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...
Judeth Lee Barrie
Apr 29, 2014
Judeth Lee Barrie, 67, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on December 15, 1947, in Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Howard and Lois G. Evans Dillon. A 1965 graduate of Carnegie High School, Ms. Barrie graduated from Paramedic and Cosmetology School. As an EMT and Paramedic, she had worked for...
Ethel Mae Chappo
Apr 28, 2014
Ethel Mae Chappo, 86, of Kane, died Monday, April 28, 2014. She was born August 8, 1927, in Carnegie, a daughter of Trevor George Davis and Gertrude Blanche Stevens. Mrs. Chappo worked in the laundry service at the Washington Hospital for 18 years. She loved her dogs and enjoyed ceramics, word search books, and playing cards. She looked forward to...
John "Jack" Bout
Apr 27, 2014
John “Jack” Bout, 89 of Washington, formerly of Cecil, died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Presbyterian Senior Care. He was born February 5, 1925 in Cecil, the son of the late Victor Bout and Anna Belle Stewart Bout. Mr. Bout was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II, where he received American Theater, Asiatic Pacific Theater with...
Edward Leroy Hemelrick
Apr 26, 2014
Edward Leroy “Butch” Hemelrick, 69 of Claysville, formerly of Prosperity, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Golden Living Nursing Home in McMurray. He was born January 11, 1945 in Washington, the son of William Harold Hemelrick and Opal Marie Powell Hemelrick. Mr. Hemelrick graduated from Washington High School and was a mechanic. He loved going to auctions and his...
Richard Anthony Kaposy, Sr.
Apr 24, 2014
Richard Anthony Kaposy Sr., 71, of Washington, died Thursday, April 24, 2014, in his home.He was born November 23, 1942, in Independence, a son of Anthony Kaposy and Agnes Georgetti Kaposy.Mr. Kaposy was a graduate of Avella High School and was an ironworker for Local 3.He attended Trinity Bible Fellowship and was a member of McDonald Sportsmen's Club.Mr. Kaposy enjoyed...
William Frank Ferlich, Sr.
Apr 24, 2014
William Frank Ferlich, Sr., 91, of Washington, died on Thursday, April 24, 2014. He was born on December 19, 1922, in Meadowlands, a son of the late Frank and Josephine Gruden Ferlich. Mr. Ferlich was a graduate of Trinity High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World War II, in the Rhineland, Ardennes and...
George Henry Mcgary, Sr.
Apr 23, 2014
George Henry McGary, Sr., 86, of Washington, died April 23, 2014, in Donnell House. He was born June 4, 1927, in Washington, a son of George E. and Caroline Behner McGary. Mr. McGary was employed as a pattern maker at Hill Wallish. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he was a hardhat diver aboard the USS Oregon....
Fred Warren Smith, Sr.
Apr 23, 2014
Fred Warren “Pap” Smith Sr., 86, of Washington, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, following a short illness. He was born October 3, 1927, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of John Smith and Mary Ward Smith. Mr. Smith was veteran of the U.S. Army where he served as a Medical Technician in Panama and received a World War II Victory Medal....
William Michael Dhayer
Apr 21, 2014
William Michael Dhayer, 56 of Canonsburg, died unexpectedly, Monday, April 21, 2014. He was born October 31, 1957 in Washington the son of Patricia Pruce Dhayer and the late William Henry Dhayer. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1975 and attended I.C.M. School of Business for 2 years. Bill worked at Washington Hospital for 31 years in Information Technology...
James W. Fordyce
Apr 20, 2014
James Wilbert Fordyce, 77, of Washington, died Sunday, April 20, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born December 20, 1936, in Washington, a son of Wilbert Stewart Fordyce and Goldie Martin Fordyce. After his father died, he was raised by his mother and Curtis Fordyce. Mr. Fordyce was a veteran of the Army, serving from January 25, 1954, until...
Ralph D. Gruber
Apr 19, 2014
Ralph D. Gruber, 88, of South Hills, died peacefully, Saturday, April 19, 2014. He opened Topper Foods Company, an institutional food service, in Eighty Four in 1972, which later became Continental – Topper Foods. After retirement, Mr. Gruber worked for Kirk Livery driving hearses and limousines and enjoyed the many years he worked at Kirk’s. During World War II, he...
Florence Scott Carpenter
Apr 19, 2014
Florence Fuller Scott Carpenter, 93, of Washington, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, in the home of her daughter, Susan, while under the care of Washington Health System Hospice and Pam. She was born February 2, 1921, in West Middletown, on a dairy farm, a daughter of Aaron Halden Scott and Edith E. Scott. Mrs. Carpenter graduated from East Washington High...
Mary Jane Cole
Apr 19, 2014
Mary Jane Cole, 69, of Washington, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born February 21, 1945 in Washington, a daughter of the late Earl W. and Mary Sarah Fabiano McGary. Mrs. Cole graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1963, and worked at Giant Eagle for 21 years. On September 14, 1963, she married...
Dorothy "Skip" Celani
Apr 18, 2014
Dorothy Celani Beloved “Meema” Dorothy “Skip” Celani, 78, of Washington, died Friday, April 18, 2014. She was born July 4, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Jesse and Donice Laughlin Barrett. Mrs. Celani was a 1954 graduate of Trinity High School and attended Immaculate Conception Church. She worked as a selector-packer at Ball Glass for seven years and at...
Alene L. Laws
Apr 16, 2014
Alene L. Laws, 94, of Washington, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at home with her family by her side. She was born July 13, 1919, in Washington, a daughter of Clare and Ida Smith Buchanan. Mrs. Laws owned and operated her own beauty shop for over 50 years. On January 31, 1947, she married Donald Laws, who survives. Also surviving...
