Joseph S. Danko Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Joseph S. Danko, Jr., 68, a life-long resident of Bobtown, Pa., passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021 in the Washington Hospital. Born in Waynesburg on Dec. 1, 1952, he was a son of the late Catherine G. (Orban) and Joseph Danko, Sr. A 1972 graduate of Mapletown High School, he was a coal miner, having worked at the Shannopin Mine in Bobtown. Joe was a member of the St. Ignatius R.C. Church and the U.M.W.A. In his spare time, he loved spending time outside hunting and fishing. Surviving is his wife of 44 years, Ruth (Hopwood) Danko; two sons and their wives, Joseph, III and Mary Danko, and Christopher and Sheanna Danko, all of Bobtown; four grandchildren, Hayley Lynn, Anna Rose, Joseph, IV, and Kenzi Eileen; a brother, Bernie Danko, and two sisters, Susan Radcliff and Denise Desmet , all of Bobtown. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Patty Danko Lawhorne. Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, on Friday 2 – 4 and 7 – 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Ignatius Worship Site of St. Matthias Parish, Bobtown, with Rev. Fr. Al McGinnis as celebrant. Interment follows in Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Greensboro.

Joseph S. Danko Jr.

December 1, 1952 - August 11, 2021