Karl E. Starko

Karl E. Starko obituary

Karl E. Starko

Karl Starko Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Steel & Wolfe Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Penco Road Location on Dec. 9, 2025.
KARL E. STARKO, 70, of Weirton, WV, passed Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Valley Hospice Care Center South. He was born August 18, 1955 in Steubenville, OH, son of the late Karl W. Starko and Ann Marie Kollic Starko. He is also preceded in death by his brother, Chester W. Starko.

Karl was a graduate of Madonna High School, Class of 1974. He was a member of Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church. He worked as a mechanic in the Tin Mill of Weirton Steel Corporation.

He is survived by his daughter, Courtney Starko; brother, Joseph Starko; and mother of his daughter, Jeanie Jo Wilfong.

Visitation will be Thursday, December 11, from 9:00am until the funeral service at 11:00am. at Steel & Wolfe Funeral Home, 380 Penco Road, Weirton. Interment will follow at St. Paul Cemetery.

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