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...
Charles William Schmalz
Apr 5, 2013
Charles William Schmalz, 71, of Washington, died Friday, April 5, 2013, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born February 1, 1942, in Canonsburg, a son of Charles F. Schmalz of Houston and the late Martha Frazier Schmalz. Mr. Schmalz was a graduate of Chartiers High School and the Pittsburgh Beauty Academy. From 1961 until 1964, he...
Johnetta "Peg" Sayre
Apr 5, 2013
Johnetta “Peg” Sayre, 86 of Washington, died Friday, April 5, 2013, in her residence. She was born July 4, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of John Armstrong and Gertrude Devore Armstrong. Mrs. Sayre was a graduate of Trinity High School. She was a homemaker who previously worked at Reichart Furniture and sold Sarah Coventry Jewelry. She enjoyed reading, knitting, quilting...
Clementine A. Wisnosky
Apr 3, 2013
Clementine Arbutus Wisnosky, 88, of Washington, died on April 3, 2013, in her home in Glendale, CA, with her family by her side. She was born January 29, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of the late Edward Charles Couts and Florence Mossburg Couts. Mrs. Wisnosky attended Washington High School and worked for Sealtest Ice Cream Company in Pittsburgh for several...
Paul Michael Daugherty
Apr 3, 2013
Paul Michael Daugherty, 35, of Washington, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at the Washington Hospital. He was born October 7, 1977, in Washington, a son of the Demaris Hood Daugherty of West Alexander and the late Joseph E. Daugherty. Mr. Daugherty was a graduate of McGuffey High School. He enjoyed camping, fishing and going for rides with family. Mr....
Shirley Ann Swartzfeger
Apr 1, 2013
Shirley Ann Swartzfeger, 89, of Butler, formerly of Washington, died Monday, April 1, 2013, in Butler Memorial Hospital. She was born December 8, 1923, in Houston, Texas, a daughter of William A. McKinney and Elise C. McFarland McKinney. Mrs. Swartzfeger graduated from high School in Louisiana and worked as a sales clerk at Sears. She was Presbyterian by faith and...
