Jan 28, 2021
John Anthony DeStefano, Jr., 64 of Follansbee, WV died peacefully on Monday, January 25, 2021 at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA after a long and courageous battle with COVID-19 with his loving family by his side.
Born on March 28, 1956 in Steubenville, OH, a son of the late John A. DeStefano, Sr. and Lucille “Lucy” Mary (Marino) Takach.
John graduated from Brooke High School in 1974 and graduated from West Liberty University with a degree in Business Administration and Political Science.
John was currently the City Manager of Follansbee from Feb 2004 to present and past City Councilman from July 1998-Feb 2004 and Banner Fibreboard in Wellsburg, WV in Sales from 1996 to 2004 and worked for Prudential Insurance as an agent from Sept 1981-March 1996.
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FOLLANSBEE Colleagues, friends and family are mourning the loss of a long-time city leader following the death of John DeStefano.
DeStefano, who was in his 16th year as Follansbee’s city manager, died Monday after battling COVID-19 for several weeks.
A graduate of Brooke High School and West Liberty University, where he earned a degree in business administration and political science, DeStefano had worked as a Prudential insurance agent for 15 years and as a salesman for Banner Fibreboard in Wellsburg for eight years.
He had been the city’s 5th Ward councilman for 16 years when he resigned to take the city manager position.