Eric M Ripper
Jun 3, 2013
Eric Malcolm Ripper, 62, of Washington, died Monday, June 3, 2013, in the Donnell House. He was born May 29, 1951, in Washington, the son of the late Harold J. Ripper and Ruth Margaret Oldham Ripper. Mr. Ripper worked at the Holiday Inn Meadowlands for six years as a dishwasher. He was a graduate of the inaugural special school program...
Sarah Elizabeth Wilson
Jun 3, 2013
Sarah Elizabeth Wilson, 96, of Independence Township, died Monday, June 3, 2013 in the Donnell House. She was born November 14, 1916, in Prosperity, the daughter of Forest Craft III and Ellen Elizabeth Dodd Craft. Mrs. Wilson graduated from Washington High School in 1936 and attended California teachers college. Sarah was a Life Member of Grove United Presbyterian Church, where...
Fred A. Guinn
Jun 2, 2013
Fred Ashbrook Guinn, 84, of Washington, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness. He was born January 17, 1929, in Washington, a son of Fred W. Guinn and Blanche Ashbrook Guinn. Mr. Guinn was a 1946 graduate of Washington High School. For 50 years, he worked as a bricklayer for Union 11, serving...
Paul James White
Jun 2, 2013
Paul James White, 71 of Chartiers, formerly of Pleasant Grove and Taylorstown, died Sunday, June 2, 2013 in the Washington County Health Center. He was born, May 25, 1942 in Washington, the son of Charles R. White and Ellen G. Longstreath White. Mr. White was over the road truck driver for Frank Beatty and Besl Trucking. He was married to...
Shirley Joanne Davis
May 31, 2013
Shirley Joanne Davis, 77, of Washington, died Friday, May 31, 2013, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born December 18, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Roy Fielder and Opal Elizabeth Riggle Fielder. Mrs. Davis was a graduate of Trinity High School and St. Joseph School of Nursing. She worked as a nurse at Western Center...
Boyd Richard Frazee
May 29, 2013
Boyd R. Frazee, age 85 of Washington, went home to the Lord on May 29, 2013. He was born October 31, 1927 in Lone Pine a son of Dee and Mae Cain Frazee, Sr. He was a lifelong Washington County resident and a member of North Buffalo Presbyterian Church. He was an all star football player at Trinity High School...
Frances Louise Olesky
May 29, 2013
Frances Louise Olesky Frances Louise Olesky, 96 of Washington, died Wednesday, May 29, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on June 20, 1916 in Meadowlands, the daughter of Frank Piszczek and Eva Navatowski Piszczek. Frances was an inspector for Metro Glass/Ball Glass. She was catholic by faith. She enjoyed working in her yard and watching birds. In 1939 she...
Robert Wayne Richardson
May 28, 2013
Robert Wayne Richardson, 74, of Washington, died Wednesday, May 28, 2013, in his residence. He was born December 26, 1939, in Washington, a son of Woodrow Richardson and Dorothy Miller Richardson. Mr. Richardson was a graduate of Washington High School and worked as a musician and drummer. He also held positions with John Hancock Insurance, General Motors, and Pleiger Plastics...
Hildreth Meta Francis
May 27, 2013
Hildreth Meta Francis, 88, of Brackenridge, formally of Claysville, died Monday, May 27 in the Applewood Personal Care Home. She was born July 10, 1924 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ernest William Gall and Hedwig Manske Gall. Hildreth was a graduate of Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York. She was a homemaker and at one time employed...
Joyce A. Lunn
May 27, 2013
Joyce Arlene Lunn, 86, of Washington, died Monday, May 27, at Washington Hospital. She was born June 15, 1926, in State College, PA, the daughter of Leroy Winand and Jean Wolf Winand. Mrs. Lunn was a member of Taylorstown Presbyterian Church, the Lagonda Homemakers Group and the Claysville Eastern Star. She was a Mother Advisor to the Rainbow Girls and...
David H. Farrer, Jr.
May 25, 2013
David H. Farrer, Jr., 83, of Washington, died on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in the Washington County Health Center. He was born on February 16, 1930, in West Middletown, a son of David H. Farrer, Sr., and Mary Cunningham Farrer. He was a 1947 graduate of Trinity High School. Mr. Farrer was a 50-year member of Chartiers Crossroads United Presbyterian...
Douglas Henderson
May 25, 2013
Douglas LaVelle Henderson, 56, of Washington, died Saturday, May 25, 2013, in his residence. He was born February 13, 1957, in Washington, a son of Chester Johnson and Virginia Lovings Johnson. Mr. Henderson was a graduate of Washington High School, where he played football and was a 1976 WPIAL champion in wrestling. Throughout his life he remained a follower and...
Martha "Jeannie" Provance
May 24, 2013
Martha Jean “Jeannie” Provance, 74, of Washington, died Friday, May 24, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. She was born February 21, 1939, a daughter of Randle A. and Ethel Mae Iams Glendenning. Mrs. Provance was a homemaker who enjoyed bingo and playing slot machines at the casino. On October 9, 1957, she married Charles E. Provance, who died May 6,...
James David King
May 23, 2013
James David King, 77, of Avella, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. He was born August 26, 1935, in Rea, a son of James Wilson King and Mary Ellen Fowler King. Mr. King worked at Bell Telephone for 44 years, retiring as a foreman. He was a veteran of the army, serving on active duty from May...
Alexander Leonard Dudzik
May 22, 2013
Alexander “Larry” Leonard Dudzik, 88 of Washington, died Wednesday, May 22, in the Washington Hospital. He was born November 9, 1924 in Canonsburg, the son of John Dudzik and Alice Bonczek Dudzik. Mr. Dudzik served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate and received an American Theater Ribbon and a Victory Medal. Larry graduated from...
Charles Robert Hall
May 21, 2013
Charles Robert Hall, 67, of Washington, died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 21, 2013. He was born May 10, 1946, in Washington, a son of the late Robert S. and Kathryn Ringer Hall. Mr. Hall worked for Kurtz Monument for 12 years as a footer installer. He was Apostolic and enjoyed motorcycles. Surviving are four daughters, Kristy McMasters of Washington, Kelly Matthews...
Gertrude Sonson
May 20, 2013
Gertrude Theresa “Dorothy” Sonson, 89, of Washington, died Monday, May 20 in the Washington County Health Center She was born January 12, 1924, in Pittsburgh the daughter of Paul Buccigrossi and Antoinette Manella Buccigrossi. Mrs. Sonson was a member Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church and a member of the Christian Mothers. She was employed by the Washington Hospital for 14...
Paul Conway Briggs
May 17, 2013
Paul Conway Briggs, 77, a longtime resident of South Franklin Township, died Friday, May 17, 2013, in Presbyterian Senior Care. He was born July 15, 1935, in Lone Pine, a son of the late Lester and Opal Kelley Briggs. Mr. Briggs attended Chestnut Ridge, Somerset and McClay Elementary Schools and Trinity High School. He was a thirty-year employee of National...
Anna Florence Davis
May 17, 2013
Anna Florence Davis, 83, of Washington, died Friday, May 17, 2013, in Donnell House. She was born September 6, 1929, in Manifold, a daughter of Walter Lee Lloyd and Louizah Leolin Roach Lloyd. Mrs. Davis was a graduate of Trinity High School and worked at RCA and Grant’s Department Store. She enjoyed being with her family and grandchildren, her dog,...
Kenneth Alvin Gray
May 16, 2013
Kenneth Alvin “Fuzzy” Gray Sr., 72, of Washington, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Greenery Specialty Care, Canonsburg, following a two-year illness. He was born August 5, 1940, in Washington, a son of the late Clarence and Anna-Marie Yater Gray. Mr. Gray worked as a truck driver for William H. Martin for 12 years and also owned his own refuse...
