Background
Turk, Francis Jerome was born on May 20, 1923 in Cleveland. Son of Frank J. and Louise Marie (Epaves) Turk.
Turk, Francis Jerome was born on May 20, 1923 in Cleveland. Son of Frank J. and Louise Marie (Epaves) Turk.
Bachelor, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1963.
Sports reporter, Cleveland News, 1940-1943; combat correspondent, Press Section 103 Infantry Division, 1945; copywriter, Beaumont & Hohman, Inc., Chicago, 1946-1957; broadcast director, McCann-Erickson Inc., Cleveland, 1957-1959; president, Editorial Features, Inc., Cleveland, 1959-1979; public affairs director, editor, American Automobile Association-Ohio Motorist, Cleveland, 1979-1994; president, Jerome Turk Comm., Inc., Cleveland, since 1995.
Private 1st class Infantry, 1943-1945. Member Association of Ohio Commodores (board of trustees 1984-1992, past grand commodore).
Married Patricia Dorothea Fashinger, May 5, 1951 (deceased July 1992). Children: Patricia Ann Horvath, Francis J., Joel Brian, James Gerard.