Roberto Hayes-Bellino
Feb 12, 2013
Roberto A.P. Hayes-Bellino, 66, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013, in Washington County Health Center, following a yearlong illness. He was born September 26, 1946, in Bryn Mawr, a son of Cecil Robert Hayes and Mary Jackson Hayes. Mr. Hayes-Bellino graduated from Villanova University and worked as a supervisor for C.C.I. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church....
Juanita L. Farrer
Feb 12, 2013
Juanita Lucile Farrer, 92, of Johnstown, formerly of West Middletown, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013. She was born August 13, 1920, in Clarinda, Iowa, a daughter of George William and Lela Leone Hensleigh McCullough, and was raised in College Springs, Iowa. Mrs. Farrer graduated from Amity High School in College Springs, Iowa and from Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas. A...
Samuel J. Insana, Sr.
Feb 12, 2013
Samuel J. (Sammy) Insana Sr., 80, of Washington, passed away February 12, 2013, surrounded by his loving wife Mary Lou, and his 4 children. He was born October 14, 1932, in Washington, a son of the late Pietro and Carmella Insana. He worked at Brockway Glass for 31 years until its closure and then worked at Dynamet Corporation for 12...
Richard H. Myers
Feb 12, 2013
Richard H. Myers, 75, of Washington, died on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at Kade Nursing Home. He was born on July 4, 1937, in Washington, a son of the late Robert and Neva Hennen Myers. Mr. Myers had worked in sales, at the Washington Beauty and Barber Supply Company, until they closed, and later in the same capacity, at Mr....
Margaret French Mcilroy
Feb 10, 2013
Margaret French McIlroy, 84, of Washington, died February 10, 2013, in Washington County Health Center. She was born June 5, 1928, in Washington, a daughter of Robert A. and Geneva Burns French. She attended Washington High School. For many years, for many people, Margaret’s face was the first face seen as she sat behind the receptionist’s desk at the Washington...
Pearl E. Roach
Feb 10, 2013
Pearl E. Apache Roach, 84, of Washington, died February 10, 2013. She was born April 18, 1928, in Manifold, a daughter of Andrew and Anna Kita Apache. Mrs. Roach was a graduate of Trinity High School and worked for Shop-N-Save as a cashier and office manager. She enjoyed bowling, playing cards, and going to the Senior Citizens Center. Mrs. Roach...
William George Fischer
Feb 7, 2013
Lifetime member and past Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge William George Fischer, 71, of Washington, died on Thursday, February 7, 2013, in his residence. He was born on December 27, 1941, in Washington, a son of Myrtle C. Scholten Fischer, of Washington, and the late Kerwin E. Fischer. A graduate of Washington High School, he was a member of...
Theodore S. Spara
Feb 7, 2013
Theodore S. Spara, 90, of Canonsburg, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Canonsburg. He was born July 15, 1922, in Washington, a son of Jacob and Josephine Olszaniczka Spara. Mr. Spara was a 1942 graduate of Trinity High School, where he excelled in football and track. After high school he attended Findlay College in Ohio for one...
Dora M. Molinaro
Feb 7, 2013
Dora M. Molinaro, 82, of Washington, died February 7, 2013, in her residence. She had been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Molinaro was born April 24, 1930, in Washington, a daughter of Donald and Myrl Hillberry Iams. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Pete Molinaro; two sons, Fred Evans Jr. and Bruce (Kathy) Evans; two daughters,...
Billie Gruber Bayer
Feb 7, 2013
Billie Gruber Bayer, 79, of McMurray, died February 7, 2013, in Manor Care. She was born August 5, 1933, in Washington, a daughter of William John Gruber and Thelma Rose Patterson Gruber. Outgoing with a quick smile, she was a friend to everyone she met. Mrs. Bayer was a devout and prayerful mother of seven, Registered Nurse and a life-long...
James W. Patterson
Feb 6, 2013
James Wells Patterson, 83, of Washington, died February 6, 2013, in Donnell House. He was born February 5, 1930, in Nineveh, a son of Jacob and Margaret Wells Patterson. Mr. Patterson was a graduate of Trinity High School and worked as a truck driver for Coen Oil Company for 38 years. He was a Korean War veteran, serving in the...
Helen M. Armstrong
Feb 6, 2013
Helen Mae Armstrong, 89, of Washington, died February 6, 2013, in Consulate Health Care, North Strabane Township. She was born September 26, 1923, in Maryland, a daughter of Roy and Thresa Westfall Kirkland. Mrs. Armstrong was a homemaker and waitress. She was Presbyterian. Surviving are a son, Paul Dean Merryman; a daughter, Sharon Kay Merryman Armstrong (Charles); a stepson, Charles...
Bertha Jean Taylor
Feb 5, 2013
Bertha Jean Hallam Taylor, 86, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born February 27, 1926, a daughter of Wilbur and Lena Hatfield Hallam. A homemaker, Mrs. Taylor worked at Brockway Glass for a time and sold Avon for 25 years. On April 30. 1948, she married John Henry Taylor Jr., who...
Thomas Earl Kelley, Sr.
Feb 4, 2013
Thomas Earl Kelley, Sr., 91, of Washington, died February 4, 2013, in his residence. He was born April 21, 1921, in Buffalo Township, a son of James and Mabel Roupe Kelley. A World War II veteran, Mr. Kelley served in the Army Air Forces from August 12, 1942, until his honorable discharge on December 18, 1945, as a Private First...
Theodore Ankrom
Feb 4, 2013
Theodore Ankrom, 94, of Eighty Four, passed into the presence of the Lord, Monday, February 4, 2013. He was born January 24, 1919, in Lafferty Hill, Pittsburgh, a son of the late James and Rachel Grable Ankrom. Mr. Ankrom served in the Navy during World War II as a gunner aboard the USS Mariposa. His commanding officer and long-time friend...
Elsie Johnson
Feb 4, 2013
Elsie Margaret Smiley Newman Johnson, 87, of Washington, died February 4, 2013, in the Washington Hospital. She was born November 2, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of William Addison Smiley and Mary Imhoff Smiley. A graduate of Trinity High School, Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker and farmer, and had once worked at Bobbi Brooks, Presbyterian Home and the PX Supermarket....
Diana Knode
Feb 3, 2013
Diana Knode, 72, of Washington, died February 3, 2013, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born August 13, 1940, in Banbury, England. Ms. Knode worked as a press operator for area dry cleaners. She had been involved in training quarter horses since she was young. Ms. Knode enjoyed knitting, crocheting and sewing. Surviving are a son, Vance Knode (Mary) of...
Kandace Renea Darnley
Feb 3, 2013
Kandace Renea Darnley, 26, of Washington, died unexpectedly, February 3, 2013, in Washington Hospital. She was born October 21, 1986, in Norfolk, Virginia, a daughter of Frederick Henry Darnley, Jr., and Jody Lynn Bryner Darnley, of Washington. Ms. Darnley attended Wolfdale and Trinity North Elementary Schools, where she was a cheerleader. In high school, she took EMT training at Vo-Tech,...
Charles W. Hamilton
Feb 2, 2013
Charles William Hamilton, 83, of Washington, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Canonsburg. He was born September 3, 1929, in Washington, a son of August P. Hamilton and Anna Moore Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton served in the Army. For 28 years, he was owner-operator of Standard Forest Products in Pancake. Mr. Hamilton enjoyed camping in RV’s in the...
Evelyn A. Knestrick
Feb 2, 2013
Evelyn Anna “Bill” Knestrick, 100, of Washington, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, in Humbert Lane Skilled Nursing. She was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, a daughter of Joseph H. McClelland and Mary Jane Peterson McClelland. Mrs. Knestrick worked as a glasscutter at Duncan Miller for many years. She enjoyed going to garage sales and flea markets. In 1942, she married...
