Obituaries

Dec 11, 2020

Malcolm Clyde Young, 94, of Gnadenhutten died Friday afternoon on December 11, 2020 in Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital. Malcolm was born at home in Tuscarawas, Ohio on August 15, 1926, to the late Alexander and Myrtle (Kunkle) Young. He graduated from Uhrichsville High School and then served his country in the United States Army during World War II in the...

Nov 20, 2020

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....

Nov 17, 2020

Joann Elaine (Long) Matt ison, 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...

Nov 9, 2020

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...

Oct 11, 2020

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...

Sep 26, 2020

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...

Sep 4, 2020

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...

Aug 30, 2020

"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 living...

Jun 26, 2020

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...

Jun 19, 2020

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...

Jun 18, 2020

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...

May 8, 2020

​Kenneth Allen Rochester, 40, of New Philadelphia passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 following a lengthy and hard-fought illness.

​Kenneth was born December 11, 1979 in Las Vegas, NV to parents David Allen and Rosemary Jane (Kutschinske) Rochester. Before Kenneth started the fourth grade, he and his family relocated to Ohio. He attended Indian Valley from...

Apr 14, 2020

Stephen Reed "Doe" Moore, 70, of Gnadenhutten, died unexpectedly in Oak Point Care Center in Baltic on Tuesday evening of April 14, 2020. Doe was born in Dennison, Ohio to the late Ralph and Betty (Stephenson) Moore on September 20, 1949. He graduated from Gnadenhutten High School in 1967, and after some college, he joined the United States Army and...

Feb 26, 2020

William "Willy" Keith Napier III, 25, of Port Washington died tragically on February 26, 2020 at Aultman Hospital in Canton. Willy was born on September 14, 1994 in Coshocton, Ohio to mother Kimberly (Dixon) Sparks and father William Keith Napier, Jr. He attended Indian Valley High School in Gnadenhutten. Even as an adult, Willy was a kid at heart. He...

Feb 18, 2020

William "Bill" C. Friel, 71, of Gnadenhutten, passed away Tuesday morning of February 18, 2020, in Community Hospice's Truman House in New Philadelphia. Bill was born in Uhrichsville on January 31, 1949 to the late Ora C. and Wilma Mae (Liggett) Friel. He graduated from Gnadenhutten High School in 1967 as the class Salutatorian. Bill was an electrician doing electrical...

Feb 2, 2020

Pastor Florence Ann Zurcher Fellers McNutt, 75, of Uhrichsville was called home to her Savior Sunday evening, February 2, 2020. She was in the care of Community Hospice at the Truman House at the end of a brief, but hard fought illness. Florence was born at Twin City Hospital on May 12, 1944 to the late Alvin O. and Margaret...

Jan 19, 2020

"Chuckie Charley" Charles Henry Ward, 73, of Gnadenhutten, died unexpectedly on Sunday evening in Trinity Hospital Twin City's Emergency Room.

Charles was born in Dover, Ohio on October 10, 1946 to the late Charles P. and Clara A. (Gsell) Ward. With his father being in the military, Charles moved around the country while growing up. In 1965,...

Jan 4, 2020

"Together Again" Betty L. Rankin Ridgway, 87, of Gnadenhutten passed away Saturday morning, January 4, 2020 in New Dawn Retirement Center in Dover following a brief but hard-fought illness. Betty was born in Gnadenhutten on March 26, 1932 to the late Robert P. and Alma F. Struchen Rankin Emig. Betty's father died when she was very young. Her upbringing was...

Dec 28, 2019

Jude William Stevenson, age 11, of Gnadenhutten was unexpectedly called home on Saturday, December 28, 2019 following a tragic accident at his home. Jude was born on February 28, 2008 in Canton, Ohio, the son of Danny Lee and Mary Theresa (Campbell) Stevenson. Jude was a child of God, a light in this life.  He loved church and God, regularly...

Dec 24, 2019

Willard P. Menefee, 73, of Port Washington, died on Tuesday afternoon, December 24, 2019 in Oak Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baltic. Willard was born in Dellroy, Ohio on May 17, 1946 to the late John N. and Delphia "Pearl" (McCoy) Menefee. The Menefee family moved to Port Washington when Willard was five years old and he lived there...