Steven G. Frew, 74, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a former resident of Lisbon, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, October 28, 2017 at Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg.
Born in Salem, Ohio on March 22, 1943, Steve was the son of the late William S. and Mary Irene (George) Frew.
Steve graduated from Lisbon David Anderson High School in 1961, where he played football, basketball and baseball all four years. He went on to play baseball and football at Muskingum College, graduating with his bachelor’s degree in 1965.
Following graduation, Steve went on to teach and coach in Lisbon. He coached football under Bud Bucher and basketball under Gary Pike. He also taught school and coached in Cambridge, Ohio and St. Clairsville, Ohio. In 1970, Steve joined the family business, Buckeye Publishing Co. and became the fifth generation publisher of the Evening Journal, later becoming the Morning Journal while he was in charge, making it the most circulated paper in Columbiana County.
Steve sold the Buckeye Publishing Co. in 1987 to pursue the family’s love for Arabian horses, travelling and showing Arabian, Half-Arabian and Saddlebred horses across the United States and Canada, until moving to Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1995.