John Kuprowicz, age 81, of St. Clairsville died Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at his home. He was born in Tiltonsville, Ohio on June 30, 1922 son of the late Joseph and Frances Javorski Kuprowicz.

John was a retired employee of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Yorkville Plant; a member of St. Mary?s Catholic Church in St. Clairsville; a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he participated in the Normandy Invasion and was awarded the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart; and he was a member of the Polish National Alliance.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline Bartsch.

Surviving are his wife, Jean Pazzoni Kuprowicz; a daughter; Rebecca J. Kuprowicz and her husband Mark G. Bloom of Cleveland Heights, OH; a son, John Allen Kuprowicz and his wife Janet of Dillonvale, OH; a granddaughter, Kristi J. Kuprowicz of Massillon, OH; four brothers, Joseph Kuprowicz and Stanley Cooper both of Martins Ferry, OH, William Kuprowicz of St. Clairsville and James Cooper of Idaho.

Family and Friends will be received on Thursday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville where Vigil services will be held at 3 p.m. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated on Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary?s Catholic Church, St. Clairsville with Father Thomas Graven as celebrant. Following the Mass, Full Military Honors will be conducted by the Belmont County Council of VFW?s at St. Mary?s Catholic Church. Entombment will follow at Holly Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Pleasant Grove, Ohio.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary?s Catholic Church Memorial Fund, 212 West Main St., St. Clairsville, OH 43950.