Violet "Bobba" Pees
Dec 28, 2015
Violet “Bobba” E. Pees, 90 of Washington, died Monday, December 28, 2015 at Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born September 1, 1925 in Washington the daughter of the late Everett Main and Irene Pattison Main. Mrs. Pees worked at Marianna Mine as an equipment operator for 9 1/ 2 years and was the owner and operator of Violet’s Personal Care...
Rose Mary Loker
Dec 27, 2015
Rose Mary Loker, 83, of Washington, formerly of Sebring, FL, died on Sunday, December 27, 2015, in Transitions Healthcare. She was born on July 30, 1932, in Titusville, PA, a daughter of the late Emmett F., and Samantha Smith Kelly. A graduate of Titusville High School, she was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church. Mrs. Loker was a...
Betty Lucille Closser
Dec 27, 2015
Betty Lucille Closser, 83 of Washington, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at the Bellmead Apts. She was born October 8, 1932 of Charleroi, the daughter of the late Van Curtis McCracken and Anna Belle Stark McCracken. Betty graduated from Ellsworth High School and worked at various retail stores and was also a homemaker. She was protestant by faith and enjoyed...
Anthony Josiah Holmes
Dec 25, 2015
Anthony Josiah Holmes, 14 months, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Christmas morning. He was born on October 15, 2014, in Washington, a son of Michael Anthony and Rochelle Katherine Flanagan Holmes. Surviving, are two half-brothers, Leroy Flanagan, and Michael A. Holmes, Jr., both of Washington; two half sisters, Nevaeh Lyn Holmes, and Emily Moore, both of Washington; paternal grandparents, Richard...
Sidney Alexander Davis
Dec 25, 2015
Sidney Alexander Davis, 92, of Washington, died peacefully on Friday, December 25, 2015, in the Washington County Health Center. He was born on April 21, 1923, in Sumterville, AL, the beloved son of Herman and Virginia Bayless Davis, raised by his late stepfather, Jacob Barnes. Mr. Davis was a Kent State University graduate, and a U.S. Army veteran of World...
Mary Aileen Fries
Dec 23, 2015
Mary Aileen Fries, 91, of Claysville, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015, in Hixenbaugh Personal Care Home, Claysville. She was born September 22, 1923, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Joseph O’Hara and Ann Ball O’Hara. Mrs. Fries was a homemaker who enjoyed playing cards and bowling. She was a member of the Moose and was Catholic by faith. Her husband, Martin...
James Robert Haley
Dec 21, 2015
James Robert Haley, 72, of Washington, died Monday December 21, 2015, in the Washington Hospital He was born September 28, 1943, in Plattsburgh, New York, a son of the late James and Naoma Nadeau Haley. Mr. Haley was a construction worker and member of Labor Unions #1058 and #373. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church. On July 6,...
Julian Ira Fine
Dec 19, 2015
Julian Ira Fine, 79, of Washington, died Saturday, December 19, 2015, in Washington County Health Center. He was born September 26, 1936, in Binghamton, New York, a son of Walter C. Fine and Helen Gutmann Fine. Mr. Fine graduated from Latrobe High School and University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a real estate appraiser and was a member and past...
Hazel Tustin Rea
Dec 18, 2015
Hazel Jane Tustin Rea, 93, of Avella, died Friday, December 18, 2015, in Washington County Health Center. She was born October 15, 1922, in Venice, a daughter of Harry E. Tustin and Verna E. Pettit Tustin. A member of Hickory United Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Rea was a former elder at Cross Creek United Presbyterian Church. She was a homemaker...
Eugene E. Watton
Dec 15, 2015
Eugene E. Watton, 59, of Washington, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015, in the Washington Hospital. He was born December 4, 1956, in Washington, a son of the late Clyde and Roseann Warrick Watton. Mr. Watton was a chef at the Union Grill. On May 19, 1998, he married Bonnie Joy Bayts, who died July 19, 2007. Surviving are two brothers,...
Arvella Pauline Prigg
Dec 15, 2015
Arvella Pauline Prigg, 87, of Lakeville, Massachusetts, died December 15, 2015, in Island Terrace Nursing Home, Lakeville. She was born October 12, 1928, in East Liverpool, Ohio, a daughter of the late Freddrick Ankrom and Mary Stephens Ankrom. A graduate of Trinity High School, she worked at Brockway Glass for 30 years. Mrs. Prigg enjoyed reading, bingo, shopping and spending...
William W. "Bill" Conkle
Dec 9, 2015
William W. “Bill” Conkle, 85, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, in Donnell House. He was born October 18, 1930, in Hickory, a son of the late William W. Conkle and Margaret Berlinn Conkle. Bill attended Canonsburg schools, and moved to Washington in 1951. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during the Korean War in Pusan, Korea,...
Richard Franklin Kearney
Dec 7, 2015
Richard Franklin Kearney, 83, died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Presbyterian Senior Care, Southminster. He was born November 7, 1932 in Clarke County, Iowa, the son of the late Gilbert Ross Kearney and Edna Bernice Williams Kearney. Richard served in the U.S. Army, where he received the National Defense Service Medal. Richard began his Saddlehorse career in his home state...
Eleanor Marie Roth
Dec 6, 2015
Eleanor Marie Devenney Roth, 82, of Washington, died on Sunday, December 6, 2015, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on August 12, 1933, in Washington, a daughter of the late Thomas F. and Hazel Rizor Devenney. She was a homemaker. On July 23, 1955, she married Lawrence Anthony Roth, who died on November 19, 2006. Surviving are a son,...
Steven Bradley Ward
Dec 6, 2015
Steven Bradley Ward, 34, of Washington, died unexpectedly, from complications of a stroke, in Allegheny General Hospital, on Sunday, December 6, 2015, surrounded by immediate family. Steven was born on December 2, 1981, in Washington, to parents George and Linda Ewing Ward, of Washington. A 2000 graduate of Washington High School, Mr. Ward graduated in 2004 from Waynesburg College with...
Iris Bradley Roup
Dec 4, 2015
Iris I. Bradley Roup, 89, of Washington, died on Friday, December 4, 2015, in Transitions Healthcare. She was born on January 10, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of the late Andrew Thomas and Hazel Laura Dunn Bradley. Iris attended Washington High School, and was a homemaker. On October 27, 1947, she married Charles J. Roup, Sr., who died on May...
Faye Foflygen
Dec 3, 2015
Faye Louise Reese Foflygen, 90, of West Finley, died Thursday, December 3, 2015, in Hawthorne Woods, Washington. She was born August 6, 1925, in West Finley, a daughter of Ross and Sylvia Sprowls Reese. Mrs. Foflygen graduated from Claysville High School and was a homemaker. She enjoyed flower gardening, playing bingo, going to her camp, and the family farm where...
Doris J. Presto
Dec 2, 2015
Doris J. Presto, 82, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, in the Washington Hospital. She was born December 23, 1932, in Lone Pine, a daughter of the late Vernon Lewis Rice, Sr., and Myrtle Mary Gardner Rice. Mrs. Presto graduated from Trinity High School and worked at RCA, Kroger, Clark School, Washington Elementary Educational Park, and Fashion Bug in...
Harry James Ellifritz, Sr.
Dec 2, 2015
Harry James “Skip” Ellifritz, Sr., 67, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, in the Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born October 15, 1948, in Washington, a son of the late Frederick H. Ellifritz and Orpha B. Sprowls Ellifritz. Mr. Ellifritz attended Trinity High School and worked as a mechanic at Birch’s Exxon. He loved anything to...
Merle Woodrow Frank
Nov 30, 2015
Merle Woodrow Frank, 67 of Washington, died Monday, November 30, 2015 at home. He was born November 8, 1948 in Washington, the son of Richard Allen Frank Sr. and Lucille Columbia Johnston Frank. Merle graduated from Trinity High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, where he received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal...
