Kenneth "Tom" W. Mcconnell
Dec 24, 2018
Kenneth W. “Tom” McConnell, 83, of Washington, passed away peacefully at home, on Monday, December 24, 2018, with his family by his side. He was born on December 15, 1935, in Claysville, a son of the late Leslie McConnell and Iva Morrison McConnell. Mr. McConnell attended Trinity High School, and served in the National Guard for nine years. He worked...
Mary Elizabeth Aloia
Dec 22, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Aloia, 98, of Washington, died Saturday, December 22, 2018, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born July 14, 1920 in Washington, a daughter of the late Joseph and Letizia Martino Aloia. She was employed at the Hillsview Sanitarium (now Presbyterian Senior Care), Taylor’s Pharmacy and Beau Mart in East Washington. Mary loved her family, especially her...
Samuel Oliverio
Dec 22, 2018
Samuel Oliverio, 81, of Washington, died Saturday, December 22, 2018. He was born March 23, 1937, in Washington, a son of the late Pietro and Saletto Gallo Oliverio. Mr. Oliverio graduated from Trinity High School in 1954. An insurance salesman and certified life underwriter, he owned Oliverio Insurance Agency for over 20 years. Mr. Oliverio was an active member of...
Donald Ralph Swaggard
Dec 21, 2018
Donald Ralph Swaggard, 80, of Washington, died Friday, December 21, 2018 at Transitions Health Care. He was born July 25, 1938, in Washington, the son of the late Frank and Helen Grosich Swaggard. Donald was a graduate of Washington High School and attended Washington Institute of Technology, where he received his certification in drafting. He was a member of the...
Darlene Ruth Ansell
Dec 21, 2018
Darlene Ruth Ansell, 71, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, died Friday, December 21, 2018. She was born July 26, 1947, in Washington, a daughter of the late Ruth Cutlip. Mrs. Ansell graduated from Avella High School and went on to work in the cafeteria at the school. An avid Steelers fan, she enjoyed shopping, watching her favorite television shows, her annual...
Joseph Desmond
Dec 20, 2018
Joseph Desmond, 83, of Washington, died December 20, 2018, in Donnell House. He was born September 16, 1935, in Washington, a son of the late Joseph and Mary Ellen Gallo Desmond. Mr. Desmond graduated from Trinity High School and worked as an electrical finisher at Cooper Power Systems in Canonsburg. On June 30, 1962, he married Patricia “Pat” Graytock, who...
Betty Jean Grim
Dec 19, 2018
Betty Jean Grim 92, of Washington, PA passed away at her home December 19, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Margaret Schriver Haney. She was married 59 years to the late Raymond E Grim, whom she married on December 21, 1945. She is survived by daughter Sandy Hallam, son Denny Grim, brother Gilbert (Paula) Haney of...
Gerald "Jerry" C. Munnell
Dec 18, 2018
Gerald C. “Jerry” Munnell, 73 of Washington, died Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at the Washington Hospital. He was born December 7, 1945 in Florence, South Carolina, the son of the late Wilbur and Virginia Craig Munnell. Jerry was a 1963 graduate of Washington High School and attended California State Teachers College. He was the owner of Jerry’s Shoe Repair in...
Lena Blanche Hughes
Dec 15, 2018
Lena Blanche Hughes, 83, of Meadowlands, died on Friday, December 15, 2018, in her home. She was born on March 10, 1935, in Wheeling, WV., a daughter of the late John and Blanche Mills Luckett. Mrs. Hughes retired from Washington and Jefferson College, following 33 years working as a custodian. Surviving are six children, Linda J. Burns, Michael (Judy) Luckett,...
Robert E. Holmes, Jr.
Dec 15, 2018
Robert E. Holmes, Jr., 73, of Washington, died on December 15, 2018, in Shadyside Hospital. He was born on December 27, 1944, in McMurray, a son of the late Robert E. Holmes, Sr., and Martha May Simpson Holmes. A graduate of Canon McMillan High School, he was a former member of Allison Avenue Baptist Church. Mr. Holmes retired five years...
Gerald Thomas Barrow, Jr.
Dec 15, 2018
Gerald Thomas Barrow, Jr., 75, of Washington, died Saturday, December 15, 2018, in his home. He was born July 22, 1943, in Houston, Texas, a son of the late Gerald and Loyce Palomares Barrow. Mr. Barrow graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1961 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Houston in 1973. ...
Addieva G. Johnson
Dec 14, 2018
Addieva Griffin Johnson 1927 – 2018 Addieva Griffin Johnson passed away peacefully on December 14, 2018. She is reunited in Heaven with her late husband, Edgar Howard Johnson, Sr., to whom she was married for 64 years. Mrs. Johnson was born in Washington, on June 7, 1927, to the late Lulu Cole Griffin and Bernard Chambers Griffin. Her unique name...
Paul F. Stark
Dec 13, 2018
Paul F. Stark, 74 of Washington, died Thursday, December 13, 2018, peacefully in his home with his wife of 53 years, who was also his caregiver during his lengthy illness, by his side. He was born September 5, 1944 in Pittsburgh, the oldest son of the late Adolf and Catherine Yochum Stark. On October 30, 1965, he married Sandra Dann,...
Mildred Eleanor Dye
Dec 12, 2018
Mildred Eleanor Dye, 84 of Glenville, WV, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Mildred was born February 18, 1934 in Greene County, the son of Elmer Edens and Helen Ice Edens. She was a homemaker. On December 29, 1951, she married Glen Dye, who died September 29, 2016. Surviving are two sons, Michael Dye of Washington and Scott Dye of Virginia....
J. "Jean" Elgaline Sprowls
Dec 12, 2018
J. “Jean” Elgaline Sprowls, of Washington, formerly of Hickory, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018, in her home. She was born on August 20, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of the late Elgie “Jack” Plants, and Mary Seaman Plants. She was one of two children. Mrs. Sprowls worked at the former K-Mart in Washington, and at Grosses Market in Hickory. ...
Mark Donald Ward, Iii
Dec 10, 2018
Mark Donald Ward, III, 64, of Canonsburg, died on Monday, December 10, 2018, in his home. He was born on January 29, 1954, in Canonsburg, a son of the late Geraldine Skowirski Ward-Statler. Mr. Ward was a graduate of Canon-McMillan High School. An iron worker, Mark was a member of Iron Worker’s Union Local #3. He loved anything baseball, including...
Shane L. Alton
Dec 10, 2018
Shane L. Alton, 44, of Charleroi, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 10, 2018, in the Washington Hospital Emergency Department. He was born August 1, 1974, in Charleroi, a son of Roy D. Alton of Coal Center and Vanessa Brown Mirtich of Weedville. Mr. Alton graduated from Bentworth High School, Washington and Jefferson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology,...
Kenneth Albert Graham
Dec 9, 2018
Kenneth Albert Graham, 85 of Cananadaigua, NY, formerly of Long Island, NY, died Sunday, December 8, 2018. He was born May 2, 1933, in Washington, the son of the late Earl Graham and Della Holmes Graham. Kenneth attended Trinity High School and a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a self-employed printer and...
Robert "Bob" Hammett
Dec 8, 2018
Robert E. “Bob” Hammett, 90, of Washington, passed away peacefully, Saturday, December 8, 2018, in Donnell House, with his wife of 63 years, who was also his caregiver during his lengthy illness, by his side. He was born August 19, 1928, in Freeport, Illinois, a son of John A. and Icia R. Hillberry Hammett. An auto mechanic most of his...
John H. Horne
Dec 7, 2018
John H. Horne, 88, of Washington, died on Friday, December 7, 2018, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. He was born on February 12, 1930, in Washington, a son of the late George Earl and Madge Bedillion Horne. Mr. Horne attended Chartiers High School, and was a member of Faith United Presbyterian Church. John worked as an operator and mechanic...
