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Toronto and Smithfield, Ohio
Donald R. Brooks
Nov 6, 2012
Donald R. Brooks, 79 of Toronto, Ohio formerly of Stratton, passed away Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012 in Allegheny Hospital in Pittsburgh. Don was born Aug. 22, 1933 in Belliare, Ohio, son of the late Sam and Catherine E. Haught Brooks. Don was retired from the former Hancock Mfg. Co. in Toronto. He was a member of the Toronto American Legion,...
Thomas W. Byers Sr.
Oct 24, 2012
Thomas W. Byers Sr., 77, of Stratton, Ohio passed away Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012 in the Acuity Specialty Hospital of Ohio in Steubenville, Ohio. Tom was born Dec. 15, 1934 in Stratton, Ohio, son of the late George and Beulah Burns Byers. Tom was retired from Ironworkers Local # 549 out of Wheeling, WV., was Protestant by faith and was...
John M. Manning
Oct 22, 2012
John M. Manning, 83, of Toronto, OH, passed away Monday, October 22, 2012 in the Valley Hospice Care Center in Steubenville, OH.John was born on November 6, 1928 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late John H. and Tattie Dillworth Manning.John was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Toronto; he was a graduate of Toronto High School...
Catherine L. Tulencik
Oct 21, 2012
Catherine L. Tulencik, 98, of Port Orange, FL, formerly of Toronto, OH, passed away Sunday Oct. 21, 2012 in the Emeritus at Port Orange Asst. Living. Catherine was born in Chicago, IL, Aug. 14, 1914, daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Young Wilson. She was retired from the General Motors Corp. Truck and Bus, Pontiac Division, where she worked...
Freddie B. Stimson
Oct 20, 2012
Freddie B. Stimson, 87, of Wellsville, OH, formerly of Illinois, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at his home.Freddie was born on May 6, 1925 in Bumpus Mills, TN, son of the late Newell and Minnie (Ford) Stimson.Freddie was retired from Spectrulite Consortium in Granite City, IL where he worked in the factory producing aluminum. Freddie was also a veteran...
Charles F. Ward
Oct 18, 2012
Charles F. "Charlie" Ward, 65, of Toronto, OH, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family after a long courageous battle with lung cancer.Charlie was born January 3, 1947 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Edwin and Betty Haney Ward.Charlie was retired from the former Weirton-Steel Corp. where he worked in the Tin...
Edith V. Hruschak
Oct 15, 2012
Edith Virginia (Steffl) Hruschak, 95 of Piney Fork, OH, went home to be with the lord on Monday Oct. 15, 2012, at the Autumn Health Care of Adena.Edith was born to Henry and Annie (Huml) Friede on Sept. 30, 1917. She was adopted and raised by her Aunt Albina and Uncle Fred Steffl. Edith graduated from Smithfield High School in...
Zachary A. 'Hambone' Miller
Oct 15, 2012
Zachary A. "Hambone" Miller, 24, of Toronto, OH, passed away Monday, October 15, 2012 at his home.Zach was born on April 8, 1988 in Steubenville, OH, son of Kathleen A. Miller.Zach was a 2006 graduate of Toronto High School; he was a member of Union Local 91, Painters and Allied Trades District 53 out of Wheeling, WV.Zach was preceded in...
William F. 'Bill' Grindle
Oct 12, 2012
William F. Grindle, 88, of Toronto, Ohio passed away at his home on Friday Oct. 12, 2012. Bill was born Dec. 3, 1923 in Empire, Ohio, son of the late James and Mildred Heckathorn Grindle. Bill was retired from the City of Tallahassee, Fla. Water Dept. and served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. In addition to...
Father James F. Atkins
Oct 9, 2012
Father James F. Atkins, 79, Priest of the Eparchy of Parma, serving the parishes of St. John the Baptist of Mingo Jct., OH and St. Joseph Byzantine Church of Toronto, OH within the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, died Tuesday evening, October 9, 2012 in the Hospice Care Center in Copley, OH. Fr. James was born on May 26, 1933 in Cedartown,...
Charles R. Zeigler, Sr.
Oct 8, 2012
Charles R. Zeigler Sr., 76, of Toronto, OH, passed away Monday Oct. 8, 2012 in the Acuity Specialty Hospital of Ohio in Steubenville, OH. Chuck was born June 9, 1936 in Toronto, son of the late Hartley Robert and Mildred (Bair) Zeigler. Chuck was a retired Electrican from the First Energy (Ohio Edison) Sammis Plant in Stratton, OH. He was...
James S. Spicer
Oct 8, 2012
James S. Spicer, 76, of Irondale, OH, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 8, 2012 in Steubenville, OH.Jim was born July 24, 1936 in Springfield, Tennessee, son of the late James G. and Annie Vera Garrison Spicer.Jim was retired from Combined Transport Co. where he was a truck driver; he was a member of the Port Homer...
John E. Kemp
Oct 5, 2012
John E. Kemp, 77, of Toronto, OH, passed away Friday Oct. 5, 2012 in Trinity Medical Center West Steubenville, OH. John was born Nov. 13, 1934 in Colliers, WV, son of the late William and Olive Newland Kemp.John was a retired Manager from Air Products and Chemical Co.In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death by two brothers,...
Peter Trudick
Sep 30, 2012
TRUDICK, Peter, 88, of Toronto, Ohio entered into Eternal Rest Sunday evening, September 30, 2012, at the Acuity Specialty Hospital in Steubenville. He was born on July 13, 1924, in Hrabske, Slovakia, and immigrated to Toronto in 1938. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the 2003rd Engineer Fire Fighting Aviation Platoon of the United States Army. He...
Claudia Jean Chaney
Sep 27, 2012
Claudia Jean Chaney, 65 of Steubenville, Oh., formerly of Toronto passed away Thursday Sept. 27, 2012 in the Country Club Manor in Steubenville.Claudia was born Jan. 30, 1947 in Toronto, daughter of the late Claude and Mary Jeanne Hommel Davis. She formerly worked in the Housekeeping Dept. at Trinity East Hospital and was a member of the N. River Ave....
Marilyn F. Gray
Sep 27, 2012
Marilyn F. Gray, 71, of Toronto, OH, passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 in the Wyngate Senior Living Community in Weirton, WV.Marilyn was born June 13, 1941 in Coraopolis, PA daughter of the late J. Fredrick and Edith (Iland) Ferguson. Marilyn was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Toronto, OH.In addition to her parents, Marilyn was preceded in...
Mildred Crouso
Sep 11, 2012
MILDRED CROUSO, 95, of Steubenville (Pleasant Hill), Ohio, passed away on September 11, 2012. She was born June 25, 1917, in Mindon, WV. She was preceded in death by her husband Warren B. Crouso and infant son Richard David Crouso. Mildred is survived by daughter Marjorie Diane Smith and her husband Robert, son Warren T. Crouso, and daughter Loretta Colflesh...
Richard W. 'Dick' Parker
Sep 8, 2012
Richard W. "Dick" Parker, age 70, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Saturday September 8, 2012, at Trinity Medical Center West surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer.Richard was born October 25, 1941, in Toronto, Ohio, son of the late Kenneth W. Parker and Susan E. Mihalik Chambers. Richard worked for Titanium Metals Corp. until his retirement...
Lucille Rosalind Benardo Piergallini
Sep 7, 2012
Piergallini, Mrs. Lucille Rosalind Benardo, 76, of Smithfield, OH, passed away on Friday, September 07, 2012, at her home amongst her family that she loved so much.Lucille was born June 1, 1936 in Piney Fork, OH to the late Clarice and Fred (Tax) Benardo.Lucille attended Piney Fork School and Smithfield High School where she was crowned Homecoming and May Queens.Lucille...
James A. 'Jim' Petrisko
Sep 4, 2012
James A. "Jim" Petrisko, 64, of Toronto, Ohio passed away Tuesday Sept. 4, 2012 in the VA Aspinwall Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. Jim was born July 7, 1948 in Steubenville, Ohio, son of the late George Petrisko and the late Alice Blackburn Petrisko Jimeson. Jim was retired from Weirton Steel Corp. and served his country in the US Army during...
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