Edward John Timko

Edward John Timko Sr

Edward John Timko - Born on November 8, 1926 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He was the seventh oldest child and third eldest son to Joseph John Timko and Anna Veronica Berish.

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Description

Edward was a stocky, muscular individual who stood about 5 foot 10 inch in height. He was clean shaven with dark brown, wavy hair and brown eyes. Edward wore glasses for most of his life. He had a slight head-tilt to the right for most of his life.

Early Years

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  A young Edward and Albert Timko
  Childhood -
• Siblings
  • Mary Martha Timko
  • Anna Joan Timko
  • Susanna Timko
  • Joseph John Timko Jr.
  • Stephen Michael Timko
  • Elizabeth Margaret Timko
  • Albert James Timko
  • Emma Marie Timko
  • Dorothy Alice Timko

Education

He completed the eleventh grade at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. While his formal education ended in his junior year of high school, his learning continued as he was a voracious reader. He was one of those people who read an entire newspaper and always had a book dog-eared handy for a quick read.

Religion

Edward was baptized into the Catholic faith on November 21, 1926 in Clymer, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

He received his First Holy Communion on May 27, 1934 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

He was Confirmed on May 9, 1938 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

His was a member of St. Williams Catholic Church in Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio.

S-Sgt Edward John Timko in uniform

Military Service Years

S/Sgt Edward Timko, Sr served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Began serving on September 19, 1945 and was discharged on December 10, 1949 (Lackland AFB, Texas), He served as a Medical Corpsman at the 3700th Station Medical Squadron, 3700th Station Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He received the American Defense Ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal.

Military Service(s) - U.S. Army Air Corps

Edward & Jeannette (Walker) Timko in front of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church.

Family Years

• How they met - Jeannette Frances Walker loved to tell us how she met Edward by writing letters to him during the end of WWII. As she told it, Edward’s sister Dorothy was good friends with Jeannette because they attended the same high school. Sometime in their friendship, Dorothy must have told Jeannette about her brother being stationed at Lackland AFB. Now, during the war, people were constantly encourage to support “our boys over seas.”  And one of the ways suggested was to write to the troops, you know, become a pen-pal. Dorothy must have encouraged Jeannette to reach out to her brother because Jeannette did just that...began writing to him. Edward was a bit surprised when he received the first letter but it soon grew into something that they each enjoyed as the frequency and length of the letters grew over time. (In later years, Jeannette's children would learn that she kept all Edward’s letters to her.) Eventually, they arranged to meet when my dad was home on leave, and, well as they say, the rest is history.
• Marriage - Edward married Jeannette Frances Walker on June 21, 1952 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
• During Those First Years - Edward was very close to his older nephew Paul Petrilla and they had been known to tip a lot of “brews” together. Once when Paul was home on leave from the Norfolk where he was stationed, he and my father went out for a few beers and cheeseburgers at Duffy’s Tavern on W. Market Street. Duffy’s was only a couple of blocks from where they were living on McMyler and a couple of blocks from where Paul Petrilla and his wife Ann lived on Oak St. They had a great time, a lot of beer and a few of those fabulous “world famous” cheeseburgers at Duffy’s. About 2 AM, Paul took Edward home and headed back to his house because his plane was scheduled to leave at 7 AM to go back to Norfolk, Virginia. Paul slept all they way back. Unfortunately, what Paul didn’t realize was that after he dropped off his uncle, Ed tried climbing the steps to go to bed. He must have stepped wrong because he ended up falling down them breaking his wrist.When Paul heard the news, he dreaded the thought of facing Jeannette the next time he was home on leave. However, the next time he saw Jeannette, she never mentioned the incident and neither did Paul. ----
• First House - After the couple's honeymoon, the spent their first few years living at the home of Jeannette's parents on 1544 McMyler Avenue. They lived there for nearly three years while they were building their new house at 4419 Kincaid East Road next to his older brother Steven. Edward, along with other family members, laid the block for the basement of the house as well as all the wood construction. Their son Eddie remembers his mother telling him how she learned to solder together the electrical connections at the various receptacles as his Ed pulled electrical wire throughout the house.
• Children - The couple had four children: three boys - Edward John Jr., Kenneth Joseph and Donald Judson, and one girl - Jeannette Frances.
  • Edward John Timko Jr. and spouse Mary Cathleen Laughlin
  • Kenneth Joseph Timko and spouse Connie Shae Cox
  • Donald Judson Timko and spouse Lorraine Beverly Eckley
  • Jeannette Francis Timko and spouse Kirk Brian Yauger. (2nd husband - Wayne August Aubel - No children

Residences

During the family's years in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, Edward's family rented or owned a total of six houses on the southwest side of the city. He would later reside or own two more.

• 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
• 1454 McMyler Street NW (Lived here with in-laws for about two years)
• 4419 Kincaid East Road, Trumbull County, Ohio

Working Years

Worked at Denman Tire Corporation in Leavitsburg, Trumbull County, Ohio for a short time in his youth. He worked the remainder of his life as a strapping-machine operator at Brainard Steel Division, Sharon Steel Corporation on Larchmont Avenue on the outskirts of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Edward also served as Vice President of local Steelworkers Union - Head of Compensation. His son Edward John Timko, Jr. remembers taking his first trip to Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio with his father as Edward Sr. represented a fellow worker in a compensation case.

Personal Life

Enjoyed reading, fishing, playing poker and gardening. In his youth he loved to ice skate. He was also know to enjoy cold bottles of beer, smoking cigars and the occasional pipe. Edward was also partial to polka music and the style of W.C. Fields, often quoting his sayings during family gatherings, particularly "Go away kid, you bother me."

Death

On December 25, 1977. Edward broke his leg at home while trying to keep the family Christmas tree from falling. It had been bumped by one his children. He had been sitting in a rocking chair and, upon seeing the tree falling, leaned forward trying to catch it. Unfortunately, he set his foot wrong, resulting in a twisting motion which broke his leg. He sat back down in the rocker as if nothing happened. it was his oldest son who pointed out to him that his foot was no longer pointed forward. He then realized a trip to the hospital was in order.

His two oldest sons helped him into the family car and headed out to the hospital with a broomstick helping support the injured leg. Upon his arrival at the entrance to the emergency department of Warren General Hospital in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, the staff helped Edward on to a gurney and wheeled him leaving his sons to handle the admittance paperwork. After a preliminary examination and x-rays it was discovered Edward had a spiral fracture. They proceeded to surgery where several metal pins were placed into the bone of his leg to hold the broken pieces together. The operation was a complete success.

However, while he was recovering, clots developed in his leg resulting in a pulmonary embolism. Edward was rushed to intensive care. However, after a few days, he appeared to be on the mend and was returned to the general ward. However, on January 14, 1978, Edward died at Warren General Hospital after other pulmonary embolism developed in his lungs.

Edward died from pulmonary embolism on January 14, 1978 at Warren General Hospital in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was buried on January 17, 1978 at Champion Township Cemetery in Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio.