Margaret M. Haught
Jul 2, 2014
Margaret M. Haught, 90 of Washington found peace on, July 2, 2014 in Humbert Lane Personal Care Home, where she had resided for nearly seven years. She was born April 5, 1924 in Glendale, CA to the late Searles M. Sullivan and Margaret Kamphausen Sullivan. As a young girl her family moved to San Diego where she graduated from Herbert...
Herbert "Herky" Dallas Hughes
Jul 1, 2014
Herbert Dallas “Herky” Hughes, 86 of Washington, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at home following a 2-year illness. He was born November 2, 1927 in Washington the son of the late Raymond Hughes Sr. and Beatrice Weiner Hughes. He graduated from Washington High School’s class of 1948 and was a veteran of the U.S. Army from1950-1952 and was stationed in...
Bessie Killen
Jun 30, 2014
Bessie Killen, 93 of Prosperity, died Monday, June 30, 2014 at the Donnell House. She was born October 12, 1920 in Sheffield, England the daughter of the late Leonard W. Hague and Hannah Stacey Hague. Bessie was a homemaker and a member of Avery United Methodist Church. She enjoyed traveling and loved spending time with grandchildren and great grandchildren. On...
Harold "Hat" Thomas
Jun 30, 2014
Harold Arthur “Hat” Thomas, 80, of Prosperity, died June 30, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born December 15, 1933, in Nineveh, a son of Alonzo Thomas and Ida Belle Kahlbaugh Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a veteran of the United States Army. During his service from 1956-1958, he was stationed at Fort Knox for 14 months as well as...
Donald "Champ" Orville Iams
Jun 29, 2014
Donald O. “Champ” Iams, 73 of Washington, died Sunday, June 29, 2014 at the Donnell House following an 8-month battle with lung cancer. He was born February 26, 1941 in Washington, the son of late Orville Iams and Eleanor Barney Iams. Mr. Iams was a graduate of Trinity High School Class of 1959 where they called him Duck. He then...
John Arthur Crouthers
Jun 28, 2014
John Arthur Crouthers, 76 of Canonsburg, died Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Canonsburg Hospital. He was born June 29, 1938 in Lone Pine, the son of the late Arthur Crouthers and Anna Pearl Crouthers and was raised by Esper Barney. He was employed at Western Center in various labor positions. John enjoyed riding his motorcycle when he was younger. Surviving...
Vito Victor Galati
Jun 27, 2014
Vito Victor Galati, 68, of Washington, died on Friday, June 27, 2014, in the Donnell House, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 4, 1945, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Vito and Frances Ruffa Galati. He was Catholic by faith. Mr. Galati was the founder and co-owner of Galati Landscaping. He loved his dogs, Pugsley and...
Harry Leo Phillips Jr.
Jun 24, 2014
Harry Leo Phillips Jr., 76 of Washington, died Tuesday June 24, 2014 at the Donnell House following a 6-year illness. He was born March 15, 1938 in Washington, the son of the late Harry L. Phllips Sr. and Virginia McGary Phillips. Harry was a Handy Man and once worked for a glass factory. He was a member of Friendship Community...
Mary Pearl Campbell
Jun 23, 2014
Mary Pearl Campbell, 84 of Washington, died Monday, June 23, 2014 at the Washington Hospital. She was born October 30, 1929 in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Clifford Garrard and Dorothy Mason Garrard. She was a member of Abundant Life Baptist Church and was employed as a secretary at Presbyterian Senior Care for 10 years. Mary enjoyed reading her...
Dolores Barnes Lantz
Jun 22, 2014
Dolores Barnes Lantz, 84 of Washington, died Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Presbyterian Senior Care following a brief and courgeous battle with cancer. She was born July 16, 1929 in Muse, the daughter of Lee Barnes and Doris Hawkins Barnes. Dolores graduated from Cecil High School in 1948 and was a homemaker and caretaker of her husband for over 30...
Hazel Catherine Thompson
Jun 21, 2014
Hazel Catherine Thompson, 88 of Washington, died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born March 14, 1926 in Washington, the daughter of Newton A. Berdine and Adda May Ewing Berdine. Hazel was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church. On September 24, 1954 she married Mont O. Thompson, who died July 3, 1993....
Michael Roger Brown, Sr.
Jun 19, 2014
Michael Roger Brown, Sr., 68, of Burgettstown, died on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Donnell House. He was born on August 20, 1945, in Avella, a son of the late Joseph S. and Cleo P. Randolph Brown. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Brown served from November 5, 1965, until his honorable discharge on November 3, 1967. For...
Doris Mae Beeler Jones Lynn
Jun 17, 2014
Doris Mae Beeler Jones Lynn, 83, of Washington, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in Townview Health and Rehabilitation, Canonsburg. She was born May 24, 1931, in Monongahela, a daughter of Harold Beeler and Doris Yoders Beeler. Mrs. Lynn graduated from Bentleyville High School and Penn Commercial. She worked in the auto industry throughout her life, retiring from Sun Chevrolet, where...
Francis "Pat" Patrick O'Brien, Iii
Jun 17, 2014
Francis Patrick “Pat” O’Brien, III, 60, of Washington, died on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in his home, following a 6-month battle with cancer. He was born on October 17, 1953, in Washington, a son of Francis Patrick O’Brien, Jr., and the late Shirley Alexander O’Brien. A 1971 graduate of Trinity High School, he was a member of the First Christian...
Lois Jean Roberts Davis
Jun 17, 2014
Lois Jean Roberts Davis, 64, of Washington, died on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in the Donnell House, following a 7-year illness. She was born on July 29, 1949, in Washington, a daughter of Martha Britt Miller, of Washington, and the late John Alden Roberts. A member of Claysville Christian Church, she had been a meat packer for Green Valley Packing...
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...
