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Toronto and Smithfield, Ohio
Frank M. Tolman
Jan 2, 2009
Frank M. Tolman, 81, of Smithfield, OH, passed away Friday, January 2 in the Emergency Room of Trinity Medical Center West. Frank was born July 14, 1927 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Patsy and Goldie (Monigold) Tolman. Frank was a Methodist by faith; he retired from Weir-Cove Moving and Storage where he worked as a truck driver. Frank...
Carl Ragets
Dec 29, 2008
Carl Ragets, 83, of Dillionvale (Bradley) OH, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 in East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, OH.Carl was born August 2, 1925 in Piney Fork, OH, son of the late Joseph and Catherine (Kozub) Ragets.Carl was a retired Wheeling-Pitt Steel Employee having worked in the Mingo Plant Pipe Shop; he was a member of the...
Richard Alan Reed
Dec 27, 2008
Richard Alan (Red Dog) Reed, 73, formerly of Smithfield, OH, passed away Saturday, December 27 in Sequoyah East Nursing Center in Roland, OK.Richard was born December 19, 1935 in Barnesville, OH, son of the late Thomas and Mary (Ankrom) Reed.Richard was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. He served in the U.S. Army, worked construction for Local #809....
Nicole Gobble
Dec 27, 2008
Nicole Gobble, 23, of Toronto, OH, passed away at her home Saturday, December 27, 2008.Nicole was born on June 15, 1985 in Steubenville, OH, daughter of the late Bruce Gobble and Rosemary Gobble who survives. Nicole was a member of the St. Francis Roman Catholic Church in Toronto; a member of the class of 2003 at Toronto High School; she...
Virginia Catherine Murphy
Dec 27, 2008
Virginia C. Murphy, 87, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Saturday Dec. 27, 2008 in the Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville.Virginia was born Sept. 14, 1921 in Steubenville, daughter of the late Nathan and Bertha Kemmner Weaver. She retired from the Jefferson County Day Care Center in 1986. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Veronica Mcgraw
Dec 26, 2008
Veronica (O'Reilly) McGraw, 82, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Friday Dec. 26, 2008 at her home.Veronica was born Aug. 7, 1926 in Dublin, Ireland, daughter of the late Patrick and Elizabeth Nugent O'Reilly. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Francis R.C. Church and the C.W.C. of the church. In addition to her parents Veronica was preceded in death...
Ruth Mae Chevalier
Dec 24, 2008
Ruth Mae Chevalier, 87, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Wednesday December 24, 2008 in the Valley Hospice Care Center North in Steubenville. Ruth was born Sept. 6, 1921 in Toronto, daughter of the late Samuel and Sarah Alice Donahue Fullerton. She formerly worked at the Hub and J.C. Penney's in downtown Steubenville and was a homemaker. She is protestant by...
Bessie E. Mccoy
Dec 18, 2008
Bessie E. McCoy, 92, of Smithfield, OH, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2008 at her home. Bessie was born May 4, 1916 in Monroe County, daughter of the late Gilmore and Louise Carpenter Stephen. Bessie previously worked at the Welday's Orchard in Smithfield and retired from the Smithfield Elementary School as a Custodian. She was a member of the Smithfield...
Delma I. Allen
Dec 16, 2008
Delma I. Allen, 70 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Tuesday December 16, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center West. Delma was born September 16, 1938 in Toronto, OH, daughter of the late Donald and Beryl (Chritser ) Green. Delma was retired from Bank One where she was a loan officer; she was also retired from Trinity School District in Washington, PA...
John Delbert Ruttencutter
Dec 15, 2008
John Delbert Ruttencutter, 67, of Bloomingdale, Ohio passed away Monday December 15, 2008 in East Ohio Regional Hospital.John was born Oct. 13, 1941 in Wheeling, W.Va., son of the late Roy Ruttencutter and the late Alma Shreve Morgan. John was a retired Boilermaker's from local #154 in Pittsburgh, was a member of the Smithfield Methodist Church and the Mingo Sportsman's...
Anne Elizabeth Blaner
Dec 14, 2008
Anne Elizabeth (Smusz) Blaner, 86 of Toronto, OH, died at home on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008 surrounded by her loving family after a lengthy battle with cancer. Anne was born Oct. 4, 1922 in Chester, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Anthony and Sophia (Sagan) Smusz. She was a former employee of the Homer Laughlin China Pottery in Newell,...
Samuel 'Sam' Grantowski
Nov 23, 2008
Samuel 'Sam' (Grant) Grantowski, 82, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Sunday November 23, 2008 in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville.Sam was born July 11, 1926 in Toronto, son of the late Joseph and Mary Popick Grantowski. Sam was a retired employee of National Steel Corp., working in the Blooming Mill as a Scarfer for 35 years until his retirement. He...
John T. 'Jack' Cernansky
Nov 21, 2008
John T. 'Jack' Cernansky, 81 of Toronto, passed away Friday Nov. 21, 2008 at the Maplewood Manor in Toronto surrounded by his family.Jack was born Sept. 5, 1927 in Toronto, son of the late John and Elizabeth Hlavaty Cernansky. Jack was retired from the Ohio Edison Sammis Plant where he worked in the Maintenance Dept.He is a member of St....
Owney E. Roe
Nov 21, 2008
Owney E. Roe, of Bradley, Ohio went into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on November 21, 2008 at 9:45 am., at East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, Ohio.Owney was the daughter of the late Earvy and Marie Bucy Roe. She was a retired cook, working at the Jefferson Co. Jail for 12 years. She was a member...
Anna Spak
Nov 20, 2008
Anna Spak, age 98, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2008 in the Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington, VA.She is survived by daughters Kathy Moculski of Fairfax, VA and Margaret Sochacki and husband Adam of Palatine, IL, and by two grandchildren, Jennifer Ann and Adam Gregory. Mrs. Spak was born May 22, 1910 in Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late...
Anna K Clark
Nov 13, 2008
Anna K. Clark, 94, of Smithfield, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008 in the Carriage Inn in Steubenville. Anna was born on January 12, 1914, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Bak) Karpiel. Anna was the oldest living member of the Smithfield United Methodist Church where she was also a member of the United Methodist Women of the Church....
Elizabeth Wood Comly
Nov 13, 2008
Elizabeth Wood Comly, 88 of Steubenville, OH, died November 13, 2008 at the Merritt residence. She was born June 6, 1920 in Euclid, OH, the daughter of the late George A. and Harriet Dobell Wood. A devoted cousin, Margaret L. Siebert, also preceded her in death. She is survived by her two daughters Elaine Comly Berk and her husband Sheldon...
Patricia Fox
Nov 13, 2008
Patricia (Kennedy) Fox went to heaven Nov.13, 2008 at 1:55 pm. She passed away at home in the arms of her husband, Robert A. Fox. Pat and Robert (Tick) were happily married for 55 years. Pat was preceded in death by her parents; James and Anona (Everson) Kennedy; her step mother Pearl Kennedy; her three brothers; Jim (Barb), Dick (JoAnn)...
Roberta J. Duvall
Nov 12, 2008
Roberta J. (Kackley) Duvall, 72, of Rayland, OH passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her son's residence in Bloomingdale, OH. Roberta was born February 7, 1936 in Steubenville, OH, daughter of the late Robert and Iris (Van Dyke) Kackley. Roberta was a member of the Smithfield Presbyterian Church; she was a 1954 graduate of Brilliant High School; she was...
Ralph E. Keeder
Nov 10, 2008
Ralph E. Keeder, 67, of Toronto, OH, passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, OH. Ralph was born June 25, 1941 in Toronto, OH, son of the late Truman L. and Josephine (Martin) Keeder. Ralph was a member of the Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Steubenville; he was also a member of the Steubenville...
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