George Koski, Class of 1962, passed away Saturday, October 12. His widow is Penny Kay Koski. Both retired as long-time schoolteachers.

His sisters, Loretta Jane Koski, Class of 1962, and Ramona Jean Koski, Class of 1963, live in Fairmont.

George was a retired industrial arts teacher in Marion, Harrison and Brooke counties. Penny is a Shinnston High and Fairmont State graduate and a retired teacher.  

Homer “Sonny” Tichenor, Class of 1960, who passed away in 2015, was Penny’s brother-in-law. His father was among 78 Farmington Number 9 miners killed in an explosion in the 1960s.

Ramona Koski and Ervin Hardway represented Monongah High’s junior class at the 1962 Know Your Government Day in Charleston.

Jane Koski was one of the primary organizers of a reunion in Worthington by former Hutchinson Grade School students in 2015, 48 years after the eight-room school, built in 1918, closed in 1967.

There’s a Mark Koski, Class of 1978.

George’s obituary:

George “Sonny” R. Koski, 75, of Fairmont, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2019.  He was born May 02, 1944 in Hutchinson, WV, son of the late Steve and Julia Koski.

Sonny was a retired industrial arts teacher, teaching in Brooke, Harrison and Marion county schools for 48 years.  He was member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fairmont and the Knights of Columbus.  Sonny was an avid hunter and fisherman. 

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Penny Koski; three sons, Stephen Koski and wife Renee of Atlanta, GA, Eddie Koski and wife Gina of Fairmont, and Jeff Koski and companion Carolina Llano of Scottsdale, AZ; two sisters, Ramona Jean Koski and Loretta Jane Koski of Fairmont; and four grandchildren, Hayley, Gabriella, Thomas, and Gianna Koski.

The family will receive friends at Domico Funeral Home, 414 Gaston Ave. in Fairmont on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.  A Vigil Rite will be held on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the funeral home.  The Catholic Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father Jojan Joseph as celebrant.  Interment will follow at the Shinnston Memorial Cemetery in Shinnston.  Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.domicofh.com