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...
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,...
