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...
George W. Blackwell
Jul 18, 2005
George W. Blackwell 55 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Monday July 18, 2005 in the Emergency room of Trinity West. George was born Aug. 26, 1949 in Steubenville; son of the late George L. and Aleen Wright Blackwell. He was a former Truck Driver for Matlack Co. and was member of the Toronto Rod and Gun Club. In addition to...
Elizabeth L. 'Betty' Swaykus
Jul 8, 2005
Betty Swaykus 83 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Friday July 8, 2005 following complications from surgery in Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. Betty was born in Toronto to the late John and Bertha Snedden Hannan on August 23, 1921. Betty along with her late husband Michael were co-owners of the former Mike's Market in Toronto for 22 years. She...
Jean Ault
Jun 14, 2005
Jean Hannen Ault 85 of Riverside Manor in Toronto; passed away Tuesday June 14, 2005 in the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. She was born July 25, 1919 in Steubenville, daughter of the late Robert and Marian McNeil Hannen. She was a former Insurance Agent for Western Reserve Insurance Co.She is Methodist by Faith, a life member of...
Loretta Jean Brem
Jun 14, 2005
Loretta Jean Brem 69 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Tuesday June 14, 2005 in the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. She was born on Feb.9,1936 in Toronto, daughter of the late John F.and Jean Anne Brown Brem. Loretta worked at the former Hub Dept. store in Steubenville and retired after 25 years of service from the Jefferson Behavioral...
Steven E. Strupe
Jun 10, 2005
Steven E. Strupe 20 of Twp. Rd. 120 Adena, formerly of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Friday June 10, 2005 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Steve was born July 10, 1984 in Steubenville,son of M. Edward Strupe and Rebecca (Pozar)Strupe both who survive. He was employed by the Strupe Construction Co. in Smithfield. He attended the Friends Church in...
John J. Bodnar
Jun 6, 2005
John J. Bodnar 84 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Monday June 6, 2005 in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville. John was born Nov. 10, 1920 in Toronto, son of the late Michael and Anna Zamborsky Bodnar. He retired in 1983 from the former Hancock Manufacturing Co. in Toronto; where he was a foreman in the Halophane Dept. John was veteran...
Frances Belle Christian
Jun 4, 2005
Toronto, Ohio. Frances Belle Christian age 90, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday June 4, 2005 in the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville; where she received extraordinary care during her last days. Born in Guyandotta, W.Va., she was co-owner of the former Flowers by Christian Shop in Huntington Lewis Arcade. Ms. Christian was preceded in...
Vincent S. Bengar
May 30, 2005
Vincent S. Bengar 83 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Monday May 30, 2005 in Trinity Medical Center West. Vince was born March 12, 1922 in Steubenville, son of the late William and Francuga Pojokv Bengar. Vince was a retired employee of Weirton Steel Corp., working mostly in the Strip Steel Dept., is a member of St. Francis Roman Catholic Church...
Audra M. Barkley
May 27, 2005
Audra M.(Litten)Barkley 91 of Toronto, Ohio passed away on Friday May 27, 2005 in the Lancia Villa Royale in Steubenville. Audra was born June 14, 1913 in Gassaway, W.Va., daughter of the late Vincent and Peachie Belnap Moore. She was a Homemaker and during W.W. II she worked for the former Follansbee Steel Co. in Toronto. She is a member...
Guido D. 'Don' Delfiacco
May 21, 2005
Guido D. "Don" Delfiacco 89, of Steubenville, Ohio died Saturday morning May 21, 2005 in the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. Don was born September 23, 1915 in Cokeburg, Pa., son of the late Alexander and Beatrice Cipriani Delfiacco. He was a member of St. Anthony Parish of Steubenville and was active in the K of C in...
Carl J. Cihon Sr.
May 20, 2005
Carl J. Cihon Sr. 83 of Piney Fork, Ohio passed away Friday May 20, 2005 in the Kindred Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. Carl was born Jan. 25, 1922 in Piney Fork, son of the late Andrew and Mary Dragos Cichon. Carl was retired from Consol Coal Co.; and was a Meat Cutter for the Co-Op Stores for many years. He...
Shirley Ann Stull
May 17, 2005
Shirley Ann Stull 55 of Toronto, Ohio passed away Tuesday May 17, 2005 in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville. Shirley was born Dec. 5, 1949 in Steubenville, daughter of the late Michael and Cecelia Kowalsky Popivchak. She was a former housekeeper and was Catholic by faith. She is survived by, four brothers; Thurston (Pearl) Brand,Alton "Bud" (Joyce) Brand, Orvis "Buck"...
Nicholas T. 'Nick' Choma
May 17, 2005
Nicholas T. "Nick" Choma 69 of Toronto;passed away Tuesday May 17,2005 at his home. Nick was born Oct. 9, 1935 in Toronto; son of the late Nicholas and Mary Shimmel Choma. He was a retired night watchman at the former Hancock Manufacturing Co. in Toronto. Nick also worked for 25 yrs. for the Federal Paper Board Co. in Washington, Pa....
