Anthony R. Maholic, Iii

Anthony Robert Maholic III unfortunately left us too soon, passing away on Friday, March 8, 2024. Anthony was born on January 5, 1971, in New Kensington, PA. He is the son of Anthony and Candace (Freeman) Maholic of Bridgeport, WV.

Anthony is a 1989 graduate of Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, WV, where he lettered in both football and baseball. Their football team earned two state championships in 1986 and 1988. Anthony graduated from West Virgina University in 1993, with a bachelor’s degree in political science and criminology. He was a resident of Morgantown, West Virginia.

Anthony worked in the Insurance Industry for 16 years and also the Oil and Gas Industry. Most recently, Anthony worked for West Side Telecommunications as a Communications Specialist for the last seven and a half years.

Anthony was a loving son, husband, father, and so much more. Before anything, he was a loving husband to his wife of 24 great years. With his wife, he brought two great children into this world, which was his greatest accomplishment. He was a loving father to them, whom he talked about and admired greatly. He was an avid sports fan loving his Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates. Anthony would watch every Steeler game he could and root for the old black and yellow. Fortunately, he had been able to witness all six of the Steelers Super Bowl wins. Along with his sports, he coached baseball in the local little leagues, for his son and the community. He loved coaching and teaching his players everything he knew about baseball.

Anthony was also an avid outdoorsman who loved both fishing and hunting, though if he had to pick between the two it would be fishing, specifically Fly Fishing. Fly fishing was one of his greatest joys, and he loved it the most. He would take trips to his beloved Tucker County, West Virginia, where he spent the most time fishing. West Virginia, to him, was the greatest place in the world. With its natural beauty of mountains and rivers it was all he ever needed. Anthony would always say, “When I retire, I am buying land and building a cabin somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia.” He was so keen on what he wanted to do and of course, it involved being in the wilderness.

Anthony  enjoyed vacationing in the south with his family each summer. Many memories were made floating the Cheat and the Youghiogheny Rivers.

Anthony is survived by the love of his life, teammate and best friend, Amy (Weiss) Maholic. His pride and joy were his two children, Clay Anthony (22) and Gillian Marie (17). He is also survived by his parents, Anthony and Candace Maholic, a sister Jaime Lee (Ryan) Chandler, nieces, Kaylee Marie Maholic-Smith and Elliana Therese Koulouris and nephews, Grayson Ryan Chandler and Spiro Brisbin Koulouris.

Aunts- Penny (Jim) Regent, Jackie (Jim) Russ, Julie (Mike) Perry

Uncles- Les (Joyce) Maholic, Robert (Mary Ann) Maholic, John E (Debi) Freeman

And many cousins.

Anthony is also survived by his mother in-law and father in-law, Richard and Carol Weiss and his sister in-law and brother in-law Harry and Wendy (Weiss) Koulouris and numerous other family, friends and neighbors.

Preceding Anthony in death are Grandfather’s John E Freeman and Anthony Maholic, Grandmother’s Mary E Maholic Barkovich and Marian L (Bakewell) Freeman and several Aunts and Uncles.

Honoring Anthony’s generous wish, the gift of life was shared with many people through organ, tissue, and cornea donation. Through the organization CORE.org, his donations were carried out successfully.

Friends and family will gather at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, Cheat Lake, on Monday, March 11, 2024, from 4 PM until 8 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday with Rev. Fr. Biju Devassy as celebrant. Anthony’s family will honor his wish of cremation following the Mass. A private inurnment will be held at a later date.

The family would like to thank WVU Medicine, ER, CVICU, and Heart and Vascular for the care they have provided to Anthony. Your caring and compassion meant the world to us. Also, thanks to CORE for their compassion in walking us through the Organ Donor process.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Anthony’s name to CORE, 204 Sigma Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; WV Division of Natural Resources Headquarters 324, 4th Avenue South Charleston, WV 25303 , or to a fund that will be established to help the Anthony’s children, Clay and Gillian with their pursuit of higher education. This fund will be announced on Anthony’s memorial page in the future.