crocheting and reading. Most of all, she liked spending time with her family.Those...
Robert D. Edwards
Dec 29, 2003
Robert D. Edwards, a life-long resident of New Philadelphia, died early Monday morning, December 29, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover. He was 75.A son of the late Clayton and Lucille Robeson Edwards, Bob was born in New Philadelphia on September 20, l928, and was a l946 graduate of New Philadelphia High School.He served in the United States Army Field...
