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...
Neva O. Riggle
Mar 24, 2014
Neva O. Riggle, 89, of Washington, died Monday, March 24, 2014, in Strabane Woods. She was born July 18, 1924, in Lowell, Ohio, a daughter of Leonard Bosold and Phoebe Jane Barnhart Bosold. Mrs. Riggle graduated from Hickory High School in 1942. She worked as a telephone operator while living in Colorado, in the receiving department at Gimble’s, and as...
Orloff "Buss" George Sims Sr.
Mar 23, 2014
Orloff G. “Buss” Sims Sr., 76 of Washington, died Sunday. March 23, 2014 at the Washington Hospital. He was born March 5, 1938 in Amity, the son of Frank Sims and Ellen Jones Sims. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1957. Mr. Sims was a self- employed mail contractor for 30 years and worked at Moly Corp. for 21...
Emma Josephine Orban
Mar 22, 2014
Emma Josephine Orban of Washington passed away peacefully at her home on her 93rd Birthday, March 22, 2014. She was born March 22, 1921, in Centerville, PA, a daughter of the late Michael Stanley and Nellie Yuravich Muscavitch. Emma attended Greene County schools and graduated from Noble Thompson Institute, Pittsburgh, PA where she studied Business and Bookkeeping....
Norma June Mcclenathan
Mar 21, 2014
Norma June McClenathan, 82, of Prosperity, died Friday, March 21, 2014, in Washington County Health Center. She was born March 30, 1931, in Prosperity, a daughter of Herschell C. Day and Etta McCarroll Day. Mrs. McClenathan was a homemaker and member of Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church. On November 12, 1951, she married Frank Herbert McClenathan, who survives. Also surviving...
Alexander Hart Manning
Mar 20, 2014
Alexander “Alex” Hart Manning, 99, died Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Humbert Lane. He was born August 30, 1914 in Washington, the son of the late Michael and Susan Smith Manning. Alex was Motor Machinist’s Mate first class of the United States Coast Guard during World War II and was awarded three medals. He was captain of the Washington Fire...
Christeen Ann Metz
Mar 20, 2014
Christeen “Chris” Ann Metz, 56 of Washington, died Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Donnell House, following a 3-year battle with cancer. She was born October 2, 1957 in Clarksburg, the daughter of the late Curtis Bode and Rosemary Ryan Bode. Chris was employed at the Washington School District in Food Service at Washington Elementary Educational Park. ...
Clarence Smith, Jr.
Mar 19, 2014
Clarence Smith, Jr., 82, of McMurray, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in his residence. He had been in declining health for the past 10 years. He was born January 6, 1932, in Washington, a son of Clarence M. Smith, Sr. and Margaret A. McCartney Smith. Mr. Smith worked at the US Steel Edgar Thompson Plant in Braddock for 44 years....
Elaine M. Freiberger
Mar 18, 2014
Elaine Marie Freiberger, 89, of McMurray, formerly of Washington, died March 18, 2014, in Paramount Senior Living, McMurray.She was born December 11, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of Blaine and Ethel Bennett Miller. A homemaker, Mrs. Freiberger was a member of Fairhill Manor Christian Church, where she sang in the senior choir. On October 23, 1942, she married William E....
Marcie Lynn Adkins
Mar 15, 2014
Marcie Lynn Adkins, 52, of Strabane, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, March 15, 2014 in her home, following a lengthy illness. Ms. Adkins was born on March 6, 1962, in Canonsburg, a daughter of Melvin and Janet Adkins, of, Strabane. Marcie captured your attention and your heart, with her contagious smile and silly, playful spirit. Her greatest enjoyment was music, and...
Thresa A. Weber
Mar 15, 2014
Thresa A. Weber, 57, of Washington, died Saturday, March 15, 2014, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born Thresa Chapman in Bradenton, Fla., November 13, 1956, she was a daughter of Floyd "Sid" (Lynda) Chapman of Greenville, S.C., and Polly (Ron) Gailey of Yuma, Ariz. She was the wife of 34 years to Robert Weber of Washington; mother...
Susan Lee Bova
Mar 15, 2014
Susan Lee Livingood Bova, 47, of Washington, died on Saturday, March 15, 2014, in the Washington Hospital, following a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born on June 27, 1966, in Washington, a daughter of Romaine (Charlie) Wright, of East Finley, formerly of Washington, and the late Dick Livingood. Mrs. Bova had attended McGuffey High School, and received a G.E.D....
