WAYNE A. "PECK" PECKENS 81 OF TORONTO, OHIO; DIED FRIDAY SEPT. 5, 2003 IN TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST. WAYNE WAS BORN AUG. 4, 1922 IN TORONTO,OHIO, SON OF THE LATE AUSTIN AND HELEN DYE PECKENS. HE WAS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF NATIONAL STEEL CORP., WORKING AS A PIPE FITTER. WAYNE IS A MEMBER OF THE 1ST. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN TORONTO, WEIRTON STEEL 25 YR. CLUB., THE WEIRTON MOOSE, WEIRTON AMERICAN LEGION, AND THE TORONTOSR. CITIZENS CLUB. HE WAS A W.W. II VETERAN SERVING IN TH U.S. NAVY. WAYNE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS 1ST. WIFE, ANNA MATYAS PECKENS IN 1986, A GREAT GRANDSON, JOSHUA YOUNG, ONE BROTHER, DWIGHT PECKENS, AND TWO SISTERS, WILDA NATION AND LEAH MYERS. SURVIVING ARE; HIS WIFE MARILYN (KAZIMIR) PECKENS OF HOME, ONE SON, WAYNE J. PECKENS OF STEUBENVILLE, TWO DAUGHTERS, SANDRA AND HUSBAND BILL THARP OF RICHMOND, AND LINDA AND HUSBAND ED SNINCHAK OF MIDLAND, N.C. ONE SISTER, LEORA ALBAN OF TORONTO. ONE STEP-SON, MIKE KAZIMIR OF STEUBENVILLE, THREE STEP-DAUGHTERS; KATHY AND HUSBAND JIM RINALDO, VICKIE AND HUSBAND GARY YAROSZ ALL OF TORONTO, AND GINNY AND HUSBAND NINO SURIANO OF WINTERSVILLE. 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FRIENDS MAY CALL SUNDAY NOON TO 4:00 PM. AND 7 - 9 PM. AT THE J.E. FOSTER FUNERAL HOMES, INC. 701 FINDLEY ST. TORONTO. SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY AT 11:00 AM. REV. KEVIN RINKES WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN TORONTO UNION CEMETERY. MILITARY GRAVESIDE HONORS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE TORONTO AMERICAN LEGION POST #86.1-800-557-4318 - 740 537-3900 or www.jefosterfh.com

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