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Toronto and Smithfield, Ohio
Frank Rozenek
Jul 19, 2009
Frank Rozenek, 88, of Smithfield, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009 in Trinity Medical Center East in Steubenville, OH.Frank was born on November 21, 1920 in Smithfield, son of the late John and Nelly Rozenek.Frank was a retired dairy farmer, a member of the Smithfield United Methodist Church and the Farm Service Agency. He was also an honorary member of...
Diane J. Roset
Jul 17, 2009
Diane J. Roset, 63, of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Friday July 17, 2009 in the East Ohio Reg. Hospital ER. of natural causes. Diane was born Sept. 24, 1945 in Martins Ferry, daughter of the late Harry and Erma Klapka Torok. She was a former employee of the former Smithfield Co-Op and the former Blue Swan. Diane was a member...
Joan E. Boyd
Jul 16, 2009
Joan E. Boyd, 76, of Dillonvale, Ohio passed away Thursday July 16, 2009 in the East Ohio Reg. Hospital. Joan was born July 10, 1933 in Bellaire, Ohio, daughter of the late L.W. and Regina Hemsley Lewis. Joan was a homemaker, a member of the Friends Church in Smithfield and the C.S.A. Lodge # 121 in Dillonvale. In addition to...
Mary Elizabeth Fluharty
Jul 14, 2009
Mary Elizabeth Fluharty, 90, Longtime Educator and JournalistMary Elizabeth Foster Fluharty, 90, of Smithfield, died July 14, 2009 at Delaware Court Health Care Center, Delaware, Ohio.A lifelong resident of Smithfield, Ohio, she was born on the family farm near there and attended Smithfield Elementary and High School. A 1940 cum laude graduate from Ohio Wesleyan University, her journalism career began...
Woodrow W. 'Woody' Gault
Jul 14, 2009
Woodrow W. "Woody" Gault, 71, formerly of Toronto, OH died July 14, 2009 at his home in Pico Rivera, CA.Woody was born on November 16, 1937 son of the late Woodrow and Ethel (Still) Gault. Woody was a 1955 graduate of Jefferson Union High School. He also served his country in the US Army and was a member of the...
Helena M. 'Eileen' Lamantia
Jul 9, 2009
Helena M. "Eileen" Lamantia, 87, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Thursday July 9, 2009 in the Gables Care Center in Hopedale. Eileen was born Feb. 6, 1922 in Ballymena, Ireland, daughter of the late Patrick Joseph and Helena Mary Leonard McLaughlin. Eileen was a Registered Nurse, working formerly at the former Gill Memorial Hospital and the former Forrester's Nursing Home....
Andrew G. 'Andy' Mcclelland
Jul 9, 2009
Andrew G. "Andy" McClelland, 24, of Toronto, OH passed away Thursday, July 09, 2009 in the ER at TMCW.Andy was born on March 8, 1985 in Pittsburgh, PA, son of Jerry L., Sr. and Shirley (Northcraft) McClelland. He was a member of the Cornerstone Church in Toronto.Andy was preceded in death by his grandfathers Glenn Northcraft, Jr. and Thomas McClelland.In...
Vernon E. Brown
Jul 7, 2009
Vernon E. Brown, 51, of Mingo Jct., passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in the Weirton Medical Center ER. Vernon was born on October 3, 1957 in Martins Ferry, OH, son of the late Vernon G. Brown and Evelyn E. Holiday who survives.Vernon was a Methodist by faith. He was currently employed as a truck driver with Larue Trucking in...
Laura M. Visintainer
Jul 6, 2009
Laura M. (Rensi) Visintainer, 90, of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Monday July 6, 2009 in the Gables Care Center in Hopedale. Laura was born July 28, 1918 in Parlett, Ohio, daughter of the late Samuel and Adelaide Dalpiaz Rensi. She was a former employee of Reisbeck's, and was a former weighmaster for Consol Coal Corp. She was a member of...
Betty L. Dahlem
Jun 26, 2009
Betty L. Dahlem, 87 of Dahlem Rd. Toronto, Ohio passed away Friday June 26, 2009 in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville.Betty was born April 10, 1922 in Proctor, W.Va., daughter of the late Roy and Mary Stackhouse Daughtery. Betty was a homemaker, a member of Bray's Chapel Church and also attended Word of Life Chapel in Wellsville.In addition to her...
Howard L. Turner
Jun 24, 2009
Howard L. Turner, 95, of Wintersville, Ohio passed away suddenly at his home Wednesday June 24 th, 2009 of natural causes. Howard was born July 21, 1913 in Youngstown, son of the late James G. and Elizabeth E. Maloney Turner. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., Steubenville Plant where he worked on the floor. He was a member of...
Sophia Ann Slivenski
Jun 20, 2009
Sophia Ann Slivenski, 85, of Piney Fork, OH, died Saturday, June 20, 2008 at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, OH.Sophia was born on January 1, 1924 in Blaine, OH, daughter of the late George and Mary (Hardobay) Horvath.In addition to her parents, Sophia was preceded in death by two brothers, George and John Horvath and two sisters, Ann...
Emma E. Sponhaltz
Jun 14, 2009
Emma E. Sponhaltz, 80, of Smithfield passed away Sunday. No visitation, burial at the convenience of the family. jefosterfh.com
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James R. 'Jimmy' Smith
Jun 12, 2009
James R. "Jimmy" Smith, 70, of Bridgeport, Ohio formerly of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Friday June 12, 2009 in the Valley Hospice Care Center North.He was born Nov. 9, 1938 in Wheeling, son of the late Verl and Mildred C. Cassels Smith. Jimmy was formerly employed by the IRS and the Treasury Dept. as a field Supervisor. He was a...
Virginia M. 'Ginny' Miller
Jun 11, 2009
Virginia M. "Ginny" Miller, 77, of Steubenville, Ohio passed away Thursday June 11, 2009 in the Dixon Health Care Center in Wintersville. She was born Dec. 20, 1931 in Dillonvale, Ohio, daughter of the late Emmett Franklin and Alice Perkins Walter. She formerly employed at the Standard Carbon Co., and was a former cook at the Riverview and Labelle Nursing...
George P. Granatir
Jun 3, 2009
George P. Granatir, 91, of Steubenville, OH, passed away at his home on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.George was born on January 8, 1918 in Follansbee, WV, son of the late John and Mary (Pavlik) Granatir. George was a retired Ironworker working out of Local #549 in Wheeling; he was a member of the Bell Chapel Church, Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire...
Cynthia Ann Williams
May 21, 2009
Cynthia Ann (Moro) Williams, 51, of Rayland, Ohio passed away suddenly Thursday May 21, 2009 at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1958 in Steubenville, daughter of Joseph A. and Carrie Shaffer Moro who survives. Cindy was the former branch manager for Allied Home Mortgage Co. in St. Clairsville, Cadiz and New Philadelphia. She was a member of the...
Sandra 'Kay' Irwin
May 21, 2009
Sandra "Kay" Irwin, 66, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Thursday May 21, 2009 in the Acuity Specialty Hospital of Ohio in Steubenville.Kay was born Aug. 11, 1942 in Toronto, daughter of the late George W. and Catherine Waggoner Reynolds. Kay was a retired Account Clerk with the Jefferson County Dept. of Jobs and Family Services in Steubenville. She was a...
Jeanette M. Savchak
May 18, 2009
Jeanette M. Savchak, 88, of Bradley(Smithfield) died Monday, May 18, 2009 at the East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, following a brief illness. Jeanette was born June 5, 1920, in Bradley, daughter of the late Frank and Jenny (Bestel) Bartek. She was a member of the former Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church where she was an active...
James M. 'Mickey' Connolly
May 15, 2009
James M. "Mickey" Connolly, 53, of Toronto, OH, passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 in the Valley Hospice North Care Center in Steubenville, OH.Mickey was born on August 6, 1955, son of the late James V. and Ruth H. (Haynes) Connolly. Mickey was employed by First Energy working at the Bruce Mansfield Plant in the Maintenance Dept. for over 30...
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