Elizabeth Margaret Timko
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Born on September 14, 1925 in Dixonville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the sixth child born to Joseph John Timko and Anna Veronica Berish.
Description:
She was of average height (5 foot 7 inch) and build. She had green eyes and auburn hair. Her nickname, given to her by her husband George, was Betts.
Early Years
- Childhood -
- Siblings
- Mary Martha Timko
- Anna Joan Timko
- Susanna Timko
- Joseph John Timko Jr.
- Stephen Michael Timko
- Edward John Timko
- Albert James Timko
- Emma Marie Timko
- Dorothy Alice Timko
Education
Elizabeth's formal education was completed by the eleventh grade at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Religion
Elizabeth was baptized into the Catholic faith on September 20, 1925 in Clymer, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
She received her First Holy Communion on May 28, 1933 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio
Family Years
Elizabeth married her first husband George Yeager Campbell on July 19, 1947 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. When George passed away she would later marry Richard Andrew Green who would pass away six years later. For her last marriage, she married Simon Yonut Jr who would eventually outlive Elizabeth by three months.
- Married George Yeager Campbell on July 19, 1947 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had six children: two boys: and four girls.
- James Joseph Campbell
- Sara Anne Campbell
- George Michael Campbell
- Elizabeth Therese Campbell
- Marjorie Anne Campbell
- Dorothy Marie Campbell
After Aunt Betty married George Yeager Campbell that the young couple lived for a time in an attic apartment atop an old warehouse used by the Allied/Burbank Van and Storage Company at 811 East Market Street (Apt. #1) in Warren, Ohio. While some might view the living arrangement as unique, they were joined by two of George's siblings who to live in an apartment above them, Clara and Ruth. Also, having no garage, it was not uncommon to find George working on his car in the alley behind the building. Betty and George lived in that attic apartment for a number of years during the time when their family began to grow in number. It was in that apartment that both my cousins James Joseph and Sara Anne Campbell lived their first few years. In fact it was the birth of Sara that pushed the couple to look for larger accommodations.
There next residence was with Betty's mother Anna Veronica Berish Timko who, after the death of her husband Joseph John Timko Sr., was living alone at 1640 Oak Street SW in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. The young couple made do with living in the attic in the small house. They lived there until the birth of their third child George Michael when they were forced to move into a rental house for a period of time. It was 1959, when they rented a half duplex on Maple Street from Anne Klimcvzyk, an old friend of Betty's who also attended her church, Christ Our King. However, they lived there less than a year when the birth of a fourth child pushed them once again to look for a larger accommodations.
It was around 1960, when George and Betty finally made the decision to buy their first house. It was a newly constructed house at 2475 Cranwood Drive in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, which at the time, was an up-and-coming neighborhood. In fact, it became the house the family of eight referred to as home.
- Married Richard Andrew Green on June 12, 1971 at Grace United Methodist in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH. The couple had no children. Richard passed away on October 21, 1976 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Married Simon Yonut Jr on September 16, 2000 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had no children.
Residences
During the Elizabeth's years in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, she 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.]
- Lived at 985 Hunter Street NW in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Lived at 1437 Tod Avenue SW in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Lived at 487 Fourth Street in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Lived at 481 Oriole Place SW in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Lived at 770 Fourth Street in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Lived at 169 Porter Street NE in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
- Lived at 811 E. Market Street in Warren, Trumbull County, OH in 1954.
- Lived with Elizabeth's mother Anna Veronica Berish for a time on 1640 Oak St. SW, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH in 1954
- Lived at 2475 Cranwood Drive in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Working Years
Homemaker for 59 years, as well as cashier and hostess at Pudgee's Restaurant in Warren, Trumbull County, Warren and Nicolino"s Restaurant in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Before she married, Betty worked in 1947 at the Ohio Lamp Works in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Personal Life
She loved embroidery and quilting.
Death
Elizabeth died from acute respiratory failure on November 28, 2006 at home in Warren, Trumbull Co, Ohio.
She was cremated on November 29, 2006 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Some of her ashes were placed on the graves of her husband George Yeager Campbell, her second husband Richard Green and that of her mother Anna. Her daughter Sara Wagner has the remaining ashes.