Dr. Agnes Martinko was born at New Bedford, Pa. on January 7, 1932 to John and Katherine (Dolak) Martinko and graduated from the nearby Villa Maria High School.

Following High School, she was employed by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company in the Cost Accounting Department and worked there for five years before leaving to attend Duquesne University.

Because of back surgery she transferred to Youngstown College and began teaching at St. Nickolas School in Struthers. She received her BA in 1958, returned to Duquesne to obtain her MA in counseling and taught at Roosevelt School in Hubbard for a year before accepting an assignment at the American Embassy School in Bonn, Germany.

After spending the decade of the sixties in Germany, Dr. Martinko returned to the States and accepted a position with Pennsylvania State Government Department of Education in the Policy Planning and Research Division. There, she worked on the expansion of Community Colleges in the State and researched alternate delivery systems.

When she received an assignment to research the work of the Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities she requested, and was granted, permission to take personal leave in order to complete her doctorate through the Union Institute and University.

When she met the astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Dr. Martinko became interested in the stress management training of the astronauts and the Holistic Health concepts that emerged during the 70' s. She used her vacation time to attend conferences in these field's and to study with E lizabeth Kubler Ross whose concepts on death and dying were spawning hospice programs across the country.

As a result she was often asked to give lectures and workshops on these topics and eventually took an early retirement from State Government to pursue these efforts.

In the fall of 1991 she returned to the Youngstown area and began teaching Psychological Aspects of Disease and Death and other Psychology classes at YSU. She also became a docent at the Butler Institute of American Art and volunteered at local theaters and directed several performances at the Trumbull New Theater.

Dr Martinko frequently contributed columns for the religion page of The Vindicator.

Dr. Martinko leaves one sister, Ann Pope of New Bedford and 17 nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death are two brothers, John and Martin Martinko and two sisters: Catherine Pavlov and Mary Kanetsky.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Saturday May 15, 2021 at 11: 00 a.m. at St. Edwards Church.

Due to our current health crisis COVID-19 we are asking everyone in attendance to please wear a face mask and to maintain all social distancing guidelines ( 6-foot apart and no tot linger ) thank you.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Edward J. Fox & Sons Funeral Home 4700 Market St. Boardman, Ohio.