Juliet Vecchiotti Gonano
Apr 26, 2013
Juliet Vecchiotti Gonano, of Washington, PA died Friday, April 26, 2013, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born December 20, 1950, in Rochester, NY, a daughter of the late Anthony V. and Julia M. DiCesare Vecchiotti. Mrs. Gonano was a graduate of Our Lady of Mercy High School in Rochester, NY, and of Nazareth College. From...
Patricia A. Earnest
Apr 26, 2013
Patricia Antoinette Earnest, 71, of Marianna, died Friday, April 26, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. She was born June 12, 1941, in Lone Pine, a daughter of the late Charles Warren Sowers and Clara Louise Swart Sowers. Mrs. Earnest worked as a lab technician at the Washington Hospital for over 40 years. She enjoyed reading, lighthouses, flowers and dancing as...
Ludwig Charles Krizay
Apr 26, 2013
Ludwig Charles Krizay, 91, of Washington, died Friday, April 26, 2013, in Washington County Health Center, following a brief illness. He was born July 14, 1921, in Washington, a son of Stephen and Theresa Gruden Krizay. Mr. Krizay was a graduate of Penn Commercial and worked as a union carpenter with United Brotherhood of Carpenters for over 30 years. He...
Ruth Romayne Evans
Apr 24, 2013
Ruth Romayne Evans, 82, of Brownsville, formally of Malone Ridge Rd, Washington, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Donnell House, having been diagnosed 50 years ago with Multiple Sclerosis. She was born November 4, 1930, in Washington the daughter of George D. Bungard Sr. and Grace R. Hatfield Bungard Nowlin. Mrs. Evans graduated from Trinity High School in 1950 and...
William Charles Blacka, Jr.
Apr 24, 2013
William Charles Blacka, Jr., 58, of Washington, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Ewing Manor, Rogersville. Please check back for a complete obituary.
George Alexas
Apr 18, 2013
George Pete Alexas, 81, of Claysville, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at home. He was born May 26, 1931, in Washington, a son of the late Pete Alexas and Bessie Karanzalis Alexas. Mr. Alexas was the owner and operator of Shorty’s Lunch since he was eleven years old. He was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and received...
Mary Bartusiak
Apr 18, 2013
Mary Bartusiak (Bartusick), 94, of Washington, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Country Meadows Nursing Home, Bridgeville. She was born November 25, 1918, in Washington, a daughter of Mykita “Mike” and Martha Sawczak Bartusick. Miss Bartusiak attended McClay School and graduated from Trinity High School in 1936. She worked at Hazel-Atlas and Brockway Glass for over 36 years, first as...
Vincent S. Chmel, Jr.
Apr 18, 2013
Vincent Stanley Chmel, Jr., 88 of Washington, died April 18, 2013, in Donnell House, where he had been under hospice care since February 11th. He was born June 20, 1924, in Star City, West Virginia, a son of the late Vincent Stanley and Helen (Anusiewicz) Chmielevski Sr. In 1943, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the Army Air...
Delilace Chivers
Apr 17, 2013
Delilace “Lully” Chivers, 92, of Washington, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township, following a brief illness. She was born November 15, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of Clark E. Day and Hazel Marie Johns Day. Mrs. Chivers was a homemaker and a Bell Telephone operator when she was young. She volunteered at Washington Hospital...
Russell Bedley
Apr 14, 2013
Russell Bedley (Bedey), of Washington, passed away on April 14, 2013, from natural causes. He was 86. Russell was born on April 6th, 1927, and served in the US Army during World War II. He is survived by his brother George and wife Norma, who reside in Fort Lauderdale Florida; one niece, Kathy DeNardi; and four nephews, Michael Whitco, Dennis...
Augusto Pleil
Apr 13, 2013
Augusto Pleil, 86, of Washington, died on Friday, April 12, 2013, in the Washington Hospital He was born on August 3, 1926, in Chubut, Argentina, a son of Heinrich Otto and Marta Dora Schubert Pleil. He had worked in construction as a carpenter, and attended Free Methodist Church in Washington. Mr. Pleil ran a lawn and garden business on the...
Evelyn Julian Morgan
Apr 13, 2013
Evelyn Julian Morgan, 96, of Washington, died on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Kade’s Nursing Home. She was born on February 8, 1917, in Washington, a daughter of Frank and Rose Julian. Mrs. Morgan had attended Washington High School, and worked as a nurse’s aide at the Washington Hospital for 22 years. She was an avid crafter, and a member...
Dolie Ottena
Apr 12, 2013
Dollie Maxine McFadden Ottena, 81, of Washington, died Friday, April 12, 2013, in Country Meadows Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was born October 26, 1931, in Baltimore, Maryland the daughter of Richard Charles McFadden Sr. and Mabel Kelley McFadden. Mrs. Ottena was a member of St. Hilary Church and was previously an Altar Society member at St. Mary...
Doris Mae Wier
Apr 11, 2013
Doris Mae Wier, 87, of Wayne, Michigan, formally of Claysville, died on Thursday, April 11, 2013. She was born October 25, 1925 in Elm Grove, WV, the daughter of the late Harry Hungerman and Olive Gray Hungerman Bryant. Doris was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening, jigsaw puzzles and reading. She was a member of Grace...
Lois King
Apr 10, 2013
Lois Thelma King, 87, of Hesston, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon. She was born November 10, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of Lawrence Cowden and Thelma Rumbaugh Cowden. Mrs. King was a graduate of Hickory High School and was a homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and reading. Before moving to Hesston, Mrs. King was...
Rosie Lee Patterson
Apr 10, 2013
Rosie Lee Dates Patterson, 68, of Washington, died April 10, 2013, in the Donnell House. She was born June 6, 1944 in Sylacauga, AL, the daughter of Willie Augusta Truss Dates of Washington and the late William Henry Dates. She was a 1962 graduate of Trinity High School, and a 1970 graduate of The Washington Hospital School of Nursing. Rosie...
Mary B. Heaton
Apr 10, 2013
Mary B. Heaton, 62, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She was born July 9, 1950 in Washington, PA, the daughter of the late Abraham Moses and Bessie Baron Moses. Mary graduated from Trinity High School and received her Bachelor’s degree at California University and her Master’s degree at Pitt in social work....
George Kupar, Jr.
Apr 10, 2013
George Kupar, Jr., 85, of Washington, died Thursday, April 10, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. He was born May 13, 1927, in Isabella, a son of George Kupar, Sr., and Susan Kundrat Kupar. Mr. Kupar was a 1945 graduate of Ellsworth High School and worked as a coal miner for Beth Energy. An avid baseball fan, he pitched for a...
John "Smokey" Harter
Apr 8, 2013
John H. “Smokey” Harter, 79, of Washington, died Monday, April 8, 2013, in his residence. He was born December 17, 1933, in Washington, a son of the late George William Harter and Frances “Rachel” Anderson Harter. Mr. Harter attended a one-room school in Lincoln Hill and in the 1950s was the PA State Marble Champion. For 33 years, he worked...
Sara Jane Ahwesh
Apr 7, 2013
Surrounded by the love, respect and admiration of all five of her children, Sara Jane Headley Ahwesh, 87, ascended into heaven on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Tidewell Bradenton Hospice House in Bradenton, Florida. Born on August 23, 1925, in Brock, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ahwesh was the daughter of Albert E. Headley and Vada Lemley Headley, and sister of Genevieve Headley...
