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Donald L. Breehl
Apr 28, 2003
DONALD L. BREEHL, 77, passed away in his sleep at his New Philadelphia home Monday morning, April 28, 2003. Don was born in New Philadelphia on February 6, 1926 to the late Harry and Frances Crescio Breehl. In 1947 he sold his grocery near the corner of Second Street, NE and East High Avenue and moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan....
Delmar Leroy Vickers
Apr 27, 2003
Delmar Leroy Vickers, 77, of Uhrichsville, died peacefully Sunday morning in the Wade Park Veterans Medical Center of Cleveland. Born June 24, 1925 in Deersville, he was a son of the late John Vickers and Dessie Kail Vickers. Mr. Vickers served in the United States Navy during World War II and later worked as a site technician for the mental...
Chet Ferrell
Apr 27, 2003
Chet Ferrell, age 72, of 351 McConnell St., Uhrichsville, O., died April 27, 2003, at home with his immediate family at his bedside after a brief illness. Chet had retired from O.A. Heil Distributing Company. After retiring from truck driving, he was then employed by Monarch Management and was resident manager of Carroll Court Apartments for the elderly in Carrollton,...
Colonel Richard William March
Apr 24, 2003
Richard William March, 81, of Fort Worth, Texas, died peacefully Thursday, April 24, 2003 in Hospice House West of Fort Worth. Born April 16, 1922 in his family home on Beaverdam Road, just outside of New Philadelphia, he was the only child of the late Delmar J. March and Nora Christine Torgler March. Soon after his birth, the family moved...
Betty G. Lute
Apr 24, 2003
Betty G. Lute, 70, of Midvale, died Thursday, April 24, 2003 at her home, following an extended illness.Born in Buffalo, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Arthur H. and Ethel G. Dawson Van Dyke and was a homemaker and a member of the New Philadelphia V.F.W. Auxiliary. Betty had a beautiful spirit that positively glowed and warmed the...
Dorothy A. Partridge-Goodman
Apr 24, 2003
Dorothy A. Partridge-Goodman, 92, of Dover, formerly of New Philadelphia died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Country Club Retirement Center in Dover. Born March 4, 1911, in Dover, she was the daughter of the late James & Ethel Carroll Taylor. Dorothy worked as a Kindergarten Teacher for the Dover Public School System. Her memberships included the First United Methodist Church...
Mable Lorene Fox
Apr 24, 2003
Mable Lorene Fox, 87, of Beavercreek, formerly of Tuscarawas, Ohio, died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Hospice of Dayton. Born April 25, 1915 in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Curtis E. and Harriet G. McCullough Wardell. Mable was a member of Sharon Moravian Church. In 1975, she retired from Indian Valley School District where she...
Erma Clagg
Apr 23, 2003
Erma Clagg, 70, of Midvale, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at Union Hospital in Dover due to health complications.Born February 2, 1933, in Barnhill, she was the daughter of John and Blanche Feister Hunter. Erma was a 1951 graduate of Midvale High School. She worked as Income Tax Administrator, Board of Public Affairs Clerk and Village Clerk for 22 years....
Dolores M. Knestaut
Apr 22, 2003
Dolores M. Knestaut, 67, of New Philadelphia and formerly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died Tuesday, April 22, 2003 in her home following an extended illness.Born in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Marie Hergenrother Lavsa and was a homemaker. Surviving are three sons, Neil Knestaut of Seaford, Delaware, Keith (Jean) Knestaut of New Philadelphia and Paul Knestaut...
Lois Phillips Wayts
Apr 22, 2003
LOIS PHILLIPS WAYTS, 49, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday evening, April 22, 2003 following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 10, 1953 in Tuscarawas County to John and the late Donna Schumacher Phillips, who died March 1, 2002. In 1972 she graduated from New Philadelphia High School. She shared her...
Hilbert Ludwig Hoffman
Apr 20, 2003
HILBERT L. “DUTCH” HOFFMAN, 79, died Sunday afternoon, April 20, 2003 at Park Village in Dover. A resident of New Philadelphia, Mr. Hoffman was born April 25, 1923 to the late Leo and Anna M. Hauser Hoffman in Schnellville, IN, the oldest of 11 children. During World War II, Dutch served honorably with the U. S. Army. On December 5,...
Junior L. Legg
Apr 19, 2003
Junior “Jack” L. Legg, 71, of 135 Buckeye St. Sugarcreek, died Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 3:10 PM in Aultman Hospital at Canton following a sudden stroke he suffered at home on Friday.Born April 30, 1931 in Uhrichsville, he was a son of the late Clarence and Ella Russell Legg.He was employed at Leff Electric (formerly Slaser and Leiser) of...
Robert Lee Stein
Apr 18, 2003
Robert L. Stein, age 80, of Dover, formerly of New Philadelphia, died April 18, 2003, at Union Hospital in Dover following a brief illness. Born June 11, 1922, in Fiat, Ohio, he was the son of Robert Edward and Maggie B. Yakley Stein. Robert grew up in Ragersville, and graduated from New Philadelphia High School. He served in the US...
Harold Gladstone
Apr 18, 2003
Harold Gladstone, 69, of Uhrichsville, died Friday, April 18, 2003 at Aultman Hospital in Canton.Born February 14, 1934 in Roswell, he was the son of the late Thomas C. and Rosina M. Turrin Gladstone and had served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He had retired from the former Alsco Plant in Gnadenhutten after thirty-five years of...
Larry Lee Billetter
Apr 15, 2003
Larry Lee Billetter, 59, of Roswell, died unexpectedly at his home Tuesday evening. Born December 19, 1943 in Martins Ferry, OH, he was a son of the late Clyde Willis Billetter and Gretna Elrich Billetter, and step-mother Alice Faye Billetter. Larry graduated from St. Claisville high school in 1963, and shortly thereafter joined the Army and served in Vietnam. Following...
Margaret J. Jackson
Apr 15, 2003
Margaret J. Jackson, 83, of Dover, formerly of Uhrichsville, died Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at her residence following an extended illnessBorn November 1, 1919, in Goshen, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late George Ellwood and Eva Mae Eck Wilson. Margaret graduated High School in 1937 in Mooseheart, Illinois. She then went on to graduate from Mooseheart Beauty School....
Raymond L. McCartney
Apr 14, 2003
Raymond L. McCartney, 63, of Uhrichsville, died Monday, April 14, 2003, at Twin City Hospital in Dennison.Born in Canton on November 13, 1939, he was a son of the late Emmet and Marie C. (Meisner) McCartney.After completing his education in Dover, he worked for many years at the former Leatherman Seed in Canton as a warehouse manager. More recently, he...
William W. Seabrook
Apr 14, 2003
William W. Seabrook, 89, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, April 14, 2003 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Charles and Annie Broadhurst Seabrook and was a graduate of New Philadelphia High School. He had retired from the former I.F. Manufacturing where he had worked as a foundry...
Ernest Walter Ricker
Apr 14, 2003
Ernest W. Riker, 89, a resident of Park Village Care Center in Dover and a former resident of Roswell, died Monday, April 14, 2003 at Park Village following an extended illness.Born in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Anna Ricklic Riker and had retired after twenty-seven years with Marlite where he worked as a...
William Leroy Freed
Apr 13, 2003
William L. Freed, 58, of Goshen, died suddenly Sunday, April 13, 2003, at his residence.Born in Dennison on April 15, 1944, he was a son of the late John William and Mary Elizabeth (Gallagher) Freed.After graduating from Lakeland High School in 1964, he began a career with Buckeye Machine in 1968 as a clerk. Pastimes Bill enjoyed greatly included participating...
