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Carol L. Carlisle
Sep 1, 2003
PHOTO OBIT FOR WED., SEPT 3, 2003CAROL L. CARLISLE, 64, of Goshen Valley, died Monday evening, September 1, 2003, two days before her 65th birthday.Carol was born in Roswell on September 3, 1938, the only daughter to the late Earl and Thelma Espenshied Harig. She attended Midvale Elementary School and graduated from New Philadelphia High School.On April 10, 1959, Carol...
Helen Margaret Stover Dolvin
Aug 29, 2003
Helen Margaret Stover Dolvin, 78, of Mineral City, passed away Friday, August 29, 2003 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia.Born September 5, 1924 in Elm Grove, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Charles Roy and Wilma Dora Siligar Stover. Most recently, Helen worked for the U. S. Ceramic Tile Company. Helen greatly enjoyed crocheting, knitting,...
Alvin R. Laubscher
Aug 29, 2003
Alvin R. Laubscher, 85, of 2331 Ragersville Road SW, Sugarcreek, died Friday, August 29, 2003 at 9:38 AM in Union Hospital at Dover after a brief illness. Born September 14, 1917 in Dow City, Iowa, he was a son of the late Albert & Dolly Malone Laubscher.He retired in 1983 from the Belden Brick Company at Sugarcreek and was also...
Anna E. Utz
Aug 29, 2003
ANNA ELIZABETH UTZ, 91, a long-time resident of New Philadelphia, died Friday afternoon, August 29, 2003, following a lengthy illness. Born in Pittsburgh on September 6, 1911, she was a daughter of the late Frederick W. and Kathryn A. Steinmiller Stemler. Anna was preceded in death by her loving husband, Frederick W. “Freddie” Utz, on February 13, 1984. They were...
Mary Ann Richesson
Aug 29, 2003
MARY ANN “Annie” RICHESSON, 81, of New Philadelphia, died peacefully Friday morning, August 29, 2003 in Dover. Mary Ann was born in Brier Hill, PA on July 19, 1922 to the late Francis and Julia Zajac Gocek. On November 26, 1942, she married Woodrow L. “Woody” Richesson in Canton. A member of Sacred Heart Church, Mary Ann especially enjoyed being...
Patty A. Klopfer
Aug 29, 2003
Patty A. Klopfer, 56, of Dover, died unexpectedly Friday evening August 29, 2003 at Akron General Medical Center.Born in Long Beach, California, January 14, 1947, she was a daughter of Rosalind J. Smith Shelley and the late Paul Edward Shelley. She was just six weeks old when her family relocated to Ohio. In l965, Patty was a member of the...
Mary Louise Gowan
Aug 27, 2003
Mary Louise Spring Warner Gowan, 87, a lifelong resident of New Philadelphia, died peacefully in Union Hospital early Wednesday, August 27, 2003, following a lengthy illness. Born in Oldtown Valley, June 8, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Edgar S. and Ina Mae Sherer Spring. Mary Louise attended classes in a one-room schoolhouse, before graduating from New Philadelphia,...
Betty G. Smith
Aug 26, 2003
Betty G. Smith, 85, a longtime resident of Dover, formerly of Median County, died peacefully in Hennis Care Centre of Dover after a short illness.Born in Lodi, Ohio, on June 16, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Grace Keener Smith. She graduated from Lodi High School.Betty was a bookkeeper by profession, having worked for the former...
Vida P. Renicker
Aug 25, 2003
Vida P. Renicker, 88, of New Philadelphia went to be with the Lord, on Monday, August 25, 2003, at Hennis Care Center in Dover.Born on the family farm in Warren Township, Tuscarawas County, March 25, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Albert Frank and Linda Mae Kaderly Durbin. Vida was married on Christmas Eve, l946 to E.O. “Bud”...
Grace Furbay
Aug 23, 2003
Grace Furbay, 90, passed away Saturday August 23, 2003 at Morning View Care Center at New Philadelphia. She was born August 13, 1913 to the late Dennis & Irena Latto Furbay. She lived in Tuscarawas County all her life and attended Blizzard Ridge and Stillwater Elementary Schools and Uhrichsville High School. She received additional secretarial training at Safford Business College...
Lewis Patrick
Aug 22, 2003
Lewis Patrick, 83, of Mineral City, died peacefully in Union Hospital early Friday morning, August 22, 2003. Born June 6, 1920 in Magoffin County, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Canoy and Becky Jane Whitley Patrick. Mr. Patrick relocated from Kentucky to the Mineral City area after he completed high school.Mr. Burton enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping near...
June Graff Brownfield
Aug 21, 2003
June Graff Brownfield, 71, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, August 21, 2003, at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born June 22, l932, in New Philadelphia, June was one of 15 children born to Fred R. and Nellie Stonebrook Graff. She graduated in l950 from New Philadelphia High School, and married Keith E. Brownfield on July 5, l952. June was an active member...
Maxine Armstrong
Aug 21, 2003
Maxine Armstrong, 95, “born a redhead and died a redhead”, passed away on August 21, 2003, in Hennis Care Center in Dover.Born May 7, l908 to the late Lewis and Nora Mathews, Maxine spent the rest of her life living throughout Tuscarawas County in Midvale, Uhrichsville, and New Philadelphia. Her father was the owner and manager of the Midvale General...
Rachel Ann Aleshire
Aug 19, 2003
Rachel A. (Smith) Aleshire, 67, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at Hennis Care Center in Dover. Born in Dover on December 4, 1936, she was a daughter of the late George Delbert and Vernice Jenkins Smith and was a 1954 graduate of Dover High School. She married Ronald L. Aleshire on May 10, 1958 in Cincinnati. Rachel...
Willard Kemp Hanner
Aug 18, 2003
Willard Kemp Hanner, Sr. 81, of Dover, died peacefully Monday evening, August 18, 2003, in Hennis Care and Assisted Living Centre of Bolivar following a courageous five-year battle with cancer. Born February 15, 1922 in Canton, he was a son of the late Walter Ray Hanner, Sr. and Margaret Leora Kemp Hanner. Willard was raised in Strasburg, graduating in 1940...
Lawrence Junior White
Aug 18, 2003
Lawrence Junior White, 54, of Sherrodsville, passed away Monday, August 18, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover.Born August 24, 1948 in New Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Lawrence E. and Frances Hines White. After high school, Lawrence went on to become a skilled welder most recently working for Bethlehem Steel in Massillon.Lawrence was also an avid Cleveland...
Timothy L. Van Scyoc
Aug 18, 2003
Timothy Lyle Van Scyoc, 53, of New Philadelphia died Sunday, August 17, 2003 at Grant Medical Center in Columbus following a sudden brain aneurysm.Tim was born May 20, 1950 in Uhrichsville to the late Paul and Wanda E. Welsch Van Scyoc. He served his country in the Army after he graduated from Claymont High School in 1968. He continued his...
Arlene Mast
Aug 18, 2003
Arlene Mast, 90, formerly of Berlin, and a resident of Walnut Hills Nursing Home for the last twenty years, died peacefully Monday morning August 18, 2003. Born near Walnut Creek on March 18, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Herbert and Amanda Miller Gerber. Mrs. Mast was a longtime member of the Berlin Mennonite Church. On June 3,...
Elvas Keaton
Aug 16, 2003
Elvas Keaton, 77, of Claremore, OK, died there on Saturday, August 16, 2003. He was born April 6, 1926 in New Holland, OH to the late Ernest and Goldie Shaw Keaton. Entering military service at age 17, he served eight years in the U. S. Marine Corps, both in World War II and the Korean conflict. Elvas met Norma Jean...
Essie Faye Hemmeger
Aug 14, 2003
ESSIE FAYE HEMMEGER, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday evening, August 14, 2003 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a week-long illness. Essie was born in Midvale on December 12, 1919 to the late Lawrence and Bertha A. Newton Emhoff. She graduated in 1938 from Midvale High School and maintained several close friendships with classmates all through her life. As...
