Julian "Do" Curtis Hively

Julian “Do” Curtis Hively, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and ornery social butterfly passed away in his sleep at the Weirton Medical Center on December 27, 2021. He was 86. Julian was born on January 31, 1935 in Dunmore, WV, the youngest of twelve children born to Walter A. and Sarah Margaret Simmons Hively. He graduated from Marlinton High School and joined the United States Coast Guard. After serving in the Coast Guard he worked as a Forest Ranger in the Seneca State Forest. On April 1, 1961, Do married Sharon Sue Workman. In 1964, Do and Sharon moved to Weirton and Do began his career at Weirton Steel. In their sixty years of marriage they were blessed with four children and a granddaughter. For 33 years, Do worked as a laborer and a pipefitter in the Blast Furnace of Weirton Steel while traveling back and forth to Pocahontas County to take care of the family farm. He was very active in the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, where he served as an Elder, was on the Board of Trustees, a deacon and taught Sunday School. As a youth leader in the church, all the kids loved him. A skilled carpenter, Do In his free time loved to garden, hunt, fish and tell stories around the campfire. In addition to his parents, Do was preceded in death by his son, Curtis Gene Hively on October 25, 1996; his brothers, Clyde, Keith, Glenn, Floyd, Carl, Styrl, and Lysle Hively and his sisters, Mary Adams and Uldean Matthews. He will be remembered with love by his wife, Sharon, his son, Wendell Alan Hively; his daughters, Charlotte Ann (Thomas) Faulkner, and Darlene Sue (Charles) Ellis; his granddaughter, Ashley Randolph (Forrest Porter); his brother, Lee T. Hively; and his sister, Margaret Sedgwick. Visitation will be 4-8 PM on Wednesday at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home 3219 Main Street Weirton, WV. Additional visitation will be held 10 AM until time of services at 11 AM on Thursday at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church. Julian will be laid to rest in his family cemetery in Pocahontas County, WV Memorial contributions may be made to the Weirton Christian & Missionary Alliance Church 119 North 13th Street, Weirton, WV 26062. Share tributes at www.grecohertnick.com