Joseph John Timko Jr.

Joseph John Timko Jr

Joseph John Timko Jr. - Born on July 2, 1921 Aultman, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child, and oldest son, to Joseph John Timko and Anna Veronica Berish.

Description

Joseph Jr. was a stocky individual who stood about 5 foot 9 inch in height. He was clean shaven with dark brown, wavy hair and brown eyes. On both his forearms, he wore tattoos from his time serving in the United States Navy.

Early Years

• Childhood - On May 1, 1932 two of  Joseph and Anna’s children celebrated their First Holy Communion together. Joseph John Jr and Stephen Michael received Holy Communion for the first time at Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church and by doing so were the first of Timko children to do so in their new home of Warren.
• Siblings
  • Mary Martha Timko
  • Anna Joan Timko
  • Susanna Timko
  • Stephen Michael Timko
  • Elizabeth Margaret Timko
  • Edward John Timko
  • Albert James Timko
  • Emma Marie Timko
  • Dorothy Alice Timko

Education

He completed the tenth grade at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Joseph served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1938 as a laborer at CCC Company 553, Camp SP-16 in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. He was discharged on June 26, 1939.

Joseph John Timko Jr in uniform.

Military Service Years

PO1 Joseph John Timko, Jr served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He began serving on 27 Apr 1942 and was discharged on 14 Oct 1945. He served on the USS Ulvert M. Moore, a destroyer escort vessel as a metalsmith. He received the American Campaign badge, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign badge, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign badge, Philippine Liberation Medal, Philippine Presidential Citation Ribbon, and the Good Conduct Medal.

Joe was aboard theUSS Ulvert M. Moore sailing through the Sea of Japan with the fleet when the ship on which Joe was assigned developed a problem and was disabled. Joe was tasked to go over the side into the ocean to determine the nature of the problem. He discovered a cable had become wrapped around the propeller and reported the situation to the Captain. As the fleet could not risk waiting for the disabled ship, it sailed on. To allow him a means of breathing underwater during the repair efforts, Joe and his mates rigged up a air hose to supply him with a steady supply of air while he worked to free the propeller.. Once back in the ocean with his makeshift air supply, he freed the propeller enabling the ship to rejoin the fleet

Family Years

Married Martha Bishop Timko on June 21, 1944 at St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church in Farrell, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: two boys - Joseph Ronald and Dean Jerome, and one girl - Joyce Marie. The couple divorced on December 17, 1958.

• Joseph Ronald Timko
• Dean Jerome Timko
• Joyce Marie Timko

Married Elaine Alberta Fauvie on April 11, 1966 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had no children. The couple later divorced. (Date unknown)

Married Eleanor P. McLaughlin on August 9, 1989 in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona. The couple had no children.

Residences

During the family's years in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, he lived with her family in a total of ten house, rented or owned, on the southwest side of the city.

• 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
• 1437 Tod Avenue SW
• 487 Fourth Street
• 481 Oriole Place SW
• 770 Fourth Street
• 1640 Oak Street SW
• Warren-Newton Falls Road in Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio.
• 2347 Cranwood Drive
• 2471 Wilshire Drive in Cortland, Trumbull County, Ohio

Working Years

Worked as a welder and machine repairman at Denman Tire in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Business Ventures

Owned and operated the Republic Inn on Market Street in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Death

Joseph died from a ventricular standstill (heart attack) on August 30, 2003 at St. Joseph’s Health Center in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was cremated on September 3, 2003.