Edward Harold Guidos, 81

CAMPBELL – Edward Harold Guidos, 81, died Saturday afternoon at The Hospice of the Valley House.
Mr. Guidos was born June 30, 1925 in Campbell, a son of John and Anna Jaros Guidos. He was a lifelong resident of Campbell.
He was a 1944 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School and attended Wayne College in Michigan for three years.
He was a barber and owned and operated Guidos Barber Shop on Robinson Road for 55 years. He also worked at the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Corporation retiring as head supervisor in January of 1993. After retirement he worked at Dom’s Barber Shop in Boardman for five years. Throughout his career he had a business of wall washing and wall papering.
He was a member of Faith Fellowship Church of God in Struthers, where he served as head usher. He was a former member of Victory Assembly of God and St. Johns Catholic Church, both in Campbell. At St. Johns, he was an active member serving as usher and St. John’s School Council.
Mr. Guidos was a veteran of WWar II serving as Petty Officer with the U. S. Coast Guard.
In 1963, he was elected member of Council, 2nd Ward, of the City of Campbell and served for two years. He was president of the Jednota Lodge, where he had to speak Slovak to the members. He was elected to be the 8th player of the Ladies 500 Club.
He was an avid fisherman and actually caught a bird in mid-flight while casting. He was a bowler and golfer and achieved a hole-in-one at the Countryside Golf Course. His claim to fame was continuously being mistaken for Jack Lemon.
He leaves his wife, the former Anna Marie Camacci, whom he married Aug. 4, 1951; two daughters, Pamela (John) Guidos-Melnik of Sugarland, Texas and Therese (Daryl) Betras of Girard; two sons, Ronald (Lorraine) Guidos of Campbell and Pastor Edward (Jaime) Guidos of Brownlee Woods; two sisters, Margaret Guidos of Parma and Rose Flowers of Birmingham, Mich.; a brother, Jim Guidos of Campbell; and three grandchildren.
Besides his parents, Mr. Guidos was preceded in death by three brothers, Michael, John and George Guidos; and five sisters, Mary Schuler, Betty Smith, Pauline Kane, Frances Fabian, and Ann Guidos-Greene.
There will be funeral services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland.
Friends may call Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Guidos’s family would like to thank the nurses and doctors of the Preintermediate Care and the Fourth Floor of St. Elizabeth Health Care Center and to the staff at all the nursing homes for the care and dedication to Mr. Guidos.
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