Jean Day
Aug 31, 2012
Jean Day, 95, of Washington, died Friday, August 31, 2012, in Washington County Health Center. She was born August 13, 1917, in Washington, a daughter of Harold Wiley and Mary Baker McClenathan. Mrs. Day was a graduate of Trinity High School. She worked at Presbyterian Medical Center as a cook, and then worked as a sales clerk at JC Penney,...
Patricia Ann Mcclain
Aug 31, 2012
Patricia Ann McClain, 70, of Washington, died Friday, August 31, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She was born October 15, 1941, in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, a daughter of Flo Cuttruzzula. Mrs. McClain was a homemaker. On November 23, 1957, she married Donald McClain, her loving husband of fifty years, who died September 29, 2008. Surviving are a son, Timmy...
Mary Carson
Aug 30, 2012
Mary Laverne "Vernie" Carson, 74, of Claysville, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She was born June 6, 1938, in Washington, a daughter of Andrew and Elma Jackson Ashmore. Mrs. Carson was a 1956 graduate of Claysville High School. In addition to co-owning Marge and Vernie’s Diner on Route 40, she was an Avon Representative for more...
Mary Lou Henderson
Aug 29, 2012
Mary Lou Henderson, 81, of Washington, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She was born October 7, 1930, in Carnegie, a daughter of the late William and Helen Davidson Lyke. Mrs. Henderson graduated from Trinity High School in 1949 and was a homemaker. On December 17, 1955, she married James R. Henderson, who survives. Also surviving are...
Patricia C. Headley
Aug 24, 2012
Patricia C. Headley, 76, of Washington, died Friday, August 24, 2012, in the Washington Hospital, due to complications resulting from a six-week battle with Clostridium Difficile (C-Diff). She was born March 13, 1936, in Norristown, a daughter of Henry and Dorothy Bingaman Cressman. Patricia graduated from Norristown High School and Temple Nursing School, where she earned her RN degree. She...
Shirley J. Huggins
Aug 24, 2012
Shirley J. Huggins, 79, of Claysville, died Friday, August 24, 2012, in Donnell House, following a one-year illness. She was born May 1, 1933, in Washington, a daughter of Mildred Fordyce. Mrs. Huggins graduated from Claysville High School. She was a homemaker who loved to have family, especially grandchildren and great-grandchildren, at her house. She enjoyed playing bingo. On November...
Thelma J. Chandler
Aug 24, 2012
Thelma J. Chandler, 79, of Washington, died Friday, August 24, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She was born May 15, 1933, in Washington, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Patterson Miller. Mrs. Chandler was a homemaker and member of Emmanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church. Surviving are three sons, Lawrence Chandler of Washington, Ronald Chandler of Wiesbaden, Germany, and Deon (Nicole) Chandler...
Janice Lynn Rice
Aug 24, 2012
Janice Lynn Rice, 57, of Houston, died on Friday, August 24, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on November 2, 1954, in Washington, a daughter of the late Albert W. and Mary Alice Baldwin Dennick. Mrs. Rice had worked at Just Sisters Cookies for 10 years. On November 1, 1974, she married Vernon E. Rice, Jr., who survives....
Wilbur Shumaker
Aug 23, 2012
Wilbur E. Shumaker, 86, of Hickory, peacefully passed away on August 23, 2012, in Washington County Health Center. He was born November 27, 1925, in Somerset, a son of the late Ira C. and Missouri Shumaker. Mr. Shumaker was retired from the Fisher Body Division of General Motors. He served in the Merchant Marines and Navy during World War II....
Evelyn Mae Inks
Aug 23, 2012
Evelyn Mae Inks, 78, of Washington, died on Thursday, August 23, 2012, in Humbert Lane, surrounded by her family. She was born on April 21, 1934, in Washington, a daughter of Charles and Stella Lucas Olinger. A member of the First Baptist Church, she had worked at Thomas Campbell Apartments as a cook. Her husband, Melvin Inks, died in 1973....
Rose A. Jones
Aug 20, 2012
Rose A. Jones, 88, of Washington, died Monday, August 20, 2012, in the Washington Hospital, following a 14-month illness. She was born January 15, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of Anthony Lekwart and Nellie Jastszemski Lekwart. Mrs. Jones graduated from Immaculate Conception High School. A homemaker, she had worked at Tygart Valley Glass as a packer-inspector and was also a...
Frances Theresa Blyth
Aug 19, 2012
Frances Theresa Blyth, 63, of Washington, died Sunday, August 19, 2012, in her residence. She had been courageously battling breast cancer since April 2009. She was born May 12, 1949, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Stephen J. and Frances T. Grebiner Doby. A graduate of St. Augustine High School, Mrs. Blyth worked as a clerk-typist for the PA...
Joan Hazlett Verderber
Aug 19, 2012
Joan Hazlett Verderber Flora Joan Hazlett Verderber, 82, of Washington, died on Sunday, August 19, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on June 7, 1930, in Washington, a daughter of George Dewey and Pauline Wilson Hazlett. She was a graduate of Trinity High School. In her early married years, she had worked at G.C. Murphy’s, before becoming a...
Burton S. Mounts
Aug 18, 2012
Burton S. Mounts, 63, of Washington, died on Saturday, August 18, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. He was born on August 24, 1948, in Avella, a son of the late Lester W. and Anne Beddar Mounts. Mr. Mounts worked for Pennsylvania Transformer as a machine operator. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during the Vietnam...
Eva Lou Clark
Aug 17, 2012
Eva Lou Clark (Higinbotham), 94, died on Friday, August 17, 2012, at Consulate Retirement Village of North Strabane. She was born on October 11, 1917, in Fayette County, a daughter of the late Nathanial E. and Grace Lynn Higinbotham. Mrs. Clark graduated from Trinity High School, and Uniontown Hospital School of Nursing. Following her nurse’s training, she worked as a...
Helen Yurik
Aug 16, 2012
Helen Yurik, 85, of Washington, died on Thursday, August 16, 2012, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born on August 12, 1927, in Washington, a daughter of Steven and Louise Gersna Sitko. A member of Calvary Temple, she had worked for 25 years at Thorofare Market. Mrs. Yurik enjoyed doing word-find puzzles. On September 6, 1947,...
Elmer Earl Raymer
Aug 16, 2012
Elmer Earl Raymer, 74, of Washington, died Thursday, August 16, 2012, in Donnell House. He was born January 9, 1938, in Richhill Township, Greene County, a son of Harry and Irene Raymer. Mr. Raymer was a 1955 graduate of West Greene High School. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps, serving from December 15, 1955, until his honorable discharge...
Lillian Ealy Moyar
Aug 15, 2012
Lillian Ealy Moyar, 85, of Washington, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012, in The Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 18, 1927, in Time, Greene County, daughter of the late Thomas Frye Ealy and Bessie Huffman Ealy. Mrs. Moyar lived in North Port, Florida for 19 years, returning to Washington three years ago. She had worked as...
Edna Louise Main
Aug 14, 2012
Edna Louise “Wimp” Main, 79, of Washington, died August 14, 2012, in Donnell House. She was born April 3, 1933, in Washington, daughter of the late Harold Baker Hayden and Ruth Ann Fender Hayden. Mrs. Main was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and flower gardening. She also enjoyed collecting Elvis memorabilia. Her husband, Everett E. Main, Sr., is deceased. Surviving...
