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Toronto and Smithfield, Ohio
Kimberly Michelle Jackson
Aug 9, 2014
Kimberly Michelle Jackson, 36, formerly of Steubenville, OH, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014. Kimberly was the victim of a sudden flash flood in Greenville, SC. She leaves behind her mother, Lisa Mason and her father, Kevin Mason and a host of loving relatives and friends. There will be no services.J.E. Foster Funeral Home in Smithfield, OH is assisting the...
Burk Emery
Aug 7, 2014
Burk Emery, 70, of Toronto, OH, passed away Thursday Aug. 7, 2014 in Trinity Med. Center West in Steubenville, OH. Burk was born Aug. 23, 1943 in Toronto, son of the late Herbert and Ulah May Davis Emery. Burk was retired from First Energy Corp. W.H. Sammis plant in Stratton, OH, where he worked for 34 years retiring as a...
Veronica Colabelli
Aug 5, 2014
Veronica Colabelli, 85, of (Plum Run) Rayland, OH, passed away Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, OH. Veronica was born Nov. 18, 1928 in Plum Run, daughter of the late Tony and Marcella Reinagle Verhovec. She worked as a cook for many years at Paddy's Diner in Mingo and was a member of St....
Mabel Eileen Braley
Aug 1, 2014
Mabel Eileen Braley, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, OH, passed away Friday Aug. 1, 2014 in Wheeling Hospital. Mabel was born Jan. 22, 1942 in Wheeling, WV, daughter of the late Violet Corrick Costlow. Mabel was formerly employed as a Manager for R.I.A. Inc. and the former Scio Pottery. She was a member of the Smithfield Christian Church and was...
Pamela Carducci
Jul 28, 2014
Pamela (Neely) Carducci, 67, of Smithfield, OH, passed away Monday, July 28, 2014 at her home. Pam was born June 10, 1947 in Martins Ferry, OH, daughter of the late Richard and Thelma (Harkins) Neely. She was a member and a Deaconess of the Smithfield Christian Church. In addition to her parents, Pam was preceded in death by her...
Marian L. Sutherland
Jul 24, 2014
Marian L. Sutherland, 100, of Piney Fork, OH, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014 in the Gables Care Center in Hopedale, OH.Marian just celebrated her 100th birthday being born on July 14, 1914 in Brownsville, PA, daughter of the late Fred and Etta Thompson Hunter.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John T. Sutherland...
David L. Jenkins
Jul 21, 2014
David L. Jenkins, 60, of Steubenville, OH, passed away at his home Monday July 21, 2014. David was born July 11, 1954 in Brilliant, OH, son of the late Joseph L. and Jeanne Lloyd Jenkins. David was an employee of Jefferson Security Co., serving as a guard and dispatcher. He was an avid Steubenville Big Red fan. Surviving is...
Ruth Elizabeth Fecik
Jul 20, 2014
Ruth Elizabeth Fecik, 91, of Empire, OH, passed away Sunday July 20, 2014 in Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Ruth was born Oct. 7, 1922 in Kings Mines, OH, daughter of the late Larry and Leora Crawford McElroy. Ruth worked for 63 years for Dr. Young in his office and she also worked for the Campbell Family for...
Nora R. Shreves
Jul 20, 2014
Nora R. Shreves (Grammy) 74 of Rayland, OH, passed away July 20th 2014 at home surrounded by family. Nora was proceeded in death by parents Laymon and Dolly Speece, brothers Oscar Burl, McKindley Ross and Brady Speece, sisters Mabel Ellen, Carrie Belle and Shirley Ann. Proceeded in death also by her two baby boys Laymon and Damien. She is survived...
Dennis W. Chambers
Jul 5, 2014
Dennis W. 'Denny' Chambers, 59, of Toronto, OH, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014 in Life Line Hospital in Wintersville, OH, Denny was born Feb. 19, 1955 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Ernest Chambers and Clarice Willoughby Chambers who passed away June 25, 2014. He was formerly employed by Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel where he worked as a mechanic....
Ernest P. Bartels
Jul 4, 2014
Ernest P. Bartels, 89, of Toronto, OH, passed away Friday July 4, 2014 in the Laurels of Steubenville, OH. Ernie was born Oct. 16, 1924 in Knoxville, OH, son of the late Fredrick William and mama Alice McDonald Bartels and mother Eunice Hudson Bartels. Ernie was retired from Titanium Metals Corp., in Toronto, where he worked in the Tube...
Joseph W. 'Joe' Chadwick
Jul 1, 2014
Joseph W. 'Joe' Chadwick, 61, of Toronto, OH, passed away suddenly Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in Steubenville, OH.Joe was born May 6, 1953 in Steubenville son of the late Joseph D.M. Chadwick and Beatrice J. Beattie Chadwick.Joe was currently employed by the Jefferson Co. Metropolitan Housing Authority, as a housing inspector; he was also VP of the Union for JMHA....
Robert Mcdonald Higgins
Jun 28, 2014
Robert McDonald Higgins, 90, of Toronto, OH, passed away Sat. June 28, 2014 in Sienna Woods Nursing Home in Wintersville, OH. Bob was born Nov. 3, 1923 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Dallas and Anna McDonald Higgins. Bob was retired from Weirton Steel Corp., where he worked in the diesel shop. Bob loved to play golf. He also...
William John Paris, Jr.
Jun 27, 2014
William John 'Bill' Paris Jr., 67, formerly of Toronto, OH, passed away Friday, June 27, 2014 at his home in Portland, OR, after a two and a half year battle with prostate cancer.Bill was born August 19, 1946, the son of Grace (Argentine) Paris of Toronto, OH and the late William John Paris Sr. He was the loving father of...
Clarice J. Chambers
Jun 25, 2014
Clarice J. Chambers, 83, of Toronto, OH, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014 in Life Line Hospital in Wintersville, OH.Clarice was born Sept. 27, 1930 in Toronto, daughter of the late William and Dorothy (Jones) Willoughby.She was retired from the former Stacey's IGA in Toronto and she regularly attended First United Methodist Church also in Toronto. In addition to her...
Virginia K. Nameth
Jun 21, 2014
Virginia K. (Riley) Nameth, 90, of Bradley, OH, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014 in the Heartland Lansing Nursing Home in Bridgeport, OH.Virginia was born Nov. 28, 1923 in Bradley, OH, daughter of the late James H. and Lydia Smetana Riley.She was a member of St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Dillonvale and she worked for years at the former Bradley...
Scott R. Mcclain
Jun 17, 2014
Scott R. McClain, 59, of Toronto, OH, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 in the Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, OH.Scott was born June 14, 1955 in Steubenville, son of the late John M. and Marjorie Ross McClain.He was a member of Labor Local #809 in Steubenville and he was also a member of the Son's of the American...
Mark W. Valentine
Jun 17, 2014
Mark W. Valentine, 53, of Toronto, OH, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Life Line Hospital in Wintersville, OH.Mark was born December 8, 1960 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Charles L. and Mary McConnaughy Valentine who survives of Toronto, Ohio.He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Toronto and he was currently employed at...
Viola Marie Vandruff
Jun 16, 2014
Viola Marie Vandruff, 78, of Smithfield, OH, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 in the Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, WV.Viola was born March 25, 1936 in Burgettstown, PA, daughter of the late Emile and Bertha Ward Prevost.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold T. Vandruff, Sr. who passed in 2012 and...
Elizabeth M. 'Libby' Conrad
Jun 12, 2014
Elizabeth M. "Libby" Conrad, 87, of Toronto, OH, passed away Thursday June 12, 2014 in Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville, OH.Libby was born June 20, 1926 in Altoona, PA, daughter of the late Edward and Mary Fuchs. She married her husband, Robert, at the end of WWII. They later moved to Toronto, where she raised her two loving sons.She...
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