Gertrude Veryl Ford
Feb 28, 2014
Gertrude Veryl Ford, 87 of Somerset Twp, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at Standish Assisted Living. She was born January 16, 1927 in Donora, the daughter of the late J. Foster Porter and Vera Bell Lawrence. Gertrude was a homemaker and enjoyed reading and gardening. On April 23, 1946, she married Paul Vernon Ford who died May 20, 2009. Surviving...
Wilda Mae Moore
Feb 26, 2014
Wilda Mae Moore, 91, of Buffalo Village, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township. She was born August 12, 1922, in Burgettstown, a daughter of John Bonner and Estella Stevenson Bonner. Mrs. Moore was a homemaker and worked as a clerk at G.C. Murphy in Burgettstown. She attended Grove United Presbyterian Church and Upper Buffalo...
Katherine Funka
Feb 26, 2014
Katherine Funka, 92, of Washington, died on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. She was born on February 28, 1921, in Meadowlands, a daughter of the late Joseph and Susan Bygala Orlosky. A member of St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church, she had worked as a selector at Brockway Glass, Plant #7. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. On January...
Louis Anthony Johns
Feb 25, 2014
Louis Anthony Johns, 97, a lifelong resident of Washington, most recently of Hawthorne Woods, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, in the Washington County Health Center, following a brief illness. He was born on April 10, 1916, in Washington, son of the late Michael and Mary Louise Oritelli Johns. He attended Washington Schools. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War...
Leslie John James, Jr.
Feb 24, 2014
Leslie John James Jr., 85 of Greenville, formerly of Washington died Monday, February 24, 2014 at St. Paul Home in Greenville, PA. He was born November 11, 1928, in Coleford, Gloustershire, England, the son of the late Leslie John James Sr. and Mary Gertrude Cullis James. Mr. James graduated from Washington High School and served in the U.S. Army, as...
Brian "Charlie" Wade
Feb 23, 2014
Brian S. ‘Charlie” Wade, 57 of Washington, died Sunday, February 23, 2014 at home, following a 2 year battle with cancer. He was born February 10, 1957, in Washington the son of Marion Odelph Wade of Arkansas and Shirley Jean Black of Washington. He graduated from California State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree and was a field-marketing manager...
Shirley Elizabeth White
Feb 22, 2014
Shirley Elizabeth White, 78, of Washington, died Saturday, February 22, 2014, in Consulate Health Care, Canonsburg. She was born April 27, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of the late Harold Orville White and Helen E. Clemens White. Ms. White was a 1953 graduate of Washington High School. During her senior year in high school, she began working at Cameron Coca-Cola,...
George R. Toland
Feb 22, 2014
George Robert Toland, 61, of Claysville, died Saturday, February 22, 2014, in his residence. He was born June 22, 1952, in Washington, a son of Olive Heath Toland of Mt. Vernon, Ohio and the late Jesse Toland. Mr. Toland served in the Marine Corps from March 30, 1972, until his honorable discharge on March 29, 1974, with a rank of...
Jacqueline J. Worthington
Feb 20, 2014
Jacqueline J. Worthington, 55, of Avella, died February 20, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. She had fought breast cancer since 2010. She was born May 28, 1958, a daughter of Robert Worthington of Avella and the late Lyndall Hertig Worthington. Ms. Worthington was a 1976 graduate of McGuffey High School. For 26 years, she worked at Washington Steel/Allegheny Ludlum as...
William James White
Feb 19, 2014
William James White, 91, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, in Donnell House. He was born June 3, 1922, in Carothers, a son of Philip White and Leona Risher White. A World War II veteran, Mr. White served in the Navy from October 5, 1942, until his honorable discharge on March 17, 1946, as a Storekeeper, third class. He...
Vernon Eugene Rice
Feb 19, 2014
Vernon Eugene Rice Jr., 59, of Houston, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, in UPMC - Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born May 20, 1954, in Washington, the son of the late Vernon E. Rice Sr. and Nyla Taylor Woodburn of Washington. He was a graduate of Trinity High School and delivered and installed Medical Equipment. Vernon enjoyed traveling, sci-fi and...
Robert Earl Hickman
Feb 19, 2014
Robert Earl Hickman, 83, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, in his residence. He was born November 18, 1930, in Washington, a son of Frank and Janice Loar Hickman. Mr. Hickman graduated from Washington High School and worked as a machinist at RCA. He was a member of the Polish Club, was an avid archery hunter, and loved going...
Ronaele Cekola
Feb 18, 2014
Ronaele Cekola, 70, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, in her residence. She was born April 1, 1943, in Charleroi, a daughter of the late Leonard DeiCas and Eleanor Johns DeiCas. Mrs. Cekola was a graduate of Charleroi High School and California University of Pennsylvania with a degree in education. She was a teacher at Franklin Elementary School in...
Grace I. Kern
Feb 18, 2014
Grace I. Kern, 94 of Washington, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the Washington County Health Center. She was born March 18, 1919 in McKeesport the daughter of John E. Pinkerton and Margaret Gallagher Pinkerton. Grace was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Prosperity. She enjoyed playing cards, crocheting, watching the Price is Right on television,...
Thalma Cora Feiszli
Feb 18, 2014
Thalma Cora Feiszli, 91 of Washington, died February 18, 2014 at Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born February 18, 1923 in Washington the daughter of Preston Garrett Roach and Madaline Elizabeth Chesser Roach. She was a 1942 graduate of Washington High School. Thalma was a clerk/manager at the Fashion Hosiery Shop for over 20 years. She then worked...
Charles B. Ingersoll
Feb 14, 2014
Charles Burdette Ingersoll, 94, of Washington, died Friday, February 14, 2014, in Townview Health and Rehabilitation, Canonsburg. He was born February 16, 1919, in Cameron, West Virginia, a son of Charles Ingersoll and Betsy Kettle Ingersoll. Mr. Ingersoll worked at Ball Glass for 28 years, retiring as foreman of the shipping department. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and golfing. On March...
Deqlynn Renee Klages
Feb 13, 2014
Deqlynn Renee Klages came to earth on Thursday, February 13, 2014, at 8:45 a.m., and grew her wings at 9:25 a.m. Surviving are her parents, Barry L. Klages, II, and Amanda Strauss Klages, of Washington; 2 sisters, Whitney and Kaydence-Nicole Klages, and a brother, Barry Klages, III. She will also be sadly missed by great grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles,...
Roberta R. Novick
Feb 11, 2014
Roberta Rae Stevenson Novick, 73, of Hickory, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014, in Kindred Hospital, Oakdale. She was born August 31, 1940, in Washington, a daughter of the late Andrew Stevenson and Helen Littrel Stevenson. Mrs. Novick was a graduate of Uniontown High School and Washington Hospital School of Nursing and attended Washington and Jefferson College. She worked as a...
Frank J. Dombrowski
Feb 11, 2014
Frank J. Dombrowski, 63, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014, in the Washington Hospital. He was born December 21, 1950, in Washington, a son of the late John Dombrowski and Margaret Gersna Dombrowski. Mr. Dombrowski graduated from Trinity High School and attended Brown University. He was a self-employed contractor and former member of the Carpenters’ Union. Mr. Dombrowski enjoyed...
Donald Ray Harper
Feb 10, 2014
Donald Ray Harper, 63, of Washington, passed on Monday, February 10, 2014. He was born June 17, 1950, son of the late Shirley Harper. He was raised by the late John D. and Elsie Irene Harper. Donald served in the United States Army, and is a Vietnam War veteran. He worked for Schweinebraten and Mildon Bus Companies. He also worked...
