Betty Jean Hellmann
Jun 16, 2014
Betty Jean Hellmann, 79, of Washington, died on Monday, June 16, 2014, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born on July 3, 1934, in Allegheny County, a daughter of the late Sadie Ross. Mrs. Hellmann had attended Washington High School, and was a member of Fourth Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the Ladies Aid Society....
Joseph C. Davis
Jun 14, 2014
Joseph C. Davis, 65, of Claysville, died Saturday, June 14, 2014, in his home. He was born February 3, 1949, in Claysville, a son of the late LeRoy Davis and Beulah M. Toland Davis. Mr. Davis attended McGuffey High School. He worked for Andy Brothers and J and F Tire for 30 years and was co-owner of Joe and Henry's...
Eva Dale White
Jun 14, 2014
Eva Dale White, 88, of Washington, died Saturday, June 14, 2014, in Donnell House. She was born December 18, 1925, in Mt. Pleasant Township, a daughter of Wilbert and Rhudell Sweitzer Lawrence. Mrs. White was a 1943 graduate of Trinity High School and attended Penn Commercial. A homemaker, she had worked at Washington Feed Store, Coke Bottling and Washington County...
Kathy Howard-Svitek
Jun 14, 2014
Kathy Howard-Svitek, 56, of Canonsburg, died Saturday, June 14, 2014, due to a lengthy illness. She was born December 10, 1957, in Washington, a daughter of James W. Howard Sr. and Margaret L. Naylor Howard of Washington. Kathy was a 1975 graduate of Trinity High School and worked for the March of Dimes in fundraising. She was the founder of...
Mary Morofsky
Jun 13, 2014
Mary Morofsky, 97, of McMurray, formerly of Nemacolin, died Friday, June 13, 2014, in St. Clair Hospital. She was born September 14, 1916, a daughter of Leo and Mary Benchak Morofsky. Ms. Morofsky was a college graduate and worked as a services officer for the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, for nearly 40 years. She was...
Phyllis Blackhurst
Jun 13, 2014
Phyllis Pryor Blackhurst, 87, of Washington, died June 13, 2014, after a lengthy illness, with her loving family by her side. Born in Deemston on May 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Emmett Pryor and Ermina Pryor Hess. Phyllis was a 1945 graduate of Centerville High School and attended The Washington Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in...
William Henry Shrader
Jun 12, 2014
William Henry Shrader, 78, of Amity, died Thursday, June 12, 2014, in UPMC – Mercy, Pittsburgh, following a three-year illness. He was born June 23, 1935, a son of the late William Shrader and Anna Ellifritz Shrader. Mr. Shrader worked for Robinson Pipe Company for 10 years and Sears Delivery for more than 20 years. He enjoyed fishing. On September...
Helen Louise Warcholak
Jun 11, 2014
Helen Louise Briceland Warcholak, 89, of Washington, died on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born on September 7, 1924, in Canonsburg, a daughter of Earl and Margaret Crumm Briceland. A 1942 graduate of Canonsburg High School, she graduated from the Canonsburg Hospital School of Nursing, in 1946. Mrs. Warcholak worked as an RN...
Charles "Bud" Corbin
Jun 8, 2014
Charles Rubin “Bud” Corbin, 86, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Sunday, June 8, 2014. He was born October 19, 1927, in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, a son of Russell Corbin and Ruth Kies Corbin. Mr. Corbin worked as a glazer throughout his life, most recently for American Glass and Mirror Co. He was an active member of Jefferson Avenue United Methodist Church,...
Ellen Digangi
Jun 8, 2014
Ellen Rose Digangi, 90, of Washington, died Sunday, June 8, 2014, in Evergreen Assisted Living. She was born December 27, 1923, in Canonsburg. Mrs. DiGangi was a homemaker and Catholic by faith. On June 24, 1948, she married Phillip Digangi, who died September 11, 1991. Surviving is a son, Jack Digangi of West Monroe, Louisiana. Deceased are two sisters, Santene...
Pamela Rose Ardeno
Jun 8, 2014
Pamela Rose Ardeno, 49, of Washington, died Sunday, June 8, 2014, in Kade Nursing and Rehabilitation, following a two-year battle with cancer. She was born August 27, 1964, in Washington, a daughter of John Ardeno, Sr., and the late Rosella Paciorek Ardeno. Pam was the manager of housekeeping at the Holiday Inn, Racetrack Road. She enjoyed reading, cooking, and visiting...
Robert Joseph Sliman
Jun 7, 2014
Robert J. Sliman U.S. Steel retiree, avid golfer Robert J. Sliman, 81, of Washington, died on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born on June 17, 1932, in Washington, a son of the late Joseph Affif and Rose Arcuri Sliman. Mr. Sliman graduated from Washington High School and received an Associate’s Degree from the University of...
Carol Jean Ruetschi
Jun 7, 2014
Carol Jean Ruetschi, 74, of Taylorstown, died on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born on July 7, 1939, in Washington, a daughter of the late Walter R., and Louise J. Alexander Grose. Mrs. Ruetschi had worked as a police dispatcher, in Beaver and Sewickley, then as a teacher’s aide at Intermediate Unit 1,...
Shirley Lenore Presto
Jun 7, 2014
Long time antique collector and tole painting artist Shirley Lenore Wesner Presto passed away peacefully in the Donnell House, on Saturday, June 7, 2014. She was born on May 17, 1929, in Canonsburg Hospital, the daughter of the late Kenneth M. and Esther Cowden Wesner. The first few years of her life, the family lived at her mother’s family farm...
Violet Leona Rankin
Jun 4, 2014
Violet Leona Rankin, 84, of Washington, died June 4, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. She was born April 8, 1930, in Washington, a daughter of William M. Brown and Frances Zulkos Brown. Mrs. Rankin worked as a packer in a glass factory. She attended Living Waters Church. On October 10, 1982, she married Wayne Richard Rankin, who died April 26,...
Fay Frankenbery
Jun 4, 2014
Fay Frankenbery, 77, of Eighty Four, died June 4, 2014, in Donnell House. She was born June 17, 1936, in Uniontown, a daughter of Arthur Ronald Goodwin and Augusta Cook Goodwin. Fay graduated from Uniontown High School in 1954. She worked for Dr. Dale DeConcilis, OD, for 8 years and Dr. Edwin Assid, Orthodontist, for 28 years as a receptionist....
Edward Richard Zelenka, Sr.
Jun 3, 2014
Edward Richard Zelenka Sr., 91 of Washington, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in Humbert Lane. He was born December 10, 1922 in Enterprise, PA, the son of Paul Zelenka and Teresa Kolinek Zelenka. Mr. Zelenka was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in World War II. He was involved in battles in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and...
Helen Marie Kopcha
Jun 3, 2014
Helen Marie Chmiel Kopcha, 92 of Washington, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 in her home. She was born May 22, 1922 in East Chicago, IN, the daughter of Symon Chmiel and Pauline Burczak Chmiel. Helen was a graduate of Trinity High School and owner of Frankies Amusement Co. and East Coast Shows. She was a member of Holy Trinity National...
Francis P. Flynn
Jun 3, 2014
Francis P. Flynn, a lifelong resident of Washington, passed away on June 3, 2014, in Canton, Ohio. He was born on October 22, 1924, in Monongahela and soon after moved to Washington. After graduating from Immaculate Conception High School, Mr. Flynn entered the Army and served in the Philippines until January 1946. He was involved in battles and campaigns in...
Ralph Edward Mcadams
Jun 1, 2014
Ed McAdams, 61 of Washington, died Sunday, June 1, 2014 at UPMC Montifiore, following a lengthy illness. He was born November 13, 1952 in Washington, the son of the late John S. McAdams and Florence Black McAdams. He was a graduate of Trinity High School and a local business owner for 30 years, doing painting and remodeling and was adored...
