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Robert Curtis Hellam
Robert Curtis Hellam, 84, 729 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles, OH, died at 2:10
p.m. Friday, August 1, 2008, in the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Mr. Hellam was born April 21, 1924, in Worthington, Pa., the son of Floyd and
Mary (Peate) Hellam.
He attended Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington, Pa.
He had been employed by several area contractors as a heavy equipment operator
as a member of the Union Local 66. A true ''Jack of all Trades," he was skilled
in carpentry, as an electrician and plumber. He was a World War II veteran of
the Marine Corps, and obtained the rank of sergeant.
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He enjoyed fishing, and was an animal lover, once raising Siberian huskies. An
avid reader of Western novels, he most enjoyed, appreciated and loved the time
spent with his family.
Mr. Hellam is survived by his family, which includes his wife, the former Vivian
Jo Snyder, whom he married Sept. 4, 1949; a son, Kurt D., and his wife, Martha,
of Howland; a daughter, Karen A. Rossi, and her husband, Glenn, of Vienna; two
brothers, George ''Ted'' (Bea) Hellam of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Larry (Joan)
Hellam of Austintown; three sisters, Alma Shahaden of Niles, Lois Preston of
Howland and Virginia (Robert) Loveless of Buhl, Idaho; a stepsister, Marge
Alexander, of El Paso, Texas; a sister-in-law, Virginia Johnson, of Kittaning,
Pa.; and two grandchildren, Shannon (Eric) Kellerman and Christopher (Angela)
Hellam.
Preceding him in death were two brothers-in-law, Edward Shahaden and Wesley
Preston.
Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Robert P. McDermott Memorial Home,
614 Warren Ave., Niles, where private services will be held Wednesday with the
Rev. Cynthia Klingemier officiating.
Entombment will be in Crown Hill Burial Park, Vienna, Oh., where Mr. Hellam will
be recognized for his veteran service by the Trumbull County American Legion
Honor Guard on Wednesday.
Arrangements by Robert P. McDermott Memorial Home, Niles, Oh. |
