JOHN ROMANOSKI

In 1946, John helped organize the Wolfhurst Volunteer Fire Department. The first year the fire department was founded, they answered eleven calls. He had answered over 2,000 fire and emergency calls in his time with the department. Today, the department answers over six hundred calls a year. John remained a chapter member and was the only remaining one. One of the calls that John had to answer was one where his own home was engulfed in flames. John served as a captain for many years. He was essential in helping to raise funds for the department, volunteered at festivals and would go door to door to ask for donations.

John was employed in the space information systems division of the North American Aviation Co., the primary contractor for NASA for the Apollo Moon Project. He helped make the first flight to the moon a successful one.

He is survived by a sister, Rose Marie Zebreski.

He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Anthony, Stanley, Frank, Joseph, and Bruno Romanoski; and three sisters, Ann Zombeck, Mary Shingle, and Jennie Smith.

Friends may call on Friday from 4-7 pm at the Wilson Funeral Home, 920 National Rd., Brookside.

There will be a Vigil Service Friday at 4 pm and a Volunteer Fire Department Service at 6 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday at 10 am in St. Joseph Catholic Church, 68210 Neola Ave, Bridgeport, officiated by Father John Mucha. Burial will follow at Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove. Full Military Honors will be presented at the cemetery by the Belmont County Veterans Honor Guard.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Wolfhurst Volunteer Fire Department, 55485 Brand Ave, Bridgeport, OH 43912 or St. Joseph Catholic Church, 68210 Neola Ave, Bridgeport.

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