Donna Howard Barone, who was BJ Production secretary under Tony Agnello and Don Baker at the BJ, passed away.

Donna’s husband is Tony Barone, who managed the BJ paperhandlers.  He had an office in the old Erie Depot building across the street from the BJ 44 E. Exchange Street building for a time, where shipments of newsprint came in by rail.  He also had an office at the south end of the pressroom, shared with the pressroom foremen during the time the north end was being redone with the new presses when Mike Mayo was production manager.

 

BJ Circulation Department retiree Janet Hall posted:

“Rest in peace Donna Barone. You had a hard fight with Alzheimers. Now rest in peace.”

BJ Advertising Makeup retiree Mike Williams tells me that Donna was at the BJ from 1978-1985. And that Donna was on the Tower Topics and Sidebar boards and the Explorer Post committee and that she wrote several articles for Tower Topics.

Bill Heinbuch worked in paperhandlers with Tony Barone. Bill and Shirley Fertick Heinbuch and Donna and Tony Barone stayed close after retirement.   Although Bill and Shirley live in Mogadore, Shirley attends Unity Church of Light on North Thomas Road only a few blocks from my Tallmadge condo.