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Toronto and Smithfield, Ohio

Mary Polivka Kovarik

Mary Polivka Kovarik

Dec 9, 2004

Mary Polivka Kovarik 97 of Co. Rd. 15 Rayland, Ohio died Thursday Dec. 9, 2004 in East Ohio Regional Hosp. in Martins Ferry. Mary was born Oct. 3, 1907 in Czechoslovakia, daughter of the late John and Betty CechPolivka. Mary was a Protestant by faith and was a Homemaker. In addition to her parents, Mary was preceded in death by;...

Glenn E. Riser

Glenn E. Riser

Dec 2, 2004

Glenn E. Riser 80 of Twp. Rd. 177 Rayland, Ohio died Thursday Dec. 2, 2004 at his home. He was born Nov. 28, 1924 in Steubenville, Ohio. Glenn was a retired Rigger Foreman for Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Mingo Plant, retiring with 31 years of service. He resided in this area for 50 years. He attended the Bloomingdale Methodist Church, was...

Loretta A. Metz ) Farnsworth

Loretta A. Metz ) Farnsworth

Dec 1, 2004

Loretta A.(Metz)Farnsworth 76 of Piney Fork, Ohio formerly of Indian Village Apts. In Mingo Jct. passed away at Home on Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004. She was born June 16, 1928 in Masontown, W.Va., daughter of the late William and SylviaRankin Metz. She was a member of the Smithfield Friends Church. Was a devoted wife of the late Leroy Farnsworth, as...

Elizabeth E. ) Smith

Elizabeth E. ) Smith

Nov 20, 2004

Elizabeth E.(Williams)Smith 80 of West St. Smithfield, OhioPassed away Saturday evening Nov. 20, 2004 in Trinity Medical Center West. Elizabeth was born Dec. 21, 1923 in Flushing, Ohio daughter of the late Charles and Golda Blanchard Williams. She was a Homemaker, was a member of the St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Smithfield,the Stewardess Board of the Church,and the Star of...

Ruth W. Burriss

Ruth W. Burriss

Nov 18, 2004

Ruth W. Burriss 82 of Smithfield, Ohio died Thursday Nov. 18, 2004 in East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. Ruth was born Jan. 5, 1922 in Martins Ferry, Ohio daughter of the late Ross and Ruth Ella Scott Koon. Ruth was a Homemaker and was a member of the Smithfield United Methodist Church, The United Methodist Women's group of...

Thomas E. Swartz

Thomas E. Swartz

Nov 16, 2004

Thomas Swartz 73, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Tuesday Nov. 16th 2004 in Catherine's Care Center in Steubenville. Tom was born Oct. 8, 1931 in Toronto, son of the late Lewis and Ethel Wholefire Swartz. Tom was retired from the former Kaul Clay Co., was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Toronto American Legion Post # 86; where...

Anna Ferfeski

Anna Ferfeski

Nov 2, 2004

Anna Ferfeski 93 of Stumptown Rd. Cadiz, Ohio died Tuesday Nov. 2, 2004 in East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, Ohio. There will be no Visitation. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. J.E. Foster Funeral Homes, Inc. are incharge of her arrangements.

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Robert K. ' Rob ' Werntz

Robert K. ' Rob ' Werntz

Oct 31, 2004

Robert K. "Rob" Werntz 42 of N. 4th St. Toronto, Ohio Died Sunday Oct. 31st. at his home of natural causes. Rob was born Feb. 23, 1962 in Steubenville, son of the late James P. Werntz, who passed away in 1993 and Diana Kinemond Werntz of Toronto who survives. Rob was formerly employed at U.S. Can Corp. in Weirton. In...

Goldie Jane Brodzinski

Goldie Jane Brodzinski

Oct 31, 2004

Goldie Jane Brodzinski 88 of Smithfield, Ohio passed away Sunday Oct. 31st. 2004 in the Harrison County Home in Cadiz. Goldie was born April 21, 1916 in Jefferson County, daughter of the late George and Cora Gibbons Howard. She was a member of the Smithfield United Methodist Church, and past State Chaplain of the Rebekah Lodge. In addition to her...

Ann A. Grygo

Ann A. Grygo

Oct 21, 2004

Ann A. Grygo 98 of Banfield Ave. Toronto, Ohio died Thursday Oct. 21, 2004 in Trinity Medical Center West. Ann was born July 23, 1906 in West Moreland Co., Pa. daughter of the late John and Mary Yurco Farbarik. Ann was a Homemaker and loved her garden. She was employed briefly at the former Weirton Steel Co. in Steubenville. Ann...

Helen V. Raha ) Smurda

Helen V. Raha ) Smurda

Oct 11, 2004

Helen V.(Raha) Smurda 91 of Toronto, Ohio died Monday evening at Trinity Medical Center West. Helen was born June 7, 1913 in Mingo Jct., Ohio daughter of the late George and Mary Molnar Hreha. She was a former employee of the former Hancock Manufacturing Co. in Toronto. She was a member of St. Francis Roman Catholic Church in Toronto, the...

Eloise M. Selsor

Eloise M. Selsor

Oct 6, 2004

Eloise M. Selsor of Steubenville, Ohio died Wednesday at 7:37 am. Oct.6, 2004 from complications following surgery. She was born Oct. 5, 1926 in Morgantown, WV. daughter of the late George and Lona Kisner Frazee. She was a Homemaker and a protestant by faith. In addition to her parents, Eloise was preceded in death by: three brothers, Albert, Clifford, and...

Marguerite M. Price

Marguerite M. Price

Oct 1, 2004

Marguerite M. Price 92 of Toronto, Ohio; formerly of Weirton and West Union, W.Va., died Friday Oct. 1, 2004 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, Ohio. She was born June 21, 1912 in West Union, W.Va., daughter of the late Charles and Reta Boyd Everhart. She was a retired 28 year employee of the former Weirton G. C. Murphy...

Ellen M. Kovarik

Ellen M. Kovarik

Sep 28, 2004

Ellen M. Kovarik 71 of Bloomingdale,Ohio died Tuesday Sept. 28, 2004 in East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. Ellen was born June 19, 1933 in W.Va., daughter of the late Charles and Florence Clark Eltringham. Ellen was Bookkeeper for her husband Lou, who owned the former Lou's Amoco in Smithfield and she was long time Clerk for Northern Cemetery...

John Guzy

John Guzy

Sep 17, 2004

John Guzy 91 of Rayland, Ohio died Friday Sept. 17, 2004In East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry. John was born April 27, 1913 in Leechburg, Pa. son of the late Alex and Tillie Tecla Guzy.He is a retired employee of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. He is a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Smithfield and the...

Robert Darrell Saunders Sr.

Robert Darrell Saunders Sr.

Sep 17, 2004

Robert Darrell Saunders Sr. 74 of Toronto, formerly of Follansbee, died Friday Sept. 17, 2004 in the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. Bob was born May 8, 1930 in Morgantown, W.Va. son of the late Darrell William and Tessie M. Russell Saunders. Bob was a retired employee of National Steel Corp. Tin Mill, retiring in 1983, a member...

Alva Raymond Striffler Sr.

Alva Raymond Striffler Sr.

Sep 8, 2004

Alva Raymond Striffler Sr. 59 of Petersburg, Ohio formerly of Rush Run, Ohio died Wednesday Sept. 8, 2004 at his home. Alva was born May 2, 1945 in Rush Run, son of the late John and Georgia Littleton Striffler. He was employed as a Truck Driver for the Wes Pollock Trucking Co. in Canfield, Ohio. He was a member of...

Mary Irene O'Brien

Mary Irene O'Brien

Aug 29, 2004

Mary Irene O'Brien 81 of Ravine St. Toronto, Ohio died Sunday Aug. 29, 2004 in Lancia Villa Royale Nursing Home in Steubenville. Mary was born Sept. 9, 1922 in Port Homer, Ohio; daughter of the late John P. and Frances I. Abrams O'Brien. She was a retired underwriter for Prudential Insurance Co., and was a member of the Toronto First...

Bessie Novy Hajny

Bessie Novy Hajny

Aug 26, 2004

Bessie Novy Hajny 95 of Co. Hwy. 11 Piney Fork, Ohio Died Thursday Aug. 26, 2004 at her home. Bessie was born May 27, 1909 in Neffs, Ohio daughter of the late Frank and Mary Spousta Novy . She was a homemaker and attended the Piney Fork Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, Bessie was preceded in death by;...

Florence H. Granatir

Florence H. Granatir

Aug 24, 2004

FLORENCE H. GRANATIR 85 of Center Chapel Road Steubenville, Ohio died Tuesday Aug. 24, 2004 in Trinity Medical Center West. Florence was born Jan. 19, 1919 in Steubenville, daughter of the late Joseph and Jessie Mills Shane. Florence was a Homemaker, was a member of the Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher, a member...

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