PAULA KERNS FAZIO HEALTH UPDATE

 

Paula Kerns Fazio, Class of 1979, married to Joe Fazio, Class of 1974, and daughter of Dorothy Stevenski Kerns, Class of 1942, has good news about her surgery.

 

It’s a slow recovery but the news is hopeful.

 

Paula wrote:

"It's been 29 days since my surgery and I can now drive again. Physical therapy still is painful and not my favorite thing to do but it is making my knees strongers and my endurance is improving.

“I will be going back to work next week (at Trailer City in Fairmont) and glad to be getting back to a somewhat normal life. Thanks again everyone for all the cards and well wishes you've sent. ”

Joe works at Mylan Pharmaceuticals.

Son Sean is working part time at Anthony's Chevrolet.  Daughter Alex was a teacher in Baltimore County, Maryland, living in Bel Air, MD, but is moving back to West Virginia because husband James, a respiratory therapist, was hired at Ruby Memorial Hospital on the WVU campus. James is from St. Clairsville, Ohio.  

Paula’s brothers are Dave and Donnie Kerns and her sisters are Pam and Patti.

Joe Fazio’s brother is John Fazio, son of another John Fazio, who was the brother of Renzy Fazio, who was the husband of Frances Olesky Fazio, who was the sister of John W. Olesky, Sr., who was the father of John Olesky, Class of 1950. See, I’m connected to everyone in Monongah one way or another.

There were 13 children in the Fazio family:

John Fazio; Renzy Fazio; Jeanette Fazio DiBiase, who died in 2003; Albert Fazio of New York; Mary Virginia Fazio Pasquale and husband Joseph of Fairmont; the late Nick, James, Joseph and Michael; Edith Fazio DeCarlo, Elizabeth Fazio Domico, Angeline Fazio Prozzillo and Carmella Fazio DePond. 

Paula grew up living near Mary Turkovich, Monongah High’s superb math/algebra/geometry teacher.