Mark E. Hancher
Dec 4, 2016
Mark E. Hancher, 43 of Houston, died Sunday, December 4, 2016 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He was born November 1, 1973 in Washington, the son of Earl L. Hancher of Vero Beach, FL and Betty J. Dzikowski Hancher of Houston. . He loved he animals, especially cats . Surviving in addition to his parents are a brother, Michael E. (Natalie)...
Mardelle Walter Jankoski
Dec 3, 2016
Mardelle Virginia Walter Jankoski, 88 of Washington, died Saturday, December 3, 2016. She was born December 15, 1927, in Cameron, West Virginia, a daughter of William Christian Walter and Lulu Rae Miller Walter. At the age of 15, Mardelle moved from Cameron, West Virginia to Washington, Pennsylvania, where she graduated from Trinity High School in 1945. Immediately following...
Betty Louise Huggins
Dec 2, 2016
Betty Louise Huggins, 90, of East Washington, died Friday, December 2, 2016 at Transitions Healthcare. She was born October 4, 1926, in Washington, the daughter of the late John Borkowski and Mary Tabazewski Borkowski. Betty was a 1945 graduate of Washington High School and worked in retail sales at Thompson Hardware and Langs. She was a member of Abundant Life...
Helen Maria Hathaway
Dec 1, 2016
Helen Marie Hathaway, 102 of formerly of Claysville, died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Kades Nursing Home. She was born August 4, 1914 in Buffalo Township, the daughter of the late Mack Carson and Ella Jane Jones Carson. Helen was a 1934 graduate of Taylorstown High School and a homemaker. She was the oldest living member of North Buffalo Presbyterian...
Isabel Marie Costello Phillips
Dec 1, 2016
Isabel Marie Costello Phillips, 94 of Washington, died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Hawthorne Woods. She was born July 28, 1922 in Oakmont, the daughter of the late Domenic Costello and Angeline Ferralli Costello. Isabel graduated from Trinity High School in 1941 and was a homemaker. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church. She was married to...
Loretta M King-Lindsay
Dec 1, 2016
Loretta Mae King-Lindsay, 70, of Washington, died Thursday, December 1, 2016, in Donnell House, after a courageous five-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born December 17, 1945, in Washington, a daughter of the late Charlie Herold Cummins and Sarah Genevieve Stollar Cummins. A graduate of McGuffey High School, Mrs. King-Lindsay worked as an office manager at a...
Stanley C. Varner Sr.
Nov 30, 2016
Stanley C. Varner Sr. 52, of Washington, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at the Donnell House. He was born July 12, 1964 in Washington, the son of the late Stanley C. Varner and Janet Morris Varner. Stanley worked as a cook for many years and in maintenance at Ross Mould Inc. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, cooking and baking, especially putting...
Raymond E. Wallace
Nov 30, 2016
Raymond E. Wallace, 58, of Washington, died November 30, 2016 at the Washington Hospital. He was born April 3, 1958 in Washington, the son of Freda Estelle “Tillie” Roberts Wallace of Washington. Raymond retired from West Penn Wire as a supervisor. He was a member of the Washington County Horseshoe Club in Washington, the Brilliant Horseshoe Club in Brilliant, Ohio,...
Clara "Rosalie" Sim
Nov 30, 2016
Clara “Rosalie” Sim, 81 of Washington, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Presbyterian Senior Care Southmont. She was born December 23, 1934 in Marianna, the daughter of the late Anthony Thomas Kotchar and Martha Elizabeth Rice Kotchar. Rosalie was a graduate of Washington High School, and retired from Sears, where she was an office manager. She was a member of...
Harold Leslie Riggs
Nov 29, 2016
Harold Leslie Riggs, 71, of Washington, died Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in the VA Hospital, Aspinwall. He was born May 13, 1945, in Washington, a son of the late Leslie Clarence Riggs and Mabel Ruby Degarmo Riggs. Harold was a graduate of Washington High School, and graduated Triangle Tech with an Associate's Degree. He was a veteran of the U.S....
Frances F. Brown
Nov 28, 2016
Frances F. Brown, 99 of Washington, died Monday, November 28, 2016 at the Washington Hospital. She was born November 14, 1917 in Washington, the daughter of the late William H. Thomas Sr. and Molly Anderson Thomas. She was born in the house her father built and was delivered by a mid-wife. Frances worked at the George Washington Hotel in housekeeping....
Patricia Lucille Wright
Nov 28, 2016
Patricia Lucille Wright Patricia Lucille Wright, 81, of Washington, died Monday, November 28, 2016, in Washington Hospital. She was born May 8, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of the late Ruben William Wade and Margery Faye McBroom Wade. Mrs. Wright graduated from Trinity High School in 1954, and worked as a nurses’ aid in several local nursing homes, most recent...
Donna Lois Bright
Nov 27, 2016
Donna Lois Bright, 84, of Washington, died Sunday, November 27, 2016, at Transitions Healthcare, following a one year illness. She was born August 16, 1932, in Washington, the daughter of the late Walter Lloyd and Irma Tantlinger Lloyd. Donna was a graduate of Washington High School and was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and spending time with family. On...
William W. Reese, Jr.
Nov 24, 2016
William W. Reese, Jr., 92, of Washington, died on Thursday, November 24, 2016, in his home. He was born on August 24, 1924, in Washington, a son of the late William W. Reese, Sr., and Anna McCaulley. A graduate of Washington High School, he also attended Washington and Jefferson College. In 1989, Mr. Reese retired from Kelly Industries in Eighty-Four,...
Edna Audree Bloch
Nov 24, 2016
Edna Audree Bloch, 84, of Bridgeville, died on Thursday, November 24, 2016, in Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center. She had been in declining health. She was born on November 11, 1932, in Lawrence, PA, a daughter of the late George Henry Block, Jr., and Audra Naomi McConnell Block. Ms. Bloch had worked as a clerical supervisor, at Interform Corporation, in...
Mary E. Yates
Nov 23, 2016
Mary E. Yates, 90, of Eighty-Four, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, in the Donnell House. She was born on June 10, 1926, in West Alexander, a daughter of the late, Henry W. and Lena Scott Ferrell. Mary attended Hickory High School. A homemaker, she was a member of Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Yates volunteered for twenty years at...
Roy P. Schoffstall
Nov 22, 2016
Roy P. Schoffstall, 59, of Washington, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, in his home. He was born March 7, 1957, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Robert M. and Wilma M. Jergel Schoffstall. A graduate of Langley High School, Mr. Schoffstall was currently employed as a technician at H&R Signs. He was a member of...
Elizabeth "Leona" Montgomery
Nov 22, 2016
Elizabeth “Leona” Montgomery, 74 of Washington, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at UPMC Magee Hospital. She was born August 19,1942 in Washington the daughter of the late Boyd Baker and Mary Evelyn Watts Baker. Leona attended East Washington High School and was a certified nursing assistant at the City of Hope in Duarte, CA. She was a member of Friendship...
Robert William Hartzog
Nov 22, 2016
Robert William “Sonny” Hartzog, Sr., 76, of Washington, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, in his home. He was born July 31, 1940, in Washington, a son of the late Robert and Hannah Yeater Hartzog. Mr. Hartzog retired from Canon Pottery and enjoyed doing mechanic work on the side. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, loved joking around and having fun, as...
Joseph Edward Behanna Sr.
Nov 21, 2016
Joseph Edward Behanna Sr., 73 of Washington, died Monday, November 21, 2016 at home. He was born November 5, 1943 in Washington, the son of the late Amos Behanna and Audrey Belcher Behanna. Joseph was a horse owner and groomsman at the Meadows Race Track, retiring in 2002. He was a member of the Meadows Track Chapel. Joseph loved his...
