Harry L. Ritchie
Sep 14, 2018
Harry L. Ritchie, 93, of Washington, passed away Friday, September 14, 2018, in the Donnell House, with family by his side. He was born October 15, 1924, in Washington, a son of Harry W. Ritchie and Thelma Miller Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie was a 1943 graduate of Washington High School. On August 25, 1943, he married his high school sweetheart, Louise...
John H. Holt
Sep 12, 2018
John H. Holt, 78 of Washington, died Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at Washington Hospital. He was born May 15, 1940 in Washington, the son of the late Herbert Holt and Matilda Clemm. John graduated from Trinity High School and Elmira College and received his master’s from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a veteran of U.S. Airforce and worked for...
Frances Marie Wood
Sep 11, 2018
Frances Marie Wood, 82, of Washington, died Tuesday, September 11, 2018, in Transitions Health Care. She was born May 16, 1936, in Washington, a daughter of the late Walter and Julia Radon Olbrish. She was raised by her sister, Josephine Hess, alongside of Josephine’s sons, Robert and Frank Hess, whom Frances regarded as her brothers. Mrs. Wood graduated from Chartiers-Houston...
Suzanne Marie Fisher
Sep 10, 2018
Suzanne Marie Fisher, 55, of Washington, died Monday, September 10, 2018, in her home. She was born January 2, 1963, in Eugene, Oregon, a daughter of the late Lou and Peg Henault. Mrs. Fisher was a graduate of Cottage Grove High School in Oregon and worked at the Meadow’s Casino. She loved knitting, her cats, and, especially, her grandchildren. Surviving...
Sara Yvonne "Bonnie" Harris
Sep 10, 2018
Sara Yvonne “Bonnie” Harris, 90 of Washington, died Monday, September 10, 2018 at home. She was born October 9, 1927 in Washington, the daughter of the late Harold and LaVina Bristor. Sara attended Trinity High School and left during WWII at age 16 to work in the Hazel Atlas #1 factory, while the men left to fight the war. She...
Barbara Lee Brenner
Sep 10, 2018
Barbara Lee Brenner, 81, of Washington, died on Monday, September 10, 2018, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on January 13, 1937, in Washington, a daughter of the late Robert and Ruth Mounts Hartzell. A 1954 graduate of Trinity High School, she was a member of North Buffalo United Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Brenner had worked as a medical assistant,...
Charles "Chuck" Irwin Morris
Sep 10, 2018
Charles “Chuck” Morris, 73, of Washington, died on Monday, September 10, 2018, in UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born on November 7, 1944, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Emmanuel and Naomi Apple Morris. Mr. Morris attended Valley Forge Military Academy and Youngstown University. He had worked as a sales manager for Dream Water Beds, and an EMT...
Ralph A. Nuzzaci
Sep 8, 2018
Ralph A. Nuzzaci., 72 of Washington, formerly of the Mon Valley died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Grove. He was born October 15, 1945 in Charleroi, the son of the late Phillip Carmen Nuzzaci and Elvera Elizabeth Ziner Nuzzaci. Ralph was a graduate of Monessen High School and attended Clemson University and graduated from California State University with a...
Sara M. Bell
Sep 5, 2018
Sara M. Bell, 87 of Hickory, died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at Washington Hospital. She was born January 4, 1931 in Washington, the daughter of the late Clarence Wells and Blanche Iams Wells. Sara graduated from Trinity High School and worked for Bell Telephone and later worked at Hickory United Presbyterian Church for 30 years as the custodian. She was...
Anthony "Tony" Goudy
Sep 4, 2018
Anthony R. “Tony” Goudy, 50, of Washington, died September 4, 2018. He was born September 14, 1967, in Washington, a son of Faith “Cookie” Goudy Girten of Washington and the late Benjamin Girten. A 1987 graduate of Washington High School, Mr. Goudy served in the Marine Corps from 1987 – 1991, and participated in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He...
William Glen Dinsmore
Sep 3, 2018
Dairy Farmer Loved music and telling jokes William G. Dinsmore, 90, of Hickory, died Monday, September 3, 2018, peacefully, in Strabane Woods, Washington. He was born December 9, 1927, a son of the late John C. and Ethel L. Dinsmore. He was preceded in death by his wife, whom he married on May 20, 1952. Norma passed away twenty-one years...
David A. Grayson
Sep 3, 2018
David A. Grayson, 54 of Washington, died Monday, September 3, 2018 at Washington Hospital. He was born December 26, 1963 in Washington, the son of the late Raymond H. Grayson Sr. and Geneva Patterson Grayson. David attended Washington High School and was a member of Bethlehem Temple. He enjoyed fishing, the casino and track. He loved his grandchildren and spending...
Joseph B. Koval
Sep 2, 2018
Joseph B. Koval, 76 of Washington, died Sunday, September 2, 2018 at home. He was born September 28, 1941 in North Charleroi, the son of the late Joseph Koval and Dorothy Acton Sheehan Koval. Joseph was a 1959 graduate of Monessen High School and graduated from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He was U.S. military veteran...
Charles Thomas Crouch
Sep 2, 2018
Charles Thomas Crouch, 72, of Pittsburgh, died Sunday, September 2, 2018, in John Kane Regional Center, Glen Hazel. He was born April 21, 1946, in Canonsburg, a son of the late James Ralph Crouch and Frances M. Devenney Crouch. Charles was a 1963 graduate of Trinity High School and attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He was a veteran of...
David Allen Dayton
Sep 1, 2018
David Allen Dayton, 62, of Wellsburg, WV, died on Saturday, September 1, 2018, in Valley Hospice Liza’s Place Care Center South, in Wheeling, WV. He was born on November 6, 1955, in Wheeling, WV. David graduated from John Marshall High School, and received a Master of Education degree from West Virginia University. Mr. Dayton was an educator for thirty-six years,...
William Charles Knox
Sep 1, 2018
William C. Knox, 89, of Washington passed away on September 1st, 2018 at Washington Hospital.Born on August 17, 1929 in West Orange, NJ, he was the son of William and Kathryn (McCauley) Knox. On August 20, 1955, he married the late Zoe Lorraine Kern. He was a 1954 graduate of Washington & Jefferson College. During his time at W&J, he...
Mary Jane Hayes-Bellino
Aug 30, 2018
Mary Jane Hayes-Bellino, 75, of Washington, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, died August 30, 2018. She was born December 1, 1942, in Washington, a daughter of the late Howard T. and Freda Pettit Harvey. Mrs. Hayes-Bellino was a 1961 graduate of Trinity High School. She worked at Strabane Wood for 10 years, the George Washington Hotel, and Maids with a Mission...
John D. "J.D." Whipkey
Aug 28, 2018
John D. “J.D.” Whipkey Jr., 70 of Washington, went home to be with his Lord, Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at home. He was born October 8, 1947 in Wheeling, WV, the son of the late John D, Whipkey Sr. and Glenna I. Neely Minor. John was a 1967 graduate of McGuffey High School. He was a member of John Corbly...
James Richard Gray Jr.
Aug 27, 2018
James Richard "Pappy" Gray Jr., 63 of Canonsburg, died Monday, August 27, 2018. He was born August 31, 1954 in Washington, the son of Dolores “Dolly” Maria Aquilino Mayberry of Washington. James was a 1972 Trinity High School graduate and worked as maintenance supervisor for IPS Industries for 10 years. He enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting and Harley Davidsons. He was...
Margaret E. Bedillion
Aug 27, 2018
Margaret E. Bedillion, 95, of Washington, died on Monday, August 27, 2018, in her home. She was born on January 19, 1923, in Canonsburg, a daughter of the late William and Margaret Ritter Shores. In 1994, she retired from Bedillion’s Used Furniture Store, where she was co-owner. She adored her granddaughter and great grandson, they were her life. An active...
