Obituaries

Mar 8, 2002

Nick L. France, 20, of Wainwright, died Friday, March 8, 2002. Born in Dover, he was the son of Fred A. and Bonnie A. Hill France of Wainwright. He was a 1999 graduate of Indian Valley High School and was employed by Gross Welding and Fabricating Company in New Philadelphia. An avid outdoorsman, Nick loved hunting and fishing, was a...

Mar 7, 2002

Barbara E. Tufford, 79, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, March 7, 2002 at Aultman Hospital in Canton following an extended illness.

Born August 3, 1922 in Bangor, County of Down in Northern Ireland, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Montgomery Moffett.

She was a homemaker for many years and had retired from the former Endres Floral...

Mar 6, 2002

Norma J. Heck, 67, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002 in her home following a brief illness.Born in New Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late E. James and Angelina Parolini Mattevi. She was valedictorian of the 1952 graduating class from St. Joseph High School in Dover and had worked for the former Belmont Stamp and Enameling...

Mar 5, 2002

LELIA MAE SNODGRASS, 84, of Dover, died Tuesday, March 5, 2002 at Hennis Care Centre. She was born in Cameron, WV on May 21, 1917 to the late Reverdy and Golda Gray Snodgrass Reynolds. Lelia was a former resident of the Alliance area and was a member of the Alliance First Baptist Church. She worked for the Zone Cab Company...

Mar 4, 2002

ROBERT B. LONG, SR., 81, a life-long resident of Dennison, died Monday, March 4, 2002 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia. Bob was the son of the late Clarence and Elsie Armstrong Long. In 1940 he graduated from Uhrichsville High School. By profession, Bob was a millwright, retiring from LTV Steel in Massillon in 1984. Bob was a...

Mar 3, 2002

GRACE A. MASON, 74, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 3, 2002. She was born to the late Christian and Jessie Storrie Ford Steiner in Bowerston on May 21, 1927. Grace attended New Philadelphia High School. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in New Philadelphia, and was a devoted mom, grandma...

Mar 3, 2002

Betty J. Martin, 59, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Mar. 3, 2002, in the emergency room of Union Hospital, where she was taken following a sudden illness.Born Nov. 6, 1942, in Athens, OH, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Audrey Smith Pierce. Betty was a graduate of Waterloo High School, New Marshfield, and was employed for some...

Mar 2, 2002

Lucy C. Wilhelm, 56, of Acworth, GA and formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, March 2, 2002 in Zanesville. Lucy was born November 14, 1945 in Dover to the late Dominic and Melita DiSanto Pallotto. In 1963 she graduated from St. Mary’s High School in Dennison. On July 10, 1965, she married Gary L. Wilhelm in Sacred Heart Church in...

Mar 1, 2002

Helen E. Mutti, 88, of Dover, died on Friday, March 1, 2002, at Hennis Care Center in Bolivar. Born August 17, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Arthur David & Lillian Lenhart Schlegel.Surviving are several stepchildren.Helen was preceded in death by her first husband, John Lloyd Minard, who died in 1980, her second husband, Walter E. Mutti, who...

Mar 1, 2002

DONNA M. PHILLIPS, 69, of New Philadelphia, went home to be with her Jesus on Friday, March 1, 2002, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Uhrichsville on June 12, 1932 to the late Ray Franklin and Helen Grace Zumbrunnen Schumacher. Donna was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church. Most of her life she was devoted to her...

Feb 27, 2002

Hugh A. Schott, 72, of Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a long illness.Born Feb. 6, 1930, in Youngstown, he was the son of the late Church and Margaret Hollingsworth Schott. Hugh was a 1947 graduate of Lehman High School, Canton, and attended the University of Maryland. He served honorably...

Feb 25, 2002

ROBERT M. DAVIDSON, 75, of Port Washington, died Monday, February 25, 2002 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton following a brief illness. Lovingly known by many as “Grandpa” or “Pops”, he was born June 23, 1926 in Hendrysburg, OH to the late James D. and Pearl C. Acton Davidson. He attended Massillon High School and was a truck driver for...

Feb 23, 2002

Feb 23, 2002

Corinne C. Dellego, 92, of Bolivar, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, February 23, 2002, at Hennis Care Center and Assisted Living Centre in Bolivar, following an extended illness. Born in Midvale, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Bertha Jane Gracy Ricketts. Corinne was a 1927 graduate of Uhrichsville High School, and she was a homemaker. She...

Feb 22, 2002

Calvin U. Sauser, 88, of Stone Creek, died Friday, February 22, 2002 at New Dawn Health Care Center in Dover following an extended illness.Born in Apple Creek, he was the son of the late Ulrich L. and Etha Linda Mizer Sauser. He was a long time area farmer and had worked as a mill operator for the former Valley Farm...

Feb 22, 2002

Edna M. Rainsberg, 80, of New Philadelphia, died Friday, February 22, 2002 at Morning View Care Center in New Philadelphia following an extended illness.Born on February 22, 1922 in Roswell, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Edith Gundy Rennicker. She was a homemaker and a member of the Roxford United Methodist Church in Dennison.She is preceded in...

Feb 22, 2002

Amerigo S. “Archie” Mastreano, 93, passed away Friday, February 22, 2002 at Aultman Hospital, following an illness of six weeks. He was born Oct. 19, 1908 in Pitcarn, Pennsylvania to the late Domenico and Josephine Valentino Mastroianni. He lived in Calabria, Italy during his early teenage years, returing to live in the Canton-Massillon area. In 1935, he moved to New...

Feb 21, 2002

Stephanie D. Tedrick, 47, of Uhrichsville, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness.Born Jan. 15, 1955, in Pittsburgh, PA, she was a daughter of Clair L. McCord of New Philadelphia, and the late Ebba J. Anderson McCord. Stephanie was a 1973 graduate of Dover High School. During high school she was a Rotary exchange...

Feb 19, 2002

Ermile D. “Denny” Dennis, 76, of New Philadelphia, died Tuesday, February 19, 2002, in Union Hospital following a sudden illness. Born, February 28, 1925, in Bowerston, he was a son of the late Lloyd and Iva Bower Dennis. Denny attended New Philadelphia High School. He served with the U.S. Army 580th Ambulance Company Motor Separate in the Rhineland, Ardennes and...

Feb 16, 2002

Shirley K. Cerett, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2002, in her home, following a courageous battle with cancer.Shirley was born Aug. 31, 1938, in Mannington, WV. She graduated cum laude from West Virginia University in 1959. She was a schoolteacher for thirty-four years, retiring in 1999. Shirley taught health, physical education and science in West Virginia, Scio, Sandy...