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8 • The Beacon October 28 , 2021
Dal Donovan was born in Dennison , Ohio , on April 2 , 1923 . His mother , Doris Donovan , was born May 12 , 1904 and died Sept . 13 , 1926 . Dal was raised by his maternal grandparents Eva and Harry Donovan . The family moved to Coshocton , Ohio , in 1933 where Dal graduated in the class of 1941 . In WWII Dal served in the Pacific Theater as a lead crew navigator on a B-29 named Piledriver , accruing over 250 combat hours . After his honorable discharge , with the rank of 1st Lieutenant , he attended UCLA in 1946 and graduated from The Ohio State University in 1949 as an English major . On June 30 , 1951 , marriage vows were exchanged with Lois Morrison ( daughter of Hilda and Thomas Morrison ). Their children are Lisa Sellan , Zachary Donovan ( Lorna ), and Ann Slusser .
Dal was active in the community , serving 10

Dalvin Donovan

Dalvin Donovan
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years on the Coshocton City Board of Health ; the Montgomery Foundation Board ; the United Way ; past President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Coshocton Aviation Assn .; Past President and Secretary of the Coshocton County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society ; life member of the Fraternal Order of Elks , VFW , and American Legion . His hobbies included chess , writing , tennis , golf , gin rummy with Lois , and he especially liked hunting morels with his three children , niece , Pat Donovan , and grandchildren ,

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Diane Sellan , Ian Donovan ( Courtney ), Keegan Alsubaie ( Mateb ), Emmett Donovan , Matthew Slusser , Kylie Slusser , and Jack Slusser .
Dal was employed by General Electric for three years and 35 years at The Jones Metal Products Company where he retired as president in 1988 .
Dal never stopped insisting that there was no friendlier place to live and die than Coshocton . Dal was preceded in death by his wife Lois and daughter Lisa . In lieu of flowers , donations may be made to the charity of your choice .
Calling hours will be held at the Given- Dawson-Paisley Funeral Home on Nov . 6 , 2021 , from noon to 2 p . m . A short funeral service will follow with Deacon Doug Mould officiating . Burial will follow the funeral service at South Lawn Cemetery .
An online memorial can be viewed at www . given-dawson-paisleyfh . com .
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Frank D . “ Chink ” Cugliari , 94 , a lifelong resident of Dover died Friday , Oct . 22 , 2021 , at Park Village Assisted Living in Dover following a period of declining health and complications from Covid .
He retired from the City of Dover as an employee of the safety department after many years and had previously been employed at the former Weinsz Motor Car Co . for 27 years .
Born Aug . 28 , 1927 , in Dover , he was the son of the late Dominic and Margareta ( Pace ) Cugliari .
He was an active member of St . Joseph Catholic Church in Dover and was a longtime usher , member of the St . Joe ’ s Men ’ s Club , and supporter of the Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School Booster Club . Frank was one of the last surviving Charter Members of the legendary 7 th St . Tigers . He proudly served his country in the U . S Army and had many interests that included repairing and restoring cars , gardening , rooting on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , Cleveland Indians , and attending his children and grandchildren ’ s school activities and sporting events . Frank loved sitting in his chair on his front porch and

Pauline Gross

Pauline Gross , 93 , of Coshocton , passed away on March 30 , 2020 .
A memorial service will be held on Saturday , Oct . 30 , 2021 , at 11 a . m . at Grace United Methodist Church with Judy Elliott officiating . A reception

Frank D . ‘ Chink ’ Cugliari

will immediately follow at the church .
Given-Dawson-Paisley Funeral Home is serving the family .
An online memorial can be viewed at www . given-dawson-paisleyfh . com .
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greeting people as they walked and drove by . He enjoyed chatting with people and no one was a stranger to him .
In addition to his parents , he was preceded in death by his wife , Rosalie “ Peg ” Reinhart Cugliari of nearly 70 years . They were married on Aug . 18 , 1951 and she preceded him on Aug . 25 , 2020 . He was also preceded in death by a brother , Herman “ Rick ” Cugliari and five sisters , Anna Patacca , Theresa Blauch , Norma Specht , Josephine Cugliari and Victoria Alesiano .
Frank will be sadly missed by his family that include three children , Frank ( Christine ) Cugliari of Coshocton , Margaret Ann “ Meg ” Cugliari and Jim ( Mary ) Cugliari both of Dover ; seven grandchildren , Kathryn , Terina , Ann , Brian , Breanna , Danielle and Andrew ; sister , Marge ( Cugliari ) Helmick of Mount Dora , Florida ; in laws , Bonnie ( Larry ) Gwynn of Dover and Margaret Cugliari of Dover and Betty Reinhart of Massachusetts .
Frank ’ s family thanks the staff at Park Village and Community Hospice for the wonderful care their father received .
A funeral mass was held Thursday , Oct . 28 , 2021 , at 11 a . m . in the St . Joseph Catholic Church at Dover with Fr . Jimmy Hatfield officiating . Interment followed at the St . Joseph Calvary Cemetery . Calling hours were held at the Toland- Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory in Dover on Wednesday from 5-7 p . m . Christian Wake Services were at 7 p . m . Those unable to attend or who may wish to express a fond memory of Frank can sign the online guestbook by visiting the funeral home website at www . tolandherzig . com .
Memorial contributions may be made to St . Joseph Catholic Church , 613 N . Tuscarawas Ave ., Dover , Ohio 44622 , Tuscarawas Central Catholic School , 777 3 rd St . N . E ., New Philadelphia , Ohio 44663 or Community Hospice of Tuscarawas County , 716 Commercial Ave . S . W ., New Philadelphia , Ohio 44663 .
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