Patrick and Traci Ice DeFazio of Monongah, brother of Joseph Michael DeFazio, who passed away in 2012, are the grandparents of Belle Juliana DeFazio, born Dec. 24. Patrick calls her “our Christmas present.”

Patrick and Joe’s sisters are Debra DeFazio Zickefoose, living with husband Larry Zickefoose in Covington, Kentucky, which is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, and Annette DeFazio, also of Kentucky.

Their parents were Jean Tomana DeFazio of Monongah and the late Eugene DeFazio. 

Joe had been a D.C. policeman and a Marine and worked the gaming industry out West for 28 years.

Joe’s widow, Charla Payne DeFazio, lives in Fairmont. His children are Jason and Micah DeFazio of Ozark, Missouri; Jennifer DeFazio Foy and Steve Foy of Fernley, Nevada; Danielle DeFazio of Stanton, California; and Haley DeFazio Farra of Kansas. Joe’s stepchildren are Jason and wife Melissa Johns, Janice and hus­band Jim Wrather and Lindsay Johns, all of Missouri.

Traci Ice DeFazio came from Reader, West Virginia to spend her life with husband Patrick.

Goldie DeFazio Lipinski, Class of 1937, is a sister of Loraine DeFazio Barth, Class of 1951.

Goldie’s daughters are Judy Lipinski Cook,  Class of 1958; Henrietta Lipinski Hawkins,  Class of 1959; Sandra Lipinski Hawkins, Class of 1962; and Joyce Lipinski Evans, Class of 1969.

Goldie’s grandchildren are Vicki Cook, Class of 1977, and David Cook, Class of 1979.

Another DeFazio, Johnnie (1924-1975) once owned and operated DeFazio Esso Station, at Bridge and Lyndon streets in Monongah.