Mary Ann Smith
Sep 20, 2011
Mary Ann Smith, 76, of Washington, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011, in her residence. She was born February 10, 1935, in Illinois. Mrs. Smith attended nursing school in Pittsburgh and worked as a nurse. She was a member of the L.O.O.M. Auxiliary and the grange in California, where she was a former officer. Mrs. Smith was a member of Holy...
Mary B. Pyles
Sep 18, 2011
Mary Belle Pyles, 71, of Washington, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, in Greenery Specialty Care, Canonsburg. She had been ill since March. She was born September 14, 1941, in Washington, a daughter of Claude and Edith Pierson Smith. Mrs. Pyles was a homemaker. In 1965, she married Charles Seth, who was killed in action in Vietnam on September 14, 1967....
Charles Edward Eslep
Sep 18, 2011
Charles Edward Eslep, Sr., 83, of Washington, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, in Townview Health and Rehabilitation, Canonsburg. He was born January 13, 1928, in Natrona Heights, a son of William and Carrie Ridgeley Eslep. Mr. Eslep served in the Navy from January 21, 1946, until his honorable discharge on December 2, 1947. He was awarded the World War II...
Joseph L. Ruffolo
Sep 18, 2011
Joseph Lawrence Ruffolo, 75, of Washington, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, in the Washington Hospital. He was born August 11, 1936, in Monessen, a son of Nick and Mary Reda Ruffolo. Mr. Ruffolo graduated from Washington High School in 1954. During high school he sang with the Bel Aires. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard of Pennsylvania...
William B. Mastrangelo
Sep 15, 2011
William B. Mastrangelo, 96, of Washington, died Thursday, September 15, 2011, in Humbert Lane Health Care Centre. He was born September 28, 1914, in Washington, a son of Johanni and Barbara Tucci Mastrangelo. Mr. Mastrangelo graduated from Washington High School in 1932, where he played basketball, and attended Duquesne University. Mr. Mastrangelo was a self-employed public accountant, working with many...
Mary M. Babich
Sep 14, 2011
Mary Margaret Malik Babich, 95, of Washington, died Wednesday, September 14, 2011, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center. She was born July 29, 1916, in Cokeburg, a daughter of Steve and Anna Hustava Malik. Mrs. Babich was a homemaker who had worked at Hazel Atlas #2. She attended Immaculate Conception Church. In December 1936, she married John M. Babich, who...
Nellie Mae Luellen
Sep 14, 2011
Former G.C. Murphy clerk, VFW auxiliary member. Nellie Mae Luellen, 87, of Washington, died Wednesday, September 14, 2011, in her home. She had been in declining health. She was born August 19, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of Grant and Esther McKahn Moore. For more than 20 years, she was a clerk for G.C. Murphy. Mrs. Luellen was a member...
Evan Auston Weeks
Sep 14, 2011
Evan Auston Weeks died on the day of his birth, Wednesday, September 14, 2011, in Heritage Valley Medical Center, Beaver. He is survived by his parents, Hollye Ilona Kozdra and John Auston Weeks of Darlington. Also surviving are grandparents, Kristie and Jason Peek of Darlington and Sabrina and Johnny Weeks of Tennessee; and many aunts and uncles. “If love could...
Marcella "Jean" Gamber
Sep 12, 2011
Marcella (Jean) Flinn Gamber, formerly of Nevada Street, Washington, died at 1:25 p.m., Monday, September 12, 2011, in Washington Hospital. She was born July 19, 1921, in Washington, a daughter of the late Katherine and John William Flinn. Jean graduated from Washington High School and was a life-long member of St. Hilary Church. She had resided at Humbert Lane Personal...
Helen Marie Ely
Sep 12, 2011
Helen Marie Ely, 86, of Washington, died Monday, September 12, 2011, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born January 7, 1925, in Fredericktown, a daughter of Arthur E. and Bertha Moore Lawrence. Mrs. Ely was a graduate of Beth Center High School and Washington Hospital School of Nursing. A registered nurse for 60 years, she worked as a...
John "Jack" Caldwell
Sep 12, 2011
John T. “Jack” Caldwell, 84, of Hickory, died Monday, September 12, 2011, in Donnell House, following a three-year battle with melanoma. He was born December 20, 1926, in Avella, a son of John and Helen Stewart Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell was a 1944 graduate of Hickory High School, attended Virginia Military Institute, and served in the Army during World War II....
Norma Lou Brady
Sep 11, 2011
Norma Lou Brady, 85, of Washington, formerly of Monongahela, died Sunday, September 11, 2011, in her residence. She was born April 10, 1926, in Monongahela, a daughter of Neil and Mary Way Yohe. Mrs. Brady was a 1944 graduate of Monongahela High School, and for 20 years, worked as an office manager at Bell of Pennsylvania. Recently, she attended Immaculate...
Russell Clark Staley, Jr.
Sep 8, 2011
Russell Clark Staley, Jr., 75, of Washington, died Thursday, September 8, 2011, in his residence, following a courageous battle with various health issues. He was born July 31, 1936, in West Pike Run, a son of Russell Clark Staley, Sr. and Janet Hartley Staley. Mr. Staley was a veteran of the Army. He worked as a bus operator for California...
Andrew Lee Hamilton
Sep 5, 2011
Andrew Lee Hamilton passed away Monday, September 5, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 18, 1958, in Wheeling, West Virginia, he was the son of Robert and Phyllis Hamilton of Claysville. Lee graduated from McGuffey High School, where he received Future Farmers of America awards from Keystone Farmers and Star Chapter Farmers, and from Delaware Valley College,...
Charles Franklin Henderson
Sep 4, 2011
Charles Franklin Henderson, 39, of Claysville, died on Sunday, September 4, 2011, in Shadyside Hospital, after a brief illness. He was born on May 19, 1972, in Washington, a son of Patty Parkinson Henderson, of Washington, and the late David Henderson. Mr. Henderson had worked for 5 years at Godwin’s Nursery, in Washington. He was Protestant by faith, and had...
Janetta F. Ratliff Martin
Sep 4, 2011
Janetta Frances Ratliff Martin, 26, of Waynesburg, died Sunday, September 4, 2011, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness. She was born November 26, 1983, in Morgantown, West Virginia, a daughter of Kip Ratliff of Bobtown and Eve Harris Matusik of Jefferson. Mrs. Martin was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and spending time with her children and family....
James A. White
Aug 30, 2011
James A. White, 79, of Hickory, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, in the Donnell House. He was born March 24, 1932, in Washington, a son of Harry and Eltha McCalmont White. Mr. White was a self-employed dairy farmer, owning White Brothers’ Farm with his brother, Harry “Mac.” He was a member of Hickory United Presbyterian Church and was on the...
Helen Louise Woodburn
Aug 29, 2011
Helen Louise Woodburn, 84, of Washington, died Monday, August 29, 2011, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born January 23, 1927, in Washington, a daughter of Adeline Mumbour Huggins. Mrs. Woodburn lived in Irving, Texas for 20 years, where she worked in food service. She was an avid bingo player and enjoyed socializing. Surviving are a son, Charles W. Woodburn,...
Roseann Mainor Ratley
Aug 29, 2011
Roseann Mainor Ratley, 58, of Washington, died unexpectedly on August 29, 2011, in her residence. She was born on January 11, 1953, in Washington, a daughter of the late Edward, Sr. and Eleanor Snowden McWilliams. A homemaker, she enjoyed cooking, shopping and reading. Surviving are her husband, James Lestor Ratley, a son, Bathony Mainor, of Detroit, a daughter, Michelle Ann...
