Anthony Belcastro
May 31, 2014
Anthony Belcastro, 88, of Washington, died Saturday, May 31, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born June 19, 1925, in Washington, a son of Biagio Belcastro and Rosina Pisa Belcastro. Mr. Belcastro attended Trinity Schools and worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for more than 27 years. His social life revolved around meeting friends at Washington Crown Center....
Paul Hansen
May 30, 2014
Paul Hansen, 80, of Washington, died May 30, 2014, in Donnell House. He was born September 5, 1933, in Bradford, a son of the late Richard Hansen and Anna Giltinan Hansen. Mr. Hansen graduated from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, where he studied engineering. For 35 years, he worked for Chapman Corporation in their sheet metal division. Mr. Hansen...
James William Thomas
May 30, 2014
James William Thomas, 68, of South Franklin Township, died Friday, May 30, 2014, in Donnell House. He was born February 19, 1946, in Washington, a son of the late Albert L. Thomas and Emma Sylvia Scott Thomas. Mr. Thomas worked at Jessop Steel for 39 years. He was a union representative for United Steel Workers Local 1141, past president of...
James Neil Marshman
May 29, 2014
James Neil Marshman, 63, of Washington, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, in his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born January 19, 1951, in Washington, a son of Anne Swartzfeger Marshman Vankirk of Washington and the late Russell Marshman. Mr. Marshman was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving from March 5, 1968, until his honorable...
Randolph James Rush, Iii
May 25, 2014
Randy Rush, 66, of Washington, died on Sunday, May 25, 2014, in UPMC-Presbyterian Hospital, following a three-year illness. He was born on July 7, 1947, in Washington, a son of the late, Randolph J. Rush, Jr., and Katherine Sampietro Rush. Mr. Rush was a graduate of Washington High School. For thirty-six years, he worked as a corrections officer and in...
William Crosbie Engle
May 24, 2014
William Crosbie Engle, 103 of Washington, died Saturday, May 24, 2014. He was born January 16, 1911 in Washington, the son of the late Russell George Engle and Jennie Crosbie Engle. During the World War II, he served four years with the Bell Aircraft and US Army Air Corp. as a mechanic instructor on P-39’s Fighter Aircraft. After the war...
Helen Boord Connors
May 21, 2014
Helen Boord Connors, 93 of East Washington, died peacefully in her home on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. She had been ill since suffering a debilitating stroke in December of 2004. Mrs. Connors was born in Washington on January 23, 1921, the daughter of Harry O. Boord Sr. Ph.D, and Mary E. Bond Boord, both deceased. Mrs. Connors was a 1938...
Dorothy Jean Gildow
May 20, 2014
Dorothy Jean Gildow, 92 of Washington, died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Humbert Lane. She was born August 10, 1921 in Ambridge the daughter of Martin L. Cook, Sr. and Blanche E. Seaman Cook. Mrs. Gildow was a homemaker and the secretary of the Washington County Fair Board for over 30 years and a 4-H leader. She was a member...
Lewis Raymond Korzinski Jr.
May 17, 2014
Lewis Raymond Korzinski Jr., 39 of Monongahela, formerly of Avella, died Saturday, May 17th in North Carolina. He was born December 24, 1974 in Washington the son of the late Lewis R. Korzinski Sr. and Betty Higgins Korzinski. Lewis graduated from Avella High School in 1994 and was employed as an Ironworker with Local #3 in Pittsburgh. He enjoyed the...
Rose Iona Pierson
May 14, 2014
Rose Iona Pierson, 76 of Claysville, died Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at home. She was born December 27, 1937 in Wheeling, WV, the daughter of Wilbur Creighton and Dorothy Craig Creighton. She was a graduate of Trinity High School, was a counselor at Washington Women’s Shelter, and owned and operated Sam’s Place Personal Care Home for several years. Rose was...
Robert Edward Ritter
May 14, 2014
Robert Edward Ritter, 85 of Eighty Four, died at 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, 2014 in his home. He was born March 20, 1929, in Washington, the son of Edward and Cinderella Kimberland Ritter. He was a member of Emmanuel United Presbyterian Church (formerly Pigeon Creek United Presbyterian Church.) He joined Emmanuel Church in 1946. He was trustee in 1956...
Roger Lee White
May 13, 2014
Roger Lee White, 54 of Buffalo Township, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Washington Hospital. He was born June 21, 1959 in Washington the son of Marian Post Mounts of Buffalo Township and the late Ronald White. Roger graduated from McGuffey High School and served in the U.S. Navy as a cook on the USS Comte De Grasse. He was...
Joseph Snedeker
May 10, 2014
On May 10, 2014, Joseph Snedeker, of Finleyville, peacefully passed away of natural causes. He was the son of the late Leroy and Gladys Snedeker. He is survived by his beautiful wife of 48 years, his loving son, daughter, brother, sister-in-law, sister, brother-in-law, two grandchildren, one great-grandson, and numerous nieces and nephews. Joe graduated from Canon-McMillan High School in 1962....
Michael Joseph Rebosky
May 8, 2014
Michael Joseph Rebosky, 67, of Washington, died May 8, 2014, in Kindred Hospital, Oakdale. He was born August 28, 1946, in Canonsburg. Mr. Rebosky was a veteran of the Navy, serving from July 20, 1965, until May 20, 1969. He worked for the United States Postal Service. Mr. Rebosky was a member of St. Patrick Church and VFW 2026. Private...
Joseph O. Barni
May 8, 2014
Joseph Orsen Barni, 49, of Washington, died Thursday, May 8, 2014, due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born April 4, 1965, in Phoenix, Arizona, a son of Josie Kershinsky Barni of Washington and the late George Louis Barni. Mr. Barni graduated from Washington High School in 1983 and attended drafting school. He was the owner-operator of...
Nellie Gertrude Ashmore
May 7, 2014
Nellie Gertrude Ashmore, 87, of Washington, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Washington County Health Center. She was born November 26, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of Edward and Viola Miller. Mrs. Ashmore was a homemaker who enjoyed farming, gardening and canning. She was a member of North Buffalo Presbyterian Church. On December 20, 1946, she married Kenneth Ashmore, who...
Lawrence Redo Staub
May 3, 2014
Lawrence Redo “Larry” Staub, 47, of Washington, died unexpectedly, May 3, 2014 at St. Clair Hospital of a heart attack. He was born August 22, 1966 in Washington, the son of Candida Celli Staub of Atlasburg and the late Lawrence Richard Staub. Larry graduated from Chartiers Houston High School in 1984 and was a local truck driver He enjoyed spending...
Peter K. Balogh
May 1, 2014
Peter Kalman Balogh, 68, of Washington, died May 1, 2014, in his residence, following a brief illness. He was born January 26, 1946, in Scharding, Austria, a son of Stephen Balogh and Ilona Vuich Balogh. Mr. Balogh attended the University of Miami and graduated from Art School in New York. He worked as a commercial artist and dog groomer. Mr....
Sallie Leola Alrutz
Apr 30, 2014
Sallie Leola Alrutz, 73 of Washington, died Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Allegheny General Hospital. She was born July 9, 1941 in Washington, the daughter of the late William Harry Carpenter and Florence Scott Carpenter. Sallie graduated in the last class from Hickory High School in 1959. She also graduated from the Washington School of Nursing and Penn Commercial....
Morse Young
Apr 30, 2014
Morse Young, 88, of Washington, died on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in the Donnell House. He was born on July 9, 1925, in Lowmansville, KY, a son of the late Frank and Evelina Wiley Young. Mr. Young attended Park Avenue Baptist Church. He worked previously at Nolte Brass, in Springfield, OH, then worked as a superintendant, at Washington Mould, until...
