Eleanor E. Mazzie
Feb 19, 2013
Eleanor Eva Mungai Mazzie, 88, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, in Center for Compassionate Care, Pittsburgh. She was born April 21, 1924, in Library, a daughter of Alphonso and Olida Pancani Mungai. Mrs. Mazzie was a graduate of Union High School and Penn Commercial. She worked primarily in bookkeeping and accounting. Her employers included Jack Hart Men’s Store,...
Mary C. Bedillion
Feb 18, 2013
Mary Christine Bedillion, 77, of Washington, died Monday, February 18, 2013, in Kade Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born December 25, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Cecil and Clara Hamilton Ewart. Mrs. Bedillion worked as a server for 30 years, first at Julia’s and then at Peppino’s. She loved to play bingo and enjoyed crafts and embroidery. Surviving are...
John F. Scholz
Feb 18, 2013
John Frederick Scholz, 81, of Washington, died February 18, 2013, in Canonsburg Hospital. He had been in declining health. He was born December 2, 1931, in Pittsburgh, a son of John J. and Magdalene Scholz. Mr. Scholz was a veteran of the Marine Corps. For 33 years, he worked as an airline mechanic for Eastern Airlines. Mr. Scholz was a...
Paul J. Satterfield
Feb 16, 2013
Paul J. Satterfield, 68, of Washington, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at the Southwestern Veterans Center, Pittsburgh. He was born August 9, 1944, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Paul and Elizabeth Postgate Satterfield. Mr. Satterfield was a graduate of Penn Hills High School. After graduation he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, serving from 1962 to 1967....
Joan Bongiovanni
Feb 15, 2013
Joan “Jo Ann” Bongiovanni, 81, of Washington, succumbed peacefully to illness on February 15, 2013, with family by her side. She was born August 16, 1931, in Mansfield, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas Morris and Mary Randolph Morris. Mrs. Bongiovanni attended Trinity Schools and worked at G.C. Murphy Co. at the candy counter, and at Hazel Atlas #2 as a...
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...
