Gladys M. Birch
Oct 29, 2013
Gladys M. Birch, 100, of Washington, died Tuesday, October 29, 2013. She was born January 10, 1913, in Canton Township, a daughter of James W. and Nannie Lattamore Birch. Ms. Birch graduated from Trinity High School, in 1932. She was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, where she served as Superintendent of Sabbath School, Assistant Clerk and Deaconess. In...
Ronald Edward Bogan, Sr.
Oct 29, 2013
Ronald Edward Bogan Sr., 62 of Washington, died Tuesday, October 29, 2013 in the Washington Hospital. He was born April 4, 1951 in Washington, the son of Monroe Bogan and Ethel Bogan, who are deceased. Mr. Bogan was a Physical Therapy Aid at the Washington County Health Center for 38 years. He loved basketball, which he played in high school,...
Gary Wayne Seaman
Oct 29, 2013
Gary Wayne Seaman, 60, of Washington, died on October 29, 2013, in his home. He was born on July 27, 1953, in Washington, a son of the late John and Betty Hart Seaman. Mr. Seaman had attended Washington High School, and was Presbyterian by faith. He was an architectural draftsman, who had worked both domestically and internationally. Gary was an...
Sarah Jane Hildreth
Oct 28, 2013
Sarah Jane Hildreth, 87, of Washington, died Monday, October 28, 2013, in her residence. She was born January 9, 1926, in Wyland, a daughter of George and Blanche McFall Burgh. After graduating from Washington High School, Mrs. Hildreth worked as a Bell Telephone operator in Florida for a couple of years before becoming a homemaker. She was a member of...
Timothy Adam Hewitt, Jr.
Oct 28, 2013
Timothy Adam Hewitt, Jr., 5, of Claysville, died on Monday, October 28, 2013, along with his mother, during a fire that destroyed the family’s home. He loved animals, especially his dog, and playing outside. Timothy attended Kindergarten at the Claysville Elementary School. Surviving are his father, Timothy Adam Hewitt, Sr., a paternal grandmother, Deborah E. Hewitt, of Claysville; maternal grandparents,...
Lisa Marie Hewitt
Oct 28, 2013
Lisa Marie Butcher Hewitt, 27, of Claysville, formerly of Hookstown, died on Monday, October 28, 2013, while attempting to protect her son, during a fire that destroyed the family’s home. She was born on May 31, 1986, in Beaver Valley, a daughter of John D. and Lori Gavalya Butcher, of Clinton. She was a homemaker, whose greatest joy was being...
John Allen Pettit
Oct 27, 2013
John Allen Pettit, 78, of Washington, died on Sunday, October 27, 2013, in his home. He was born on November 16, 1934, in Washington, a son of the late John Thomas and Gail Jinkens Pettit. Mr. Pettit was a 1953 graduate of Trinity High School. On January 29, 1954, he enlisted in the Army National Guard, where he served until...
Mildred Lucille Stimpson
Oct 27, 2013
Mildred Lucille Stimpson, 89 of Washington died October 27, 2013 in Paris, Texas. She was born January 22, 1924 in Renova, PA, the daughter of Saul Stroup and Virginia Irene Watcherson Stroup. Mrs. Stimpson was a homemaker and Methodist by faith. She enjoyed knitting, reading, canoeing and traveling. On 1950 she married Howard L. Stimpson Jr, who died April 1,...
Betty Jeanne Kurek
Oct 25, 2013
Betty Jeanne Moore Kurek, 88, a lifelong resident of Washington, died on October 25 at the Donnell House after a brief illness. Born on November 17, 1924, Betty was the only child of the late Walter Moore and Minnie Clish. Betty graduated from Washington High School in January 1943 and went to work at Duncan Miller where she met the...
John Franklin Null
Oct 25, 2013
John Franklin Null, 71 of Washington died Friday, October 25, 2013 in the Washington Hospital. He was born June 28, 1942 in Washington the son of Frank Temple Null and Mary Ellen Henderson Null who are deceased. John was a machine gunner for the U.S. Marines where he served in Vietnam and received a Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service...
Clara Eugenia Keeling
Oct 22, 2013
Clara Eugenia Keeling, 91, of Washington, died October 22, 2013. She was born December 2, 1921, in Washington, a daughter of Giro Lucatorto and Theresa Ascolilio Lucatorto. Mrs. Keeling was a graduate of Washington High School. She worked in a hand grenade factory during World War II and later worked as an aid at Western State School and Hospital for...
William Michael Summers
Oct 21, 2013
William Michael “Mike” Summers, 59 of Claysville, went home Monday, October 21, 2013, after losing a courageous fight in battling cancer. He was born in Fairmont, WV on August 13, 1954, the son of the late Albert Jr. and Maxine Satterfield Summers. His work history had him traveling the United States, working underseas, building bridges, drilling and carpentry. He worked...
Edward Walker Hanna
Oct 20, 2013
Edward Walker Hanna, 74 of Washington, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 in the Washington Hospital. He was born March 20, 1939 in Washington the son of Walter Hanna and Thelma Harshman Hanna. Edward served in the U.S. Army for 16 years and did three tours in Vietnam. He worked for Washington County at Mingo Park in maintenance for 20 years....
Howard Wayne Tustin
Oct 20, 2013
Howard Wayne Tustin, 60 of Ellsworth, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at home. He was born January 19, 1953 in Washington, the son of Clifford Tustin Jr. and the late Mary Moore Tustin. Mr. Tustin was a house painter, played guitar and loved animals, especially his dog. On August 7, 1970 he married Sherri Lowe Tustin who died May 5,...
George R. Wheeler
Oct 20, 2013
George Rufus Wheeler, Sr., 80, of Washington, died Sunday, October 20, 2013, in his residence. He was born April 19, 1933, in Washington, a son of John Rufus Wheeler and Yevette Drew Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler worked as a coal miner for Consol Energy, where he was known as “Bubbles” by his fellow workers. For the past 20 years, he worked...
Jo Anne Caudell
Oct 19, 2013
Jo Anne Caudell, 68, of Washington, formerly of Shelbyville, IN, died on Saturday, October 19, 2013, in the Canonsburg Hospital, following a 20-year illness. She was born on December 13, 1944, in Pawtucket, RI, a daughter of the late Raymond Leo and Doris Lamert Ludgate Conlon. A graduate of Shelbyville High School, Indiana, she was a member of Trinity United...
Melissa Capo Fahey
Oct 19, 2013
Melissa Capo Fahey, 39, of Washington, died unexpectedly Saturday, October 19, 2013. She was born September 19, 1974 in Pittsburgh, the daughter of John Capo and Kathy Sekura Capo who are deceased. She was a graduate of Trinity High School and a member of Lone Pine Christian Church. Surviving are three sons, Christian Capo of Washington, Shawn Fahey of Canonsburg,...
Daniel Joseph Passo
Oct 18, 2013
Daniel Joseph Passo, 54, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Friday, October 18, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. He was born on April 5, 1959, in Washington, a son of the late Daniel and Christina Hennick Passo. He was a graduate of Trinity High School. When he was younger, he had been an active member of St. Hilary Catholic Church, and...
David F. Engle
Oct 18, 2013
David Fonner Engle, Sr., 71, of Washington, died Friday, October 18, 2013, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. He was born December 10, 1941, in Washington, a son of Carl and Margaret Fonner Engle. Mr. Engle was a coal miner for Consol - Bethlehem Mine for 12 ½ years, was the owner/operator of Dave’s Auto Repair for 20 years,...
James Timothy Faris
Oct 17, 2013
James Timothy Faris, 54, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Thursday, October 17, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. He was born August 16, 1959, in Washington, D.C., a son of the late James Robert and Lina Diegelmann Faris. After high school graduation, Mr. Faris attended machinist school for two years. He worked as a machinist at Miller Cetrifugal Casting, Cecil Township. He...
