Erwin Frank Rohrbacher, Jr.
Oct 13, 2013
Erwin Frank Rohrbacher, Jr., 64 of Washington, died Sunday, October 13, 2013 in the Washington Hospital following a five-month illness. He was born November 29, 1948 in Washington, the son of Erwin F. Rohrbacher Sr. and Sarah A. Marra Rohrbacher. Erwin graduated from Trinity High School and attended a trade school for welding. Mr. Rohrbacher was employed as an ironworker...
Madelyn Folkens
Oct 12, 2013
Madelyn Risbin Folkens, 92, of Washington, died October 12, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. She was born February 14, 1921, in Marianna, a daughter of Thomas J. and Sara Ann Quinn Risbin. Mrs. Folkens was a graduate of Trinity High School, Class of 1939. She was a homemaker and member of Immaculate Conception Church. On October 18, 1941, she was...
Harold Kerr Roth
Oct 11, 2013
Harold Kerr Roth, 93, of Houston, died Friday, October 11, 2013, in Greenery Specialty Care, Canonsburg. He was born February 10, 1920, in New Martinsville, West Virginia, a son of William Edgar Roth and Nancy Olfield Roth. Mr. Roth served in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He worked at I.C. Patch and Son as an auto mechanic....
William Charles Frantz
Oct 11, 2013
William Charles “Bill” Frantz, 64, of Washington, Canton Township, died in his home on October 11, 2013. Bill was born June 19, 1949, in Washington, a son of William Wilson Frantz and Mary Ann Openbrier Frantz. He was raised predominantly by his grandmother, Mary Grast, whom he admired for her faithfulness to God and her strong will power. Bill enlisted...
Julia Fetherlin
Oct 10, 2013
Julia Elizabeth Fetherlin, 89 of Washington, died Thursday, October 10, 2013 in Good Samaritan Hospice in Cabot. Julia led a life of humility, goodness, and grace. She had a servant's heart, an unending devotion to God and her church, and she left a lasting legacy of love to her children, grandchildren and to all who knew her. "Well done, my...
Roberta Dicks
Oct 10, 2013
Roberta Dicks, 60, of Claysville, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, in her residence. She was born May 17, 1953, in Madison Heights, Michigan, a daughter of the late Robert and Lillian Kelpin Thompson. Mrs. Dicks graduated from Madison Heights High School. She worked as a sales clerk at W.T. Grants Department Store and Hills Department Store and as a nursing...
George Joseph Baumgardner
Oct 10, 2013
George Joseph Baumgardner, 84, of Washington, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, in Washington Hospital. He was born May 24, 1929, in Washington, the son of Paul W. Baumgardner and Ethel Ida Gray Baumgardner. Mr. Baumgardner was employed as a layer man at Metro Glass and Ball Glass and was in the Army during World War II. George enjoyed gardening and...
Winnie Louise Knox
Oct 10, 2013
Winnie Louise Knox, 90, of Washington, died Thursday, October 10, 2013 at home. She was born February 7, 1923 in Morgantown, WV, the daughter of Willard Holden Burnside and Eula Pearl Danley Burnside. Winnie graduated in 1940 from Brownsville High School. She was a member of and attended North Buffalo Church for 66 years, where she was treasurer of the...
Lawrence Andrew Williams
Oct 10, 2013
Lawrence Andrew Williams, 61, of Canonsburg, made his journey home on October 10, 2013. He was born in Canonsburg on January 3, 1952, a son of the late Henry O. Williams and Elizabeth L. Patterson Williams. Larry attended Canon-McMillan School District. He worked for Lemon Trucking, Canon Metals and The Woods Cabinetry and loved working on cars in his younger...
Margaret Elizabeth Pickens
Oct 9, 2013
Margaret Elizabeth “Jessie” Pickens, 75 of Washington, died Wednesday, October 9th in the Washington Hospital. She was born January 5, 1938 in Washington, the daughter of Frank Pickens and Ermina Huggins Pickens. Miss Pickens was a homemaker. Surviving are a sister, Mary Ann (Joe) Bennington of Chicago, Il; several nieces and nephews. Deceased is a sister Betty King. Services were...
Irene Elizabeth Lombardo
Oct 9, 2013
Irene Elizabeth Lombardo, 79, of Washington, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, Washington. She was born January 7, 1934, in Bridgeville, a daughter of Conrad and Harriet Miller Speicher. Mrs. Lombardo graduated from Scott Township High School. A homemaker, her family was the most important part of her life. She was Catholic and previously attended...
Gail Virginia Saffel
Oct 8, 2013
Gail Virginia Saffel, 69 of Washington, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 in Canonsburg Hospital. She was born April 4, 1944 in Washington and was raised by Bill and Nettie Varner. Gail worked at ARC as an aid for several years and previously worked at Humbert Lane as a nurses aid. She enjoyed her grandchildren and doing puzzles. She was a...
John Alan Bober
Oct 6, 2013
John Alan Bober, 54, of Washington, died Sunday, October 6, 2013, in UPMC – Presbyterian, Pittsburgh. He was born May 15, 1959, in Washington, a son of the late John M. Bober and Adella Cheze Bober. Mr. Bober was a graduate of Trinity High School and worked as a carpenter in residential construction. He enjoyed carpentry and the outdoors, especially...
Caroline Faith Murray
Oct 5, 2013
Caroline “Faith” Murray, 61 of Washington, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Washington Hospital. She was born October 14, 1951 in Waynesburg, the daughter of the late Harry Edward Reynolds and Phyllis Arietta Wilson Reynolds. Faith graduated from Jefferson Morgan High School in 1969 and Washington Hospital School of Nursing in 1971. She was a registered nurse at Washington Hospital...
Olga Michalena Curci
Oct 5, 2013
Olga Michalena Curci, 97 of Washington, died Sunday, October 5, 2013 at Consulate Health Care in Canonsburg. She was born October 19, 1915 in Foggia, Italy the daughter of Patsy Leone and Nina Joann Leone. She was the operator and manager of Normain Hotel for 25 years. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church. Olga loved animals...
Naomi Keirs Boardley
Oct 5, 2013
Naomi Keirs Boardley, 86, of Thomas Campbell Christian Center, Washington, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 5, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Canonsburg. Naomi was one of ten children of Thom and Lillian Garrett of Avella. She spent all of her life in Washington. In her youth, Naomi worked at the Washington Hotel and Herd’s Drug Store....
Robert William Kelley
Oct 4, 2013
Robert William Kelley, 51 of Washington, died Friday, October 4 in Allegheny General Hospital, following a short illness. He was born September 17, 1962 in Washington, the son of Robert Kelley of Washington and the late Shirley Byrd Kelley. Mr. Kelley was a mechanic at Adams Exxon for many years and later at Midas for 10 years. He deeply loved...
Josephine Lusk
Oct 3, 2013
Josephine Ann Lusk, 75 of Washington, died October 3, 2013 in the Washington County Health Center following a lengthy illness. She was born March 28, 1938 in California, PA, the daughter of John Voytek and Anna Bednar Voytek. Josephine worked for the Trinity School District in the Cafeteria for 21 years and attended St Hilary Roman Catholic Church. She enjoyed...
John Joseph Mcnansky
Oct 3, 2013
John Joseph McNansky, 89, of Washington, died on Thursday, October 3, 2013, in Humbert Lane, following a brief illness. He was born on May 7, 1924, in Adah, PA, a son of Mary Kotarsky. Mr. McNansky worked as an electrician for 35 years at RCA, where he also served as president of the I.B.E.W. Union. He then worked as the...
Jacqueline Mae Jarosz
Oct 1, 2013
On October 1, 2013, Jacqueline, beloved wife, mother and grandmother answered God’s loving call to heaven as her eternal resting place. “Jackie” as she preferred to be called was born to the late Esther and Charles Sim on January 19, 1932 in Washington. A 1950 graduate of Washington High School, she worked for years at the Central Drugstore and the...
