Agnes Krut 1925-2026

She was born Aug. 18, 1925, at home in Campbell, a daughter of Stephen and Mary Kacir Uhrin, and was a very proud, lifelong resident of Campbell.

She was a 1943 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society; a 1949 graduate of Youngstown College with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education; and a 1971 graduate of Youngstown State University with her master’s degree in education.

Agnes began working her way through college at Petrakos Restaurant. She also began her teaching career in 1944 at Garrettsville Elementary School. In 1945, she began her teaching career with the Campbell City School District, where she taught until her retirement in 1993. During her career teaching in Campbell, she taught at St. John the Baptist School, Reed School and Penhale School.

Following her retirement, she volunteered as a teacher at Leonard Kurtz School and was a tutor for Campbell City Schools. She participated in the Ohio Reads Volunteer program under Gov. Bob Taft from 2001 to 2004. Her memberships also included the International Readers Association, a life member of the Mahoning Retired Teachers Association and a life member of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association.

Aside from teaching, Agnes was devoted to her church, the former St. John the Baptist Slovak Catholic Church, where she was a member of the ladies auxiliary, the Altar and Rosary Society, the Married Peoples Club and the Slovak Cultural Society of St. John the Baptist Church. She also served as a greeter and enjoyed helping at many church functions, such as the stuffed cabbage and vilija dinners. She was also a charter member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. She touched many lives over her decades of volunteering.

In October 1971, she was appointed to the Youngstown Diocesan Pastoral Council by the Most Rev. James W. Malone, Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, where she served for three years. Following her retirement from teaching, she and her husband volunteered for 20 years at the surgical family waiting room at the former Forum Health North Side Medical Center. While volunteering at the hospital, Agnes and her husband were featured in a TV ad for the hospital in 2006. They also were awarded the Valley Legacy Award in 2016 for their outstanding volunteer service to the community.

Agnes loved to travel. She and her husband had traveled extensively throughout Slovakia, where she met with some of her ancestral relatives. She traveled to Rome, Italy, during the Christmas season, celebrated Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and was even afforded the honor and privilege of meeting His Eminence Pope John Paul II.

Agnes enjoyed traveling to spend time with her grandchildren throughout the USA and enjoyed an Alaskan cruise with her husband. She enjoyed reading and playing cards and many trips over the years to Mountaineer Casino and locally to the Hollywood Casino in nearby Austintown.

Her husband, Nicholas “Nick” Krut, whom she met in the early 1940s and married Aug. 20, 1946, passed away May 9, 2017.

Agnes is survived by her sons, Nicholas P. (Patricia) Krut of Denver, Colorado, and Alan M. (Lynn) Krut of Winchester, California; and her daughter, Mary Agnes (Lane) Galey of South Euclid. She also leaves six grandchildren, Amanda and Nicholas J. Krut, Kevin and Luke Krut and David and Michael Galey; her six great-grandchildren, Emily, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Matthew, Ezri Krut and Charlotte Agnes Dube’; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Agnes was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her son, David Krut; her granddaughter, Ashley Lynn Krut; her three brothers, Joseph, Steve and John; and her sisters, Margaret, Mary and Joanne.

The Krut family has entrusted Agnes’ care to the Wasko Funeral Home in Campbell, where they will receive family and friends 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.

Prayers will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at the Wasko Funeral Home in Campbell, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish in Campbell, with the Rev. Tom Kraszewski officiating.

Agnes will be laid to rest next to her husband in St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cemetery in Lowellville.

Agnes’s family would like to extend a special, heartfelt thank you to Bob and Marie Dulovich, Chris and Ray Lilak, the nurses at the Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center and Anthony Vargo from Wasko Funeral Home for all their help over the years.

Visit www.waskofamily.com to view this obituary and to leave condolences with the Krut family.

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