All Obituaries

          Paula Jean (Renicker) Long, 68, of Uhrichsville, died at home surrounded by family on Friday afternoon of November 20, 2020 following a lengthy illness.           Paula was a lifelong resident of the area. She was born in Dennison on November 29, 1951 to the late Harold “Sonny” Renicker and Gloria (Roseberry) Czatt. Paula was a 1970 graduate of Claymont High School. On June 14, 1970, just two...

Joann Elaine (Long) Mattison, 68, of Gnadenhutten died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening of November 17, 2020 at Trinity Hospital Twin City in Dennison, Ohio.   Born on February 14, 1952 in Twin City Hospital, Joann was the daughter of the late Robert L. Long and Alice M. (Griffith) Long. She graduated from Indian Valley South and remained in the area for the rest of her life. She had a few different...

          Barbara Jean (Urban) Braun, 87, of Gnadenhutten, passed away early Monday morning on November 9, 2020.           Barb was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio on May 7, 1933 to the late Orland C. and Dora A. (Jones) Urban. She attended school at Uhrichsville until the eleventh grade and graduated from Port Washington High School in 1951. On March 18, 1951, Barb married the late Donald Braun with whom she spent forty-seven...

          Archie Lee Gardner Sr., 88, of Gnadenhutten passed away on the morning of Sunday, October 11, 2020 at Riverside Manor Nursing and Rehab Center in Newcomerstown, Ohio.           Archie was born June 6, 1932 on his grandparents’ farm near Stillwater, Ohio, the only child of the late Lee A. and Stella (Lopenski) Gardner. He was a 1950 graduate of Freeport High School. On July 12, 1952,...

          Donald Lee McMath, 91, of Gnadenhutten passed away on Saturday morning of September 26, 2020 in Hennis Care Center of Dover, at the end of a long well lived life.           Don was born in Uhrichsville on July 22, 1929 to the late Harry T. and Mary A. (Campbell) McMath. He graduated from Uhrichsville High School in 1947 and then earned his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University...

          Lowella Irene (Hicks) Fouts, 97, of Gnadenhutten, died Friday afternoon, on September 4, 2020, in the Community Hospice Truman House in New Philadelphia. She was born on September 21, 1922 in Tuscarawas County to the late Howard Edgar Hicks and Martha Elizabeth (Tetirick) Hicks. She was married to the late Charles Robert (Bob) Fouts on September 28, 1940 and spent 55 years together before Bob’s passing on May 23,...

“Together Again”             Helen Marie (Alred) Kilchenman, 93, of Gnadenhutten passed away Sunday morning, August 30, 2020 in the Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital in Avon, Ohio.           Helen was born on June 15, 1927 to the late Clifford and Lillie (Israel) Alred in Murrayville, Illinois where she graduated from Murrayville High School in 1945. She then spent rest of her life...

          Patricia R. Lockard Valliquette, 92, of Gnadenhutten, died peacefully on June 26, 2020 in her home. Patricia was born in Coshocton, Ohio on October 23, 1927 to the late William and Bernice Strouse Lockard. She graduated from Coshocton High School in 1947. She lived in Glasco for several years, before moving to Gnadenhutten. Patricia worked as an accountant for Harcatus-Tri County Community Action Organization, from where she retired in...

Virginia Rose Ridgway, age 95, formerly of Gnadenhutten, Ohio, currently residing at Sunrise of Dublin, Ohio went peacefully home to the Lord on Thursday, June 18, 2020.           Rose was born on November 21, 1924 in Tuscarawas, Ohio, daughter to the late Raymond Demuth Arthurs and Agnes Schindler. She was a class of 1942 graduate of Tuscarawas High School. On September 27, 1946, Rose wed the late William “Bill” John Ridgway, with...

Raymond Dale Smith, 81, of Goshen, passed away at his home on Friday morning of June 19, 2020.           Dale was born at home on November 12, 1938 in Washington Township, of Harrison County to the late Lovel Smith and Delma McCoy Smith Horrisberger.           He was a heavy equipment operator for the coal mine for most of his working years, and then spent a few years running bulldozer at the refuse...