Mary Jo Payne
Jul 17, 2008
Mary Jo (Elizabeth) Payne, 78, went home to be with her lord and savior on July 17,th, 2008. She died peacefully at home following a short illness. She was born on June 18, 1930 in Peoria, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Oscar Ray Ashcraft, Sr. and the late Blanche Hosana Ross Ashcraft Copenhour. She retired from the Steubenville...
James M Schooley
Jul 14, 2008
James M. Schooley, 45, of Toronto, passed away July 14, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center West Emergency Room.James was born June 9, 1963 in Camden, NJ, son of Francis and Isabelle (Ford) Schooley. James had a private family viewing and burial will be at the convenience of the family. James' arrangements were handled by the J.E. Foster Funeral Home in...
Delma 'Marie' Candoo
Jul 14, 2008
Delma 'Marie' (Rawson) Candoo, 78, of Toronto, OH, passed away Monday, July 14, 2008 in Trinity Med. Center West in Steubenville. Marie was born January 11, 1930 in Toronto, OH, daughter of the late Lester W. and Dorothy Marie (Carnahan) Rawson. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Toronto, OH; Marie was also known to some...
Gregory B. Barna
Jul 11, 2008
Gregory B. Barna, 73, much loved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather of Toronto, Ohio passed away Friday July 11, 2008 at Trinity Medical Center West Emergency Room.Greg was born May 31, 1935 in Steubenville, son of the late Basil and Helen Czaruk Barna. Greg was a retired Revenue Officer for the I.R.S., was a very active member of Holy Transfiguration...
Estherine L. Poludniak
Jul 8, 2008
Estherine L. (Sebastian) Poludniak, 74, formerly of Piney Fork, passed away July 8, 2008 in Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL. Estherine was born on November 26, 1933 in Piney Fork, OH, daughter of the late Egildo and Catherine (Modolo) Sebastian. Estherine was a Presbyterian by faith and will always be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. In...
Victor H. 'Vic' Obertance
Jul 7, 2008
Victor H. Obertance, 80, of Toronto, passed away Monday, July 7, 2008 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Vic was born on December 19, 1927 in Wolfe Run, OH, son of the late Michael and Mary (Sanchan) Obertance. Vic was a member of the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Toronto; retired from Ohio Edison Toronto Plant with 42...
Edna Geraldine Johnson
Jul 5, 2008
Edna Geraldine Johnson, 80, of Cherry Valley Rd. Cadiz, Ohio passed away Saturday July 5, 2008 in her home after a lengthy illness.Geraldine was born March 23, 1928 in McIntyre, daughter of the late Howard and Agnes Toney Smith. She was a homemaker and loved to cook. She was a very active member of the Shaffer Chapel A.M.E. Church in...
Robert T. 'Bob' Neeper
Jun 30, 2008
Robert T. 'Bob' Neeper, 80, of Toronto, OH, passed away Monday, June 30, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, OH.Bob was born on November 15, 1927 in Youngstown, OH, son of the late Robert W. and Iola (Davis) Neeper. Bob was an active member of the Allegheny Center Alliance Church of Pittsburgh, PA; retired from First Energy (Ohio...
Rose M. Klipich
Jun 28, 2008
Rose M. Klipich, 87, of Toronto, OH, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville. Arrangements are being handled by the J.E. Foster Funeral Home in Toronto, OH. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. www.jefosterfh.com
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Robert Gene 'Stoney' Phillippi
Jun 25, 2008
Robert Gene 'Stoney' Phillippi, 79, passed away at midnight on Wednesday June 25, 2008 while residing with his daughter and son-in-law.He was born on March 27, 1929 in Piney Fork, Ohio, son of the late Fredo and Georgette (Bakeroot) Phillippi.Robert grew up in Piney Fork, where he graduated from Smithfield H.S. in 1947. Shortly after he entered coal mining as...
Joseph Volney
Jun 21, 2008
Joseph Volney, 87, of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Saturday June 21, 2008 in East Ohio Regional Hospital. Joe was born April 6, 1921 in Greentown (Bradley), son of the late Louis and Sophia Bedrava Volney. Joe was retired from Wheeling-Pitts. Steel Corp., Mingo Plant, where he was part of the brick gang. He was catholic by faith and is a...
James Richard 'Dick' Morgan
Jun 20, 2008
James Richard 'Dick' Morgan, 66, of Las Vegas formerly of Smithfield, passed away June 20th 2008 in Las Vegas.Dick was born Aug. 31, 1941 in Martins Ferry, son of the late Edward Thomas and Mae Martin Morgan. He was a manager of a Clothing Store and was a U. S. Air Force Veteran. In addition to his parents he was...
Mary A. Taylor
Jun 16, 2008
Mary Ann (Timko) Taylor, 71, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Monday June 16, 2008 in Sienna Woods Nursing Home in Wintersville. She was born Feb. 7, 1937 in Toronto, Ohio, daughter of the late Paul and Anna Kusik Timko. Mary Ann was retired from the former Hancock Manufacturing Co., in Toronto and was a member of St. Joseph R.C. Church....
Thomas G. Straus
May 31, 2008
Thomas G. Straus, 76, passed away Saturday, May 31st, 2008.Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Margaret Hickman Straus, his brothers Robert and Fred and his granddaughter Abigail Henschen. Tom is survived by his wife Natalie Ferrari Straus, their four children Jerry (Nancy), Thomas R. (Cindy Jo), Jeffrey and Viki (Ross) Henschen. His ten grandchildren, Alexander, Anne,...
Thomas C. Keeney
May 14, 2008
Thomas C. Keeney, 52, of Toronto, OH, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Tom was born on October 30, 1955 in Steubenville, OH son of the late Kenneth G. Keeney and Virginia Frye Keeney who survives. Tom was employed by First Energy, having worked 34 years in the Sammis Plant Maintenance Dept, in Stratton,...
Margaret E. Francis
May 8, 2008
Margaret E. Francis, 95, of Bloomingdale, formerly of Piney Fork, Ohio passed away Thursday May 8, 2008 in Dixon Health Care Center in Wintersville.Margaret was born March 10, 1913 in York, Ohio; daughter of the late James Graham and Martha Skinner Hobson. She was retired from Buckeye Local School District, where she was head cook at the Smithfield Elementary School....
Shirley J. Myers
May 6, 2008
Shirley J. Myers, 72, of Toronto, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Shirley was born September 21, 1935 in East Liverpool, OH, daughter of the late George and Edna (Walton) Foster. Shirley was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Toronto and she was involved in the Toronto Girls Softball Organization...
Eileen Fay Young
Apr 29, 2008
Eileen Fay (Harkins) Young, 77 of Smithfield, Ohio passed away on Tuesday April 29, 2008 in Trinity Medical Center West. She was born Jan. 27, 1931 in Bradley, Ohio, daughter of the late Pearl and Mildred Riley Harkins. She was a homemaker and a member of the House of Prayer in Riddles Run. In addition to her parents, she was...
Robert O. 'Bob' Batson, Sr.
Apr 29, 2008
Robert O. 'Bob' Batson, Sr., 63, of Toronto, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2008 in Kindred Hospital in Oakdale, PA. Bob was born on October 15, 1944 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late A. Glenn and Hannah (Bonnell) Batson. Bob was previously employed by National Lubrication Products in Brilliant, OH and was a member of the First United Methodist...
Donn H. Reynard
Apr 29, 2008
Donn H. Reynard, 87, of Hopedale, Ohio passed away Tuesday April 29th, 2008 in the Gable's Care Center in Hopedale, Ohio. Donn was born Sept. 4, 1920 in Smithfield, son of the late Oscar Howard and Marian Elizabeth Burriss Reynard. He was retired from R&F Coal Co., and was the former owner of Crobrey Heating and Petroleum Co. Inc. He...
