Feb 17, 2021
NORTH JACKSON Gene A. Potter Sr. 88, passed away Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
Gene was born Aug. 18, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Claude J. and Anna Frances Davis Potter. He was a graduate of Struthers High School, Class of 1950.
After high school, Gene served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. After the war, Gene returned home and worked for Ohio Edison for 17 years. Gene left Ohio Edison and became a senior national representative for the Utility Workers of America, retiring in 1995.
Gene loved horses, music, singing, reading, and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, never missing a sporting event. He also enjoyed taking trips to Beaver Creek to ride horses. His wife, the former Donna Finley, whom he married May 20, 1978, passed away July 25, 2015.