Obituaries

Dec 8, 2003

Mae Fahner, 85, New Philadelphia, died Monday, December 8, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born in Tuscarawas, OH, on March 12, 1918, she was one of twin daughters born to the late James H. and Bertha Leona Oswald Stull.She was married to Robert Fahner on March 15, l946, and during their 57 years of marriage enjoyed her life’s role as...

Dec 8, 2003

Robert J. “Bobby” Hykes, Jr., 45, of Canton, died Monday, December 8, 2003 at Aultman Hospital.He was born March 19, 1958 in Dover to Ann F. Taylor Hykes and the late Robert J. Hykes. Bobby graduated a year early, in 1975, from New Philadelphia High School. During these years Bobby was a member of the First Baptist Church in New...

Dec 5, 2003

Cory Allen Colvin, 16, of 211 St. Clair Ave. SW New Philadelphia, died Friday, December 5, 2003, in Cleveland Metro General Hospital of complications from muscular dystrophy.Born November 5, 1987 in Dover, he was the son of Paula Syler Colvin of New Philadelphia and Thomas and Linda Colvin of Malvern.Cory was a member of the freshman class at New Philadelphia...

Dec 4, 2003

Cora J. Menapace, age 76, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003 at Mill Run Care Center in Hilliard following a battle with lupus and short battle with cancer.Born October 11, 1927 in New Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Emmett and Margaret True.Cora was a retired cafeteria worker for Dover High School and Tuscazor Boy Scout camp. She was...

Dec 4, 2003

David Raiff Whitmire, 92, of Dover, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 4, 2003, at Park Village Assisted Living in Dover.Born July 30, 1911 in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Theodore and Anna Clara (Raiff) Whitmire. While Raiff was a student in the Dover school system, he shared his talents of singing, dancing,...

Dec 4, 2003

Carl E. Hykes, 58, of Carrollton went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 4, 2003, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, following a lengthy illness.Born July 18, 1945 in Twin City Hospital, he was a son of the late Francis E. Hykes and the former Catherine A. Breehl. After graduating from Midvale High School, Carl continued his education obtaining...

Dec 4, 2003

Richard L. Wright, 56, of Newcomerstown, died peacefully in the presence of his family in University Hospital of Cleveland. He had courageously battled leukemia for ten months. Born August 22, 1947 in Dover, he was a son of the late Wilmer S. and Helen Lucille Brown Wright. Richard was a 1965 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. He continued his...

Dec 4, 2003

JoAnn Sayre, 67, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, December 4, 2003, at Hennis Care Center in Dover following a long illness.Born October 7, 1936 in East Liverpool, OH, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Lillian Smith Hoppel. JoAnn was a 1954 graduate of East Liverpool High School. During her youth she was active in 4-H and was...

Dec 4, 2003

Dec 4, 2003

Marjorie Anne Hanner Grate, 83, a former resident of Strasburg and Dover Ohio, died peacefully in her Miami, Florida home, where she had been a resident since 1963. Born June 30, 1920 in Canton Ohio, she was the oldest of four children born to Walter Ray and Margaret Leora Kemp Hanner. Marjorie was baptized and confirmed as a member of...

Dec 2, 2003

June Marshall Phillips, 85, of Dover, died Tuesday evening December 2, 2003, in Union Hospital.Born in Canton, O, October 1, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Roy D. Marshall and Minnie B. Lauffer Marshall.Mrs. Phillips was a 1936 graduate of New Philadelphia High School before attending business school in Canton. A lifelong homemaker, she was active in the...

Dec 1, 2003

Joseph S. Day, 73, died peacefully in his Midvale home surrounded by his loving family, including his dog “Penny” early Monday evening, December 1, 2003.Joe was born in Union Township, Tuscarawas County, on June 19, 1930 to the late Joseph F. and Bernice V. Walker Day. After attending Midvale High School, he joined the U. S. Army for two years...

Dec 1, 2003

Marjorie Kathryn “Peg” Dummermuth, 68, of New Philadelphia, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 1, 2003 following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Viola Fox Stine. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother; she enjoyed watching her children and grandchildren participate in numerous sporting activities, was a member of...

Dec 1, 2003

Fern M. Duris, 85, of New Philadelphia, died Monday evening, December 1, 2003 at Union Hospital after a weeklong illness.Born in Wickliffe, OH on February 26, 1918, she was the only daughter of the late Clarence E. and Doris Cole. Fern graduated from Bedford High School in 1936. On August 6, 1938, she married Milan Duris. The couple shared forty-one...

Nov 29, 2003

Elva G. Cooper, 101, New Philadelphia, formerly of Mt. Morris, PA, died Saturday, November 29, 2003, at the Country Club Retirement Center in Dover.Born in Bergoo, WV, on January 11, 1902, she was the daughter of the late Rev. William and Rettie Green Beal.A homemaker, Elva was also employed as a telephone operator for the Bell Telephone Company for 30...

Nov 29, 2003

Robert L. Moore, Sr., 70, New Philadelphia, died Saturday morning, November 29, 2003, at his home.Born August 3, 1933 in West Lafayette, Robert was the son of the late Charles and Helen Kennedy Moore, and was a l952 graduate of West Lafayette High School.Robert served in the United States Army from l952 until l955. He was employed at Marlite in...

Nov 28, 2003

Earl W. Youngen, 86, Creston, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Friday, November 28, 2003, at Smithville Western Care Center in Smithville.The only child of the late William Henry and Susan Grace Casebeer Youngen, Earl was born in New Philadelphia on March 12, 1917.A retired district supervisor for the Lawson Milk Company, he was an avid bowler, fisherman, painter, and woodworker,...

Nov 28, 2003

Daniel N. Stafford, of Richmond, Indiana, passed away at Mercy Medical Center in North Canton, on Friday, November 28, 2003.Born in New Philadelphia on November 14, 1925, he was the son of the late Homer I.N. and Leila Lappin Stafford.He was a 1943 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and an alumnus of both Mt. Union College and Kent State...

Nov 26, 2003

John D. Mann, 83, a long-time resident of North Canton, OH, died Wednesday morning, November 26, 2003, at Park Village in Dover.A son of the late Miles and Mary Leach Mann, he was born January 30, 1920, in Malaga, Ohio.John retired from the Hoover Company in North Canton after over 40 years of service, and was a member of the...

Nov 26, 2003

Ruth C. Fleming, 97, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday evening, November 26, 2003 at Union Hospital with her loving family at her bedside.Ruth was born in Chicago on August 3, 1906, a daughter of the late Ernest C. and Elizabeth Karlson Hartman. On November 22, 1934, she married William R. Fleming. The couple had three children, and their families, who...