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Toronto and Smithfield, Ohio
Steve R. 'Pete' Kinyo Sr.
Oct 2, 2005
Steve R. "Pete" Kinyo Sr., 88 of (Bradley, Oh.) Dillonvale,passed away Sunday evening Oct. 2, 2005 in E.O.R.H. in Martins Ferry. Pete was born Sept. 4, 1917 in Bradley, son of the late Martin and Katy Torok Kinyo. He was a retired coal miner working for the Bedway Coal Co. Pete was also well known for being a Smithfield Twp....
Paul P. Voltz
Sep 28, 2005
Paul P. Voltz, 63, beloved Husband, Father, and Grandfather passed away Wednesday Sept. 28, 2005 in his home surrounded by his family. He was born June 27, 1942 in Empire, Ohio, son of the late John and Mary Fetchik Voltz.He is retired from Timet-Titanium Metals Corp. in Toronto; where he worked in the grinding dept. and he is a member...
Ruth H. Connolly
Sep 27, 2005
-Former Toronto Connolly's Hub Owner Dies.Toronto,Ohio;Ruth H.Connolly, 79 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Tuesday Sept. 27, 2005 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville. She was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Toronto, daughter of the late George W. and Hazel Raney Haynes. Ruth was the retired owner-operator of the former Connolly's Hub in Toronto. She was also a former telephone...
Gary T. Fisher
Sep 26, 2005
Gary T. Fisher,57, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Monday Sept. 26, 2005 in the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. Gary was born June 20, 1948 in Toronto; son of Mary Elizabeth Smith Fisher of Toronto who survives and the late George Thurman Fisher. Gary graduated from Toronto High School in 1966. After graduation, he attended Rutgers University and...
George L. Cassels Jr.
Sep 25, 2005
George L. Cassels, Jr. 77 of Fuquay Varina, N.C. formerly of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Sunday Sept. 25, 2005 in the Brighton Manor Nursing Home in Fuquay Varina. George was born Dec. 17, 1927 in Smithfield; son of the late George L. and Anna Harris Cassels Sr. He is a retired Postmaster, serving the Dillonvale,Ohio Post office for many years...
Cherry L. Hilliard
Sep 23, 2005
Cherry L. Hilliard 75 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Friday Sept. 23, 2005 in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. She was born Dec. 6, 1929 in Barnesville, Ohio; daughter of the late Gilbert and MarionLinton Alexander. She was a homemaker and Nazarene by faith. She is survived by four sons; Gordon Ray Taylor, Martin Wesley Taylor both of Toronto,...
Ida Ruth Pinkerton
Sep 18, 2005
Ida Ruth Pinkerton 64 of Irondale,Ohio passed away on Sunday Sept. 18, 2005 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville. She was born on Aug. 6, 1941 in Dayton, Pa.; daughter of the late Norman and Elsie Toy Cogley. She was a homemaker and a protestant by faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by; her...
Barbara J. Gritton
Sep 17, 2005
Barbara J. Gritton 71 of Doylestown, Ohio formerly of Broken Arrow, OK., and Toronto, Ohio passed away Saturday Sept. 17, 2005 in Akron General Hospital in Akron, Ohio. Barbara was born January 19, 1934 in Clarksburg, W.Va., daughter of the late Harold and Mary Susan Hooton Rayl. She was a homemaker, was a member of the Cedar Ridge Christian Church...
Milan Mike 'Squibby' Kotur
Sep 7, 2005
Milan Mike "Squibby" Kotur 95 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Wednesday Sept. 7, 2005 at his home. Mike was born March 11, 1910 in Steubenville, son of the late Rade and Milka Yaich Kotur. He was retired from Weirton Steel Corp., where he was a crane man, is a Christian by faith, and was a proud member of the CC...
Gabriella Marie Brem
Sep 6, 2005
Gabriella Marie Brem infant daughter of Dr. John A.and Cynthia Marrone Brem of Toronto, Ohio passed away after her birth on Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. In addition to her parents, Gabriella is survived by her Brother John Patrick Brem at home, her Maternal Grandmother, Patricia Marrone of Cleveland, her Maternal Great-Grandmother Evelyn...
Fred J. Straus
Sep 5, 2005
Fred J. Straus, 80 of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Monday September 5, 2005 in the Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, W.Va. He was born March 17, 1925 in Cambridge, Ohio; son of the late Fred and Margaret Hickman Straus. Fred was retired from the Family-Owned Straus Coal Company. He was a member of the former Our Lady Queen of...
Lucille M. Hughes Kramer
Aug 27, 2005
Lucille Hughes KramerLucille Hughes Kramer, 74, passed away Saturday August 27, 2005 at The Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville, Ohio. Lucille died peacefully, surrounded by her family, following a long battle with leukemia. A Follansbee, WV native, Lucille was born January 4, 1931 to John and Sue Simonetti. She was a graduate of Catholic Central High School and...
Terry Wayne Coil
Aug 27, 2005
Terry Wayne Coil 51 of Irondale, Ohio passed away Saturday Aug. 27, 2005 of natural causes. He was born July 21, 1954 in Steubenville, son of the late Dean and Jean Tharp Coil.He was Methodist by faith and was a member of the Bucktales Hunting Club, and the Wellsville Eagles. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Richard M. 'Tubby' Blackburn
Aug 23, 2005
Richard M. Blackburn (Tubby) of Toronto, passed away on Tuesday August 23, 2005 following a valiant battle with Glioblastoma. He was born August 5, 1931 in Steubenville to the late James and Evangeline (Morgan) Blackburn.He attended Jefferson Union High School; where he was a stand-out football player. Following high school he attended the University of Oregon at Klamath Falls, Oregon...
Martha L. West
Aug 23, 2005
Martha L. West of Smithfield, passed away on Tuesday August 23, 2005 in the extended care unit of East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. Martha was born Oct. 27, 1912 in Smithfield, daughter of the late Douglas and Catherine Harris Christian. She was retired from the Co-op Store in Smithfield where she worked for many years a Clerk. She...
Charles Rocky Emery
Aug 20, 2005
Charles Rocky Emery 50 of Co. Rd. 15 Rayland, Ohio passed away at his home on Saturday Aug. 20, 2005 of natural causes. Rocky was born July 22, 1955 in Steubenville, son of the late John and Kathleen Keiser Emery. He was a retired employee of the Jefferson County Highways Dept. in Smithfield,served as a former Police officer in the...
H. Mae Jaco
Aug 20, 2005
H. Mae Jaco 91 of Toronto, Ohio passed away on Saturday Aug. 20, 2005 in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville. Mae was born May 26,1914 in Toronto; daughter of the late Harrison and Pearl Prossor Jaco. Mae was retired from the former Home Cleaners in Toronto and also worked for many years at the former Happy's Grocery Store in Toronto....
Caroline J. Pietrangelo
Aug 11, 2005
Caroline J. Pietrangelo 73 of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Thursday Aug. 11, 2005 in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville. Caroline was born Dec. 31, 1931 in Wheeling, W.Va., daughter of the late Henry and Fern Linton Boyd. Caroline was a teacher in the former Smithfield School system and the present Buckeye Local School District retiring after 21 years of service....
John Freeman Wroten
Aug 7, 2005
John Freeman Wroten 73 of Smithfield, Ohio passed away on Sunday Aug. 7, 2005 in East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, Ohio. John was born June 21, 1932 in Barbourville, WV., son of the late John William and Evelyn Dowdy Wroten. John graduated from Barboursville High School in 1950. He worked for the Nickelplate Railroad, the Western and Southern...
Perena A. Miro
Jul 23, 2005
Perena A. MiroSmithfield, OhioBorn - April 7, 1914, in Bradley, Ohio, daughter of the late Peter and Francis Grassi Lenzi.Preceded in death by her first husband, George Sturgeon who died in 1961. Her second husband, Lewis A. Miro, Sr. who died in 2001 and her stepson Lewis A. Miro, Jr.who died in 1982.Also two of her sisters, Margaret PaulAntonio and...
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