HUBBARD Private funeral services were held Monday morning at the Kelley-Robb Funeral Home for Edward L. Smelko Sr., 70 of 3358 Schotten Rd. who died of cancer Friday evening at his home.

He was born January 14, 1930 in Hubbard, a son of Albert and Christina Fedders Smelko and was a lifelong Hubbard resident.

Mr. Smelko was a welder for LTV Steel for 22 years before retiring in 1979. He was a member of the National Rifle Association, an avid outdoorsman and a skilled craftsman working with wood and metal.

He leaves his wife, the former Mary A. Briody whom he married July 7, 1951; two sons, Edward Smelko Jr. of Chassahowitzka, FL and Alan Smelko of Brooksville, FL; a daughter, Carolyn Blasko of New Middletown, OH and a brother, Albert Smelko of Helena, MT; nine grandchildren. Three sisters, Martha Dufford, Elizabeth Todut and Vivien Oyler, two brothers, Robert and Sylvester Smelko are deceased.

Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, 4822 Market St., Youngstown, OH 44512.

Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at KELLEYROBBFH@aol.com

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