Obituaries

Mar 30, 2002

HOWARD F. GRAFF, 92, of New Philadelphia, died at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover on Saturday, March 30, 2002. Howard was born June 4, 1909 in New Philadelphia to the late Frederick R. and Nellie M. Stonebrook Graff. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University and was a metallurgist by profession. For many years he was employed by...

Mar 27, 2002

Mar 25, 2002

Evelyn W. Becker, 93, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, Mar. 25, 2002, in Walnut Hills Retirement Community, Walnut Creek.Born May 23, 1908, in West Chester, OH, she was the daughter of the late Basil and Rosetta Morrison Packer. Evelyn was a 1927 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, and was a homemaker. She greatly enjoyed quilting, a skill for which...

Mar 25, 2002

Mar 25, 2002

Mar 21, 2002

Eva L. Walker, 92, of Dover, died Thursday, March 21, 2002 at her home following an extended illness.Born in Strasburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Emma Kohler Reed and was a homemaker.She is preceded in death by her husband, the late Albert Walker and is survived by four daughters, Vicki Kail of Strasburg, Alice Walker of...

Mar 21, 2002

Calvin Schlabach, of Sherrodsville, and a former resident of Guernsey County and Hartville, Ohio, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Mar. 21, 2002, at his home with his wife by his side.Calvin was born Apr. 22, 1931, in Orrville, Ohio, a son of the late Daniel C. and Alta Hochstetler Schlabach. On Nov. 15, 1959, he married...

Mar 20, 2002

Mar 19, 2002

Gary P. “Soup” Campbell Sr., 60, of Scio, died Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover following a brief illness.Born in Stark County, he was the son of the late Ned and Anne Markowski Campbell. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and was employed by the Gradall Company in New Philadelphia. An avid sportsman, he loved camping, hunting,...

Mar 16, 2002

Anthony J. “Anton” Angelo, SR., age 64, passed away in his New Philadelphia home on Saturday morning, March 16, 2002, after an extended illness. He was born in Dover “Tin Town” and was a resident of the Dover and New Philadelphia area most of his life. Anton was retired from Alsco-Anaconda of Gnadenhutten after 20 years of service. He was...

Mar 15, 2002

Harold C. Cunningham, 68 of New Philadelphia, died Friday, March 15, 2002, at Union Hospital, following a sudden illness. Born April 6, 1933, in Bolivar, he was the son of the late Frank L. and Lelia P. Dean Cunningham. Harold attended Midvale High School, and retired in 1996 from Spring Industries in Midvale. He enjoyed the outdoors where he spent...

Mar 14, 2002

Mar 14, 2002

WILLIAM J. ROMIG, 83, of New Philadelphia, died Thursday, March 14, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover. He was born in New Philadelphia to the late Arthur S. and Laura Rufer Romig. Bill graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1938 and worked for Miller Studios for nearly twenty-five years. During World War II, Bill served honorably with the U....

Mar 14, 2002

Rufina “Betty” Adkins, 63, of New Cumberland Rd., Mineral City, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Mar. 14, 2002.Born Oct. 27, 1938, in Gauly Bridge, WV, she was a daughter of the late John C. and Sarah Coleman Hudnall. She married Riley “Harry” Adkins on Nov. 2, 1956, and the couple moved to Tuscarawas County shortly there afterward. Betty...

Mar 13, 2002

Alta M. Deibel, 85, of Dover, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002, in Morning View Care Center, New Philadelphia, following an extended illness. Born July 22, 1916, in Sugarcreek, she was a daughter of the late Oliver Thomas and Clara Amelia Zurcher Burrier. Alta was baptized in the United Church of Christ in Ragersville, and attended the Ragersville School. She was...

Mar 10, 2002

Robert E. “Pete” Goss, age 77, of New Philadelphia died on Sunday, March 10, 2002, at Union Hospital, In Dover, following an extended illness. Born December 20, 1924, he was the son of the late Ervin and Mary Madden Goss. Robert was a steel worker for Greer Steel, in Dover, where he retired after 37 years. He was a US...

Mar 9, 2002

Genevieve M. Vaughan, 84, of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, March 9, 2002, at Union Hospital in Dover following an extended illness.Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Geiler Marshall. She was a secretary of the former Earl E. Smith Company in New Philadelphia, a member of Sacred Heart Church in New Philadelphia and...

Mar 9, 2002

David E. Thomas Sr. 71 of Navarre, formerly of New Philadelphia, died Saturday, March 9, 2002 at his home following an extended illness.Born in New Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Evan W. and Geraldine Lab Thomas. He was a 1948 graduate of New Philadelphia High School, a graduate of Heidelberg College where he was all Ohio in...

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...