Kristen Leigh Earnest-Deems
Jul 10, 2024
Kristen Leigh Earnest-Deems, 55, of Marianna, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024. She was born December 21, 1968, in Washington, a daughter of Richard Earnest and the late Patricia Sowers Earnest. Kristen was a graduate of Bethlehem Center High School, Waynesburg College and West Virginia University, receiving both a bachelor's degree and master’s degree. She was employed in the behavioral...
Wayne A. Cekola
Jul 9, 2024
Wayne A. Cekola, 80, of Washington, died Tuesday, July 9, 2024. He was born August 10, 1943, in Monessen, a son of the late John J. Cekola and Elma Pinasko Cekola. Wayne graduated from Monessen High School, Class of 1961, and was a graduate of Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics in Pittsburgh. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served...
Ralph W. "Bill" Keister Jr.
Jul 8, 2024
Ralph “Bill” William Keister Jr., 76, of Canonsburg, formerly of Bentleyville and Washington, passed away Monday, July 8, 2024, in Washington Hospital. He was born January 7, 1948, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Ralph W. Keister Sr. and Cora Crum Keister. Ralph was a 1967 graduate of Jeannette High School and a graduate of Art Institute of Pittsburgh...
Raymond R. Racunas
Jul 7, 2024
Raymond R. Racunas, 83, of Washington, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Washington Hospital. He was born on January 19, 1941, in Monongahela, PA, to William and Mary Jurgaitis Racunas. He was a graduate of Monongahela High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from California University of Pennsylvania, and received his Master of Education degree from the University...
Parilee G. Edwards
Jul 7, 2024
Parilee G. Edwards, 96, of Ladson, South Carolina, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024, in her home. She was born June 28, 1928, in Avella, a daughter of the late Thomas Glenn and Catherine Harmon Glenn. Parilee had worked as an inspector at Brockway Glass for 20 years. She had also been employed by Federal Paper and RCA. She was...
Keith E. Napolitan
Jul 6, 2024
Keith Eugene “Beef” Napolitan, 64, of Washington, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness in Beaver County. He was born December 3,1959, in Washington, a son of the late Nancy Jackson Napolitan and Frank J. Buchek. Keith was a graduate of McGuffey High School. He worked in carpentry and construction with Zilch Construction in Pittsburgh, and...
Joan E. Steede
Jul 5, 2024
Joan E. Miller Steede, 92, passed away Friday, July 5, 2024, to go home with her late husband, Robert C. Steede. She was born August 22, 1931, in Washington, a daughter of the late John A. and Florence Miller. Joan was a 1949 graduate of Trinity High School and received a bachelor’s degree from Canonsburg School of Nursing in 1952....
William Raymond Donahue
Jul 5, 2024
William Raymond Donahue, 90, passed away Friday, July 5, 2024, in Washington Hospital. He was born January 22, 1934, in Washington, a son of the late Raymond William and Viola McCartney Donahue. On December 17, 1959, he married Naomi Ruth Johnson Donahue, who passed away October 14, 2008. Mr. Donahue was a graduate of Washington High School. He served in...
Roger "Butch" Anderson
Jul 5, 2024
Roger D. “Butch” Anderson, 81, of Claysville, died Friday, July 5, 2024, in his home surrounded by family. He was born August 19, 1942, in Washington, a son of the late Mel Anderson and Gladys Pettit Anderson. Mr. Anderson retired from Suburban Coach Lines, where he had worked as a driver. He loved spending time with his family, hunting, and...
Gerald Cleve Denny
Jul 4, 2024
Gerald Cleve Denny, 78, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in the Donnell House, Washington. He was born September 5, 1945, in Jefferson, Greene County, a son of the late Viola Wilkinson and Frank Mitchell Denny. Jerry graduated from Jefferson-Morgan High School in 1965. He worked as a brick mason and a coal miner. He worked for RG Johnson...
Charles Hughey Toward
Jul 2, 2024
Charles “Chuck” Hughey Toward, Jr., 62, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Washington Hospital. He was born January 31, 1962, in Allegheny County, a son of Charlene Smith Toward and the late Charles Hughey Toward, Sr. On September 26, 2015, he married Jamie Hennick. Chuck was a graduate of Canon-Mac High School Class of 1979. He built a...
Barbara Weddle
Jul 1, 2024
Barbara Weddle, 99, of Weirton, West Virginia, formally from Washington, Pennsylvania, passed away Monday, July 1, 2024, in the Carriage Inn of Steubenville, Ohio. She was born March 21, 1925, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, a daughter of the late Grover Farris and Bathsheba Howes Farris. Barbara was a homemaker. She was a charter member of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington....
Marjorie Kay Beaumariage
Jul 1, 2024
Marjorie Kay Beaumariage, 80, of Hickory, passed away Monday, July 1, 2024, in St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born August 3, 1943, in Washington, a daughter of Alexander Charles Beaumariage and Mary Bell Beaumariage. Marjorie was a 1961 graduate of Fort Cherry High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from Waynesburg University and her master’s degree from California University...
Vanessa D. Beatty
Jun 30, 2024
Vanessa D. Beatty, 64, of Prosperity, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024, in her home. She was born November 15, 1959, in Washington, a daughter of the late Harold Thomas and Mildred Polen Thomas. Vanessa was a 1977 graduate of McGuffey High School and received an associate degree from Penn Commercial. She was employed by the United States Postal Service,...
Beulah "Boo" Harris
Jun 26, 2024
Boo Harris, 98, of Washington, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Southmont Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born on April 9, 1926, in Bradford, PA, daughter of the late William John Leonard Sr. and Myrtle Viola Leonard. Boo is predeceased by her husband, Richard C. Harris who died in 2003; her daughter, Linda S....
Sandra Lee Hodgens
Jun 25, 2024
Sandra Lee “Sandy” Morrison Hodgens passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2024. She was born June 22, 1939, a daughter of the late William C. Morrison and Mildred B. Agnew Morrison. Sandy attended Trinity High School and graduated with the class of 1957. She worked at Jessop Steel Company for more than 36 years and retired from, now Allegheny Ludlum, in...
Betty Jo Riggle
Jun 22, 2024
Betty Jo Cross Riggle, 82, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 22, 2024, surrounded by her beloved family. Also known as “Bebba”, especially to her grandchildren, death came after five years of bravely confronting Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and blood cancer. Betty Jo was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, at home on Wednesday, November 26, 1941. She was the only child of James Ardis...
Richard Mathis
Jun 21, 2024
Richard Mathis, 94, of Washington, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024. He was born March 16, 1930, in Manifold, PA, son of the late Adam Mathis and Beatrice Carson Mathis. Richard was known for his abilities to have a conversation with anyone he met, telling jokes, and being a great storyteller! He had worked as a mill worker for McGraw...
Pauline "Polly" Marie Williams
Jun 20, 2024
Pauline “Polly” Williams, 73, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed on peacefully, as she wanted to, in her home, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. She was born November 23,1949 in Washington, PA, daughter of the late Paul and Nannie Smith Wilson. Polly is predeceased by her first husband, the late Donald Chess, who died in 2000, and her second...
Margaret Mary Korowicki
Jun 20, 2024
Margaret Mary Korowicki, 92, of Washington, passed away peacefully, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Woodside Place, Washington. She was born November 16, 1931, in Meadow Lands, a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Kurek Yankovitch. Margaret was a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School and a member of Immaculate Conception Church, St. James Parish. She was employed by Bell...
