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-''<sup>Page edited 28-Feb-24. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky]]
+''<sup>Page edited 30-October-2025. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky]]
 Born on October 24, 1917 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the second oldest daughter of '''[[Joseph John Timko Sr.]]''' and '''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''.
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 == Education ==
-Anna's formal education was completed by the ninth grade. She left school due to an illness.
+Anna's formal education was completed by the ninth grade. She left school due to Sydenham’s chorea, or as it was known in those days, St. Vitus’ Dance.
 == Religion ==
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 Anna was primarily a homemaker for the 47 years of her marriage. However after the death of her husband, she worked in the cafeteria for LaBrae School District in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-Early in her life she worked at Ohio Lamp.
+Early in her life she worked at Ohio Lamp in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio which was just a few blocks from her house.
 During World War II she worked at the Ravenna Arsenal just east of Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. It was said that the Ravenna Arsenal produce more weapons for the WWII war effort than any other plant in the United States. Her daughter-in-law, Petra (Medina) Politsky, mentioned that Anna had to wear special clothes when she was working at the Ravenna Arsenal. She also, couldn’t have any hair pins or other metallic items that create a spark. This would seemed to imply she was working with the materials that were used in manufacting the munitions

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 * '''Childhood -''' It was during or just just before 1933 that my Aunt Anna Joan developed Sydenham’s chorea, or as it was known in those days, St. Vitus’ Dance. This disorder is characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet. It’s the result of a childhood infection know as streptococcus, or more commonly known as strep or strep throat. It has also been associated with rheumatic fever.  The disease lies dormant, generally occurring up to six months after the initial infection. For reasons unknown, it usually occurs in young females, most under the age of 16 years of age. It’s characterized by uncontrollable movement of hands, arms, legs and facial muscles. This results in a deterioration of handwriting skills, slowed cognition, facial grimacing, fidgetiness and hypotonia, or what’s more commonly known as “floppy baby syndrome,” from a loss of muscle tone. While the disease usually resolves itself in a few months, Anna’s full recovery would take longer.  While I’m sure that my Baba was familiar with most childhood diseases, the onset of this disease must have frightened the entire family. Watching Anna’s arms and legs twitch uncontrollably and being unable to help her child must have made her feel helpless. However, she nursed young daughter as best she could until the disease passed. Eventually my Aunt Anna regained full control of her limbs.   While Anna's health eventually returned, her future goals in life would be forever be altered. The records show that my aunt had completed the ninth grade. However, Anna would have probably been out of school for several months, maybe as long a six months, making repeating the ninth grade her only academic option. Socially, that would have meant all her classmates would have moved on to the next grade level and she, in her mind, would be left behind. Something no child would want to face.  Whether for that, or some other, reason, Anna, with the approval of my Dzedo and Baba, dropped out of during the mid-term of her last year in junior high school . While this was not the ideal option, it was not unusual for children of this period to quit school after the eighth grade. In the meantime, I suppose her taking a job outside the home not only offered her a future but the additional income would help in the family's situation.<ref>Interview with Family Members - Betty Hietikko, Emma Burin & Jeannette Berish</ref>
 * '''Siblings'''
-** '''[[Mary Martha Timko]]'''
+**'''[[Mary Martha Timko]]'''
 ** '''[[Susanna Timko]]'''
 ** '''[[Joseph John Timko Jr.]]'''
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 ** '''[[Edward John Timko]]'''
 ** '''[[Albert James Timko]]'''
-** Emma Marie Timko
+** '''[[Emma Marie Timko]]'''
 ** Dorothy Alice Timko

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 == Family Years ==
-Married '''[[Michael Joseph Politsky]]''' on January 31, 1938 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren,  Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had one child which they adopted in 1947: a boy would be named Robert Michael Politsky. The couple eventually bought a house in south Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio. They house was surrounded by old farms and was situated next to the Little Duck Creek.
+Married '''[[Michael Joseph Politsky]]''' on January 31, 1938 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren,  Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had one child which they adopted in 1948: a boy would be named Robert Michael Politsky. The couple eventually bought a house in south Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio. They house was surrounded by old farms and was situated next to the Little Duck Creek.
 The couple had only one child;

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-''<sup>Page edited 30-Dec-23. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky]]
+''<sup>Page edited 28-Feb-24. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky]]
 Born on October 24, 1917 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the second oldest daughter of '''[[Joseph John Timko Sr.]]''' and '''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''.
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 == Education ==
-Anna's formal education was completed by the ninth grade.
+Anna's formal education was completed by the ninth grade. She left school due to an illness.
 == Religion ==
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 == Family Years ==
-Married '''[[Michael Joseph Politsky]]''' on January 31, 1938 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren,  Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had one child: a boy Robert Politsky. The couple eventually bought a house in south Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio. They house was surrounded by old farms and was situated next to the Little Duck Creek.
+Married '''[[Michael Joseph Politsky]]''' on January 31, 1938 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren,  Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had one child which they adopted in 1947: a boy would be named Robert Michael Politsky. The couple eventually bought a house in south Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio. They house was surrounded by old farms and was situated next to the Little Duck Creek.
 The couple had only one child;
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 == Working Years ==
-Anna was a homemaker for 47 years. However in her later years, she worked in the cafeteria for LaBrae School District in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio.
+Anna was primarily a homemaker for the 47 years of her marriage. However after the death of her husband, she worked in the cafeteria for LaBrae School District in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio.
 Early in her life she worked at Ohio Lamp.
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 == Death ==
-Anna died from brain cancer on September 7, 1985 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren, Trumbull Co, Ohio.
+Anna passed away from brain cancer on September 7, 1985 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
 She was buried on September 10, 1985 at All Souls Cemetery on Hoagland-Blackstub Road, one mile north of SR 305 in Cortland, Trumbull County, Ohio. This cemetery is approximately 7-8 miles north of Warren, Ohio. Anna's grave can be found in Section 3 / Lot 1830 / Plots 2.

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 == Religion ==
 Anna was baptized into the Catholic faith on October 30, 1917 in Clymer, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
 == Family Years ==

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-''<sup>Page edited 28-Apr -22. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky]]
+''<sup>Page edited 29-Sep-23. ET</sup>''[[File:Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky.jpg|thumb|279x279px|Anna Joan (Timko) Politsky]]
-'''[[Anna Joan Timko]]''' - Born on October 24, 1917 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the second oldest daughter of '''[[Joseph John Timko Sr.]]''' and '''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''.
+Born on October 24, 1917 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the second oldest daughter of '''[[Joseph John Timko Sr.]]''' and '''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''.
 == Description ==
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 == Working Years ==
-Anna was a homemaker for 47 years. In her later years, she worked in the cafeteria for LaBrae School District in Leavitsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio.
+Anna was a homemaker for 47 years. However in her later years, she worked in the cafeteria for LaBrae School District in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio.
 Early in her life she worked at Ohio Lamp.
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 == Personal Life ==
 She loved crocheting, needlepoint, quilting and baking.
 == Death ==

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 * 1xx Parkman Road ['''Note:''' The exact address of the family's first rental house is not known. My paternal Aunt Emma (Timko) Burin said that while driving with her mother Anna, Anna pointed to a small collection of houses next to the railroad tracks on Parkman and said that was the house the family lived in when they first arrived in the city. At the time, it never occurred to Emma to ask exactly which of the house had been the family's first home. However, from city records, the address would have to have been either 160, 170 or 178 Parkman Road, hence the 1xx designation.]
-* '''[[985 Hunter Street NW]]'''
+* Lived at '''[[985 Hunter Street NW]]''' in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-*'''[[1437 Tod Avenue SW]]'''
+*Lived at '''[[1437 Tod Avenue SW]]''' in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-* '''[[487 Fourth Street]]'''
+* Lived at '''[[487 Fourth Street]]''' in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-*'''[[481 Oriole Place SW]]'''
+*Lived at '''[[481 Oriole Place SW]]''' in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-*'''[[770 Fourth Street]]'''
+*Lived at '''[[770 Fourth Street]]''' in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-* 2051 Wilson Avenue
+* Lived at 2051 Wilson Avenue in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-* 2046 Freemont Avenue
+* Lived at 2046 Freemont Avenue in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
-* 4000 Kibler-Toot Road in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio
+* Lived at 4000 Kibler-Toot Road in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio
 == Working Years ==