Dorothy Jane Caffrey
Apr 6, 2014
Dorothy Jane Lestan Caffrey, 92, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Washington County Health Center. She was born May 5, 1921, in Washington, the daughter of the late Frank and Ursula Cotic Lestan. Dorothy was a 1939 graduate of Immaculate Conception High School. She was involved in local theater groups and enjoyed plays at W & J College. At...
Joseph C. Nicolella
Apr 5, 2014
Joseph Clement Nicolella, 98, of Washington, died Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Strabane Woods. He was born February 1, 1916, in Washington, a son of Antonio and Rose D’Allesandro Nicolella. Mr. Nicolella graduated from Washington High School. Drafted into the Army on March 18, 1941, he was stationed at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Camp Livingston, Louisiana, Camp Gordon, Florida and Camp...
William G. Neal
Apr 5, 2014
William G. “Bill” Neal, Jr., 83, of Washington, died on Saturday, April 5, 2014, in the Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 23, 1931, in Dixonville, PA, a son of the late William G. Neal Sr., and Dorothy Nettie Walker Neal. Mr. Neal was a 1949 graduate of Washington High School, where he was a...
Lola Jane Spence
Apr 4, 2014
Lola Jane Spence, 85, of Washington, died Friday, April 4, 2014. She was born April 16, 1928, in Moninger Heights, a daughter of Alvan H. Sage and Hazel Booth Sage. Mrs. Spence graduated from Washington High School in 1946 and worked for Bell of Pennsylvania as an operator for 14 years. Humor and compassion was the signature of her personality. ...
Elana M. Segen
Apr 4, 2014
Elana M. Segen, 55 of Washington passed away peacefully, Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Washington Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born December 29, 1958 in Washington, the daughter of the late John Steratore and Elena LaBella Steratore. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1976. She was...
Fay Caldwell
Apr 4, 2014
Fay Eileen “Mommy” Caldwell, 83, of Washington, died Friday, April 4, 2014, in Donnell House. She was born October 25, 1930, in Elm Grove, West Virginia, a daughter of Ervie Richmond and Mildred Gail Elliott Richmond. A 1949 graduate of Washington High School, Mrs. Caldwell worked at the Victory Diner until it closed in 1974. She then worked at the...
Roy "Jack" Johnson Jr.
Apr 3, 2014
Roy “Jack” Johnson Jr., 56 died April 3, 2014 at his home. He was born September 20, 1957 in Washington, the son of the late Roy Johnson, Sr. and Eleanor Chandler Johnson. He graduated from Trinity High School, On March 9, 1989 he married Wilhemina Maryland who survives. Also surviving are three sons, Eugene Woods of Washington, Chad Johnson of...
Ruth Jeanne Ramsey
Apr 3, 2014
Ruth Jeanne Hagar Ramsey, 78 of Washington, died Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Allegheny General Hospital following a three-week illness. She was born September 17, 1935 in Lock Four, PA the daughter of Jesse L. Hagar and Madge John Hagar. Jeanne graduated from Trinity High School in 1953 and worked for Sears for many years selling Craftsman Tools. She was...
Harry B. Miller
Apr 3, 2014
Harry Brownlee Miller of Washington, died Thursday, April 3, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born July 21, 1929, in West Middletown, the son of Robert and Mae Brownlee Miller, and brother of Robert M. Miller, all of whom preceded him in death. Mr. Miller is survived by his wife of 59 years, Ruth Briscoe Miller; a son, Harry...
Bernice Marie Condit
Apr 2, 2014
Bernice Marie Condit, 89 of Washington, died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Presbyterian Senior Care following a short illness. She was born June 10, 1924 in Washington, the daughter of Lester Briggs and Opal Kelley Briggs. She moved to Lone Pine at age 1 and attended Lone Pine School for 8 grades and graduated from Trinity High School in 1942....
Albert John Rockey
Apr 2, 2014
Albert “Jack” Rockey, 69 of Washington, died April 2, 2014 at the Washington County Health Center. He was born January 17, 1945 in Washington, the son of the late Albert Martin Rockey and Martha Irene Poplava Rockey. Jack’s passion was being a local DJ for 25 years. He also worked at McGraw Edison as a mill worker. He was...
W. Harry Carpenter
Apr 1, 2014
W. Harry Carpenter, 96, of Washington, died Monday, April 1, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born March 14, 1918, in Middlebourne, West Virginia, a son of Clyde Wilber Carpenter and Lucille Swan Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter attended Washington High School. During World War II, he served in the Army from May 9, 1944, until his honorable discharge on November...
Raymond Charles Rock
Mar 29, 2014
Raymond Charles Rock, 74, of Washington, died Saturday, March 29, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born August 7, 1939, in Meadowlands, a son of the late William Rock and Anna Shanto Rock. Mr. Rock served in the Army from April 8, 1963, until his honorable discharge on March 27, 1965, as a Specialist, fourth class. While in the...
Maxine I. Roberts
Mar 28, 2014
Maxine I. Roberts, 88, of Washington, died Friday, March 28, 2014, in Strabane Woods. Mrs. Roberts formerly lived on the oldest family farm in Western Pennsylvania, established in 1787 and located on Roberts Road in Eighty Four. She was born September 22, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of the late Oscar and Myrtle Glaum Davis. Mrs. Roberts was a member...
Hester Mae Mccartney
Mar 27, 2014
Hester Mae McCartney, 93, of Washington, died on Thursday, March 27, 2014, in the Donnell House, following a 6-year illness. She was born on December 30, 1920, in Paris, PA, a daughter of Charles R. and Rose McCartney Calvert. She attended Washington High School and was Methodist by faith. Mrs. McCartney was a homemaker, who enjoyed watching soaps and...
Mary Pierson Sargent
Mar 25, 2014
Mary Pierson Sargent, 94, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Evergreen Personal Care. She was born January 21, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of Tony Cossu and Louise Caterina Cossu. Mrs. Sargent worked in the decorating department at Brockway Glass for 29 years. She enjoyed being with her grandchildren. Mrs. Sargent was a member of Central Assembly of...
Caden F. Hilderbrand
Mar 25, 2014
Caden Frost Hilderbrand “Lil Warrior” Caden Frost Hilderbrand, 5, of Washington, died after his five-year battle with a terminal illness, Tay-Sachs Disease. He was a special little boy who was loved by so many people. He touched many lives without speaking a word. People he never met were touched by his story of struggle and survival. Caden fought a long...
Carl Harps
Mar 25, 2014
Carl Harps, 75, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in the Washington County Health Center. He was born October 17, 1938, in Washington, a son of William Harps and Ethel Haines Harps. Mr. Harps worked as a machinist at Crile Machine and Lagonda Machine and also worked at Hazel Atlas #2. He played dart ball in church leagues and...
Antoine C. Leyn
Mar 24, 2014
Leyn, Antoine (Tony) 83, of the Uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh and of Chicora and McMurray, Pennsylvania died March 24, 2014. Born County Carlow, Ireland, Tony attended Blackrock College Dublin, subsequently University College Cork whence he earned a Master of Science, continuing post graduate work at Liverpool University. Tony moved to the U.S. in 1962 to lecture physics at Duquesne University...
Martha Ann Mcclelland
Mar 24, 2014
Martha Ann McClelland, 81, of Washington, died Monday, March 24, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. She was born December 22, 1932, in Negley, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel M. and Esther Dickey Gorby. Mrs. McClelland was a graduate of Kent State University and was a teacher in the McGuffey School District for 30 years. An avid reader, she was a...
