Daniel Roy Tournay, Sr.

Daniel Roy Tournay, Sr. of Weirton, a selfless husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2021. He was 89. On June 7, 1932, Daniel was born in McDonald, PA, to Gustave and Nancy Poudervigne Tournay. Dan grew up in McDonald, PA, wherein the seventh grade met the love of his life, Nancy Veydt. In his high school years, Dan attended Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia, where he was an expert swimmer/diver and graduated with the honorable title of Swordsman. On December 7, 1951, he married Nancy Adeline Veydt. In their 70 years of marriage, they were blessed with a son, four daughters, seven grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren. Nancy worked outside their home as a teacher’s aide for Hancock County Schools. Daniel retired after 35 years from Weirton Steel, where he was the superintendent of the B.O.P. Dan was one of four men who traveled to Europe to research the basic oxygen plant and returned home to build the “Mill of the Future.” Sadly, with tears in his eyes, he was the only one of the original four living when they imploded the B.O.P. on March 9, 2019. Anyone who visited the Tournay home knew that Dan not only took pride in making steel, he took pride in his home. There was no blade of grass or a tool in his woodshop out of place. His flower gardens were magnificent. But, most of all, Dan was a hero to his family and many neighborhood children; his calming guidance and selfless, sacrificial, and sometimes ornery nature will be cherished for years to come. Even though Dan was generally a private person, he was a member of the Fork Union Military Academy Alumni, AARP, American Baptist Men, and the Weirton Heights Memorial Baptist Church. At the church, he served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a Member of the Board of Deacons. In addition to his parents, Dan was preceded in death by his son, Daniel Roy Tournay, Jr on October 24, 1990; His brother, Howard, who lost his life in the invasion of Normandy, his other four brothers, Norman, Charles, Gustave, and Wayne Tournay, and his sisters, Naomi Longstreth, and Wilma Carnahan. He will be remembered with love by his wife Nancy Adeline Tournay, his daughters Nancy C. Tournay, Donna M. (Dennis) Allen, Cheryl Lynn (Fred) Martin, and Susan Tournay Colpo; his daughter in law, Joan Strunak Tournay, his seven grandchildren, (Danielle Howland, Jennifer Marraccini, Dennis Allen, Andy Martin, Patricia Richards, Ronald Colpo, Jr., and Anthony L. Colpo) and fourteen great-grandchildren (Angelina Howland, Cecilia Howland, Daniel Howland, Zachary Howland, Isabella Veltri, Colin Veltri, Henry Allen, Lani Daughtery, Michael Daughtery, Luke Marraccini, Katrina Marraccini, Kate Martin, Zeke Martin, Evie Richards) Visitation will be Sunday 2 pm until 6 pm at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home 3219 Main Street Weirton, WV, where funeral services will be held Monday at 11 am. A live stream will begin at 11 am on Monday on the Greco-Hertnick Facebook page. Rev. Bill Stout will preside. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton. Due to Dan’s love of children, please consider sending memorial contributions to the Weirton Christian Center. Share tributes at www.grecohertnick.com