SKVARKA, Hermine L. Steigner, 82, of 1290 National Road, Wheeling, died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, in Wheeling Hospital.
She was a retired licensed practical nurse at Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Glen Dale, and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Wheeling.
She was a member of St. Michael Christian Mothers, Legion of Mary, Knights of Columbus Auxiliary No. 504 Carroll Council, Family Services, AARP, Sightless of Workers Guild and the National Federation of the Blind.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph A. Skvarka; her parents, Wendell and Mary E. Borsch Steigner; a brother, John J. ”Bud” Steigner. Surviving are three stepchildren, Joseph N. Skvarka of Newark, Ohio, Sally Gorby and her husband, Edward of Blaine, Ohio, and Linda Skvarka of Wilmington, N.C.; three sisters-in-law, Helen Steigner of McMechen, Irma Kubik of Heath, Ohio, and Ann Martino of Benwood; two stepgrandchildren, Edward and Stephen Gorby of Blaine.
Friends received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Altmeyer Funeral Home, 154 Kruger St., Elm Grove, Wheeling. Funeral liturgy with Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Michael Catholic Church. Entombment in Mount Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Wheeling. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Michael Catholic Church.
Oh Dear Family of Hermaine. How well I remember her. When my son Christian was 2 years old, in Glen Dale hospital, it was Hermaine who plucked him from the edges of danger, swinging on the peach curtain around his baby bed. That was in 1962. We have spoken of her often over the years. She was much loved, and will be remembered by us, through love.
Jan