David George Funka
Mar 18, 2012
Local insurance agent, zoning officer, church member, avid motorcycle enthusiast. David G. Funka, 79, died on March 18, 2012 at CentraState Hospital, in Freehold, New Jersey, after suffering a heart attack. He was born on May 2, 1932 in Houston, PA, son of the late George Funka and Anna Pirozak Funka. He graduated from Chartiers High school in 1950 and...
Ernest T. Cowden
Mar 18, 2012
Ernest Thompson Cowden, 78, of Mt. Pleasant Township, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. He was born April 7, 1933, in Washington, a son of Robert and Wilamina Rumbaugh Cowden. Mr. Cowden attended Williamsport Technical Institute for operations service of heavy construction equipment from March 1957 till March 1959. He was a professional truck driver, first working...
Virginia P. Hull Schutte
Mar 15, 2012
Virginia P. Hull Schutte, 93, of Washington, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 15, 2012. She died in her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born September 25, 1918, in Elm Grove, West Virginia, a daughter of Manuel and Pearl Richmond Hull. She was the oldest of eight children. Mrs. Schutte was a...
Maria Teresa Musto
Mar 15, 2012
Maria Teresa Musto, 77, of Washington, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, in her residence. She was born December 14, 1934, in Roccadaspide, Salerno, Italy, a daughter of Francesco and Gabriella Taurone Giuliani. Mrs. Musto was co-owner with her husband of Paesano’s Restaurant. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, canning, sewing, knitting and crocheting and loved kids. Mrs. Musto was a member of...
John Michael Sorice
Mar 14, 2012
John Michael Sorice, 85, of Washington, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born May 25, 1926, in Sant’Angelo a Fasanella, Salerno, Italy, a son of Antonio and Maria Clavelli Sorice, and lived in Italy until the age of eight when he came to the United States with his family. During World War...
Jennie Comer Lewis
Mar 14, 2012
Jennie Comer Lewis,87,a lifelong resident of Washington PA, joined the Lord on March 14, 2012. She was born on April 15, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Angeline Kavolak. Jennie loved people and life on the go. She was active in politics and served as a Democratic Party Committee Woman in Canton Township. She retired from...
Dorothea "Charlene" May
Mar 13, 2012
Dorothea “Charlene” May 66, of Greensboro, Greene County, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Washington Hospital. She was born November 7, 1945, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Charles and Georgeanna Harris Medlen. Mrs. May was a self-employed caregiver and enjoyed fishing, camping and playing bingo. She was a member of Upper Ten Mile Church, Prosperity. On April 18,...
Donna Marie Grimm
Mar 11, 2012
Donna Marie Grimm, 55, of Houston, died Sunday, March 11, 2012, in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, following a year-long battle with leukemia. She was born July 11, 1956, in Washington, a daughter of the late Harry R. and Dorothy M. Null Grimm. Ms. Grimm was a 1974 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School. For 37 years, she worked at Eighty-Four Lumber Company...
Linda Carol Fazzolare
Mar 9, 2012
Linda Carol Fazzolare, 59, of Washington, died Friday, March 9, 2012, surrounded by her daughter, Carrie, and her sister-in-law, Debra Evans, in Washington County Health Center. She was born January 22, 1953, in Washington, a daughter of Harry and Marion Johns Maloy. Ms. Fazzolare worked as a housecleaner. She collected frog figurines and loved to go camping. Surviving are a...
Vivian Grace Dietrich
Mar 9, 2012
Vivian Grace Dietrich, 84, of Washington, died on Friday, March 9, 2012, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care, following a 6-year illness. She was born on November 19, 1927, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Howard and Catherine Engle Schlacter. A homemaker, she was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, where she had once been very active. Mrs. Dietrich volunteered...
Jennie Rosalie Kopko
Mar 8, 2012
Jennie Rosalie Kopko, 94, of Washington, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born March 14, 1917, in Washington, a daughter of Mike and Julia Kozdra Kopko. Ms. Kopko was a life-long member of Holy Trinity Church, where she served as financial secretary for more than 30 years. She also served on its building committee and...
James G. Knestrick
Mar 8, 2012
James G. Knestrick, 83, of Washington, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, in his residence. He was born April 1, 1928, in Washington, a son of Gaylord and Alice Zoeller Knestrick. Mr. Knestrick was a graduate of Washington High School and a World War II veteran of the Army Signal Corps. He was involved in the grocery business for over 40...
Joseph Wise
Mar 6, 2012
Joseph Wise, 56, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. He was born July 7, 1955, in Washington, a son of the late Barney M. and Ruth Alice Bopp Wise. Mr. Wise was a 1975 graduate of Washington High School. For 15 years, he worked in security for Jessop Steel. He loved tools, especially hammers,...
Alvin Lawrence Shade
Mar 2, 2012
Alvin Lawrence Shade, 87, of South Franklin Township, died Friday, March 2, 2012, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center. He was born August 27, 1924, in Spring Glenn, a son of Lawrence and Lena Morgan Shade. Mr. Shade was a veteran of the Army. Involved with the coal mining industry for 56 years, he was a coal miner before becoming...
George L. Mruk
Mar 2, 2012
George L. Mruk, 83,of Washington, died Friday, March 2, 2012, following a long illness. Mr. Mruk was born on September 8, 1928 in Derry, PA a son of John and Mary Brehun Mruk. He served in Korea as Corporal in the U.S. Army with the 5th RTC. Upon his release from the service, he married Fannie E. Toland on July...
Carolyn Louise Jeffers
Mar 1, 2012
Carolyn Louise Jeffers, 76, of Washington, died Thursday, March 1, 2012, in the Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health the past five weeks. She was born November 18, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of the late Pete and Elizabeth “Betty” Durbin McWhorter. Mrs. Jeffers graduated from Washington High School in 1953. Immediately after graduation, she went to work...
Earl J. Doria
Feb 28, 2012
Earl J. Doria, 99, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, in the Washington County Health Center. He was born February 17, 1913, in Marianna, a son of George and Mary Martinelli Doria. Mr. Doria was a graduate of Washington High School. In the 1930’s he went into the Army’s Civil Conservation Corps, (C.C.C.), which was an army of civilians...
Jack Ashley O'Brien
Feb 26, 2012
Jack Ashley O’Brien, 80, of Washington, Sunday, February 26, 2012, in his residence. He was born July 17, 1931, in Washington, a son of Francis P. and Gladys Wilma Heiney O’Brien. Mr. O’Brien was a 1949 graduate of Washington High School. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. Mr. O’Brien worked as an engineer...
Howard S. " Lovey " Conn
Feb 26, 2012
Howard S. “Lovey” Conn, 95, of Washington, died Sunday, February 26, 2012, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born January 7, 1917, in Washington, a son of Howard and Pearl Edith Sargent Conn. Mr. Conn was a private in the United States Army, 651st Engineers Topography Battalion in Texas. Before entering the Army, he was a...
Bonnie (Betsy) Elizabeth Weaver
Feb 25, 2012
Bonnie (Betsy) Elizabeth Weaver, age 53, died at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton Ga., on Saturday, February 25, 2012, following a brief illness. She was born on February, 10th, 1959 in Greene County Pa. to the late Robert K. Weaver and Bernice L. Weaver - Mowell. She graduated from Trinity high School in 1977. She attended W&J College and California...
