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Harold (Sam) Riggle

Harold (Sam) Riggle

Aug 14, 2010

Harold C. “ Sam “ Riggle, 80, of Chartiers Township, died Saturday, August 14, 2010, in his home after having been sick since February. He was born in Claysville on September 18, 1929, a son of Charles L. and Ona S. Hunt Riggle. Mr. Riggle was a 1948 graduate of Hickory High School and later served in the United States...

Roy Johnson

Roy Johnson

Aug 13, 2010

Roy “Junior” Johnson, 72, of Washington, died on Friday, August 13, 2010, at the Donnell House. He was born on October 18, 1937, in Berkeley, WV, a son of the late Ethel Johnson. Mr. Johnson had worked for Jessop Steel as a sheet mill inspector for 33 years. He was Baptist. Roy enjoyed watching football on television, especially the Steelers,...

Elaine Reedy Caldwell

Elaine Reedy Caldwell

Aug 12, 2010

Lifelong Member of Hickory United Presbyterian Church. Elaine Reedy Caldwell, 82, of Hickory, died on Thursday, August 12, 2010, in the Washington Hospital. She was born on September 30, 1927, in Hickory, a daughter of Hiram E. and Myrtle Marquis Reedy. Mrs. Caldwell graduated from Hickory High School in 1945 and attended Penn Commercial. Mrs. Caldwell was a lifelong member...

Eugene Lane Taggart

Eugene Lane Taggart

Aug 11, 2010

Owner of Taggart Farms Dealer in Livestock. Eugene Lane Taggart, 82, of Burgettstown, died on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at the Washington Hospital. He was born on February 16, 1928, in Washington County, a son of Alvin T. and Wilda Allison Taggart. Mr. Taggart was the owner and operator of Taggart Farms. He was a dealer in livestock. On February...

James Henry Prall

James Henry Prall

Aug 10, 2010

James H. Prall U.S. Army Veteran Beloved husband, father and grand-pap. James Henry Prall, 80, of Washington, PA, went to be with his daughter, on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. He was born on October 7, 1929, in Monongahela, PA, a son of James M. and Louise Diebold Prall. He was a 1948 graduate of Trinity High School. Mr. Prall served...

Thomas Robert Dittman

Thomas Robert Dittman

Aug 9, 2010

Thomas Robert Dittman, 65, of Amity, died on Monday, August 9, 2010, at the Washington Hospital, after a 2-month illness. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, on October 26, 1944, a son of Jerome J. and Rella Grooms Dittman. Mr. Dittman worked for the Union Railroad for 37 years as a supervisor. He had also worked at Petsmart for 3...

Merna Jean Urso

Merna Jean Urso

Aug 6, 2010

Avid family historian. Merna Jean Veatch Urso, 80, of Washington, died Friday, August 6, 2010, in Washington Hospital. She was born May 5, 1930, in Denbeau Heights (West Brownsville), Centerville Borough, Washington County, a daughter of the Rev. John Clinton Veatch Sr. and Annie Evelyn Hoover-Veatch. Her parents were founders of Denbeau Heights Christian Church. Mrs. Urso attended East End...

Carol Dju Cheng

Carol Dju Cheng

Aug 5, 2010

Carol Dju Cheng, 81, of Washington, died Thursday, August 5, 2010, in her home. Her wish was to pass away at home, surrounded by her family. She was born November 14, 1928, in China, a daughter of Zhu Tso-Quan and Zhu Li-Yen. Mrs. Cheng held a Master’s Degree and was a registered dietician, interning at Massachusetts General and Harvard University....

Dorothy Lee Henderson

Dorothy Lee Henderson

Jul 31, 2010

Dorothy Lee (Dot) Henderson, 74 of Washington, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 31, 2010, at The Donnell House. She was born June 2, 1936, in Washington, the daughter of James B. Culbertson and Diana Dixie Weirich Culbertson. Dot was a 1954 graduate of Trinity High School. She later worked as a private slipcover maker, waitress and...

Susan C. Lewis

Susan C. Lewis

Jul 30, 2010

Susan Carol Lewis, 60, of Washington, died Friday, July 30, 2010, in Donnell House, following a brief illness. She was born July 15, 1950, in Waynesburg, a daughter of Susan Anderson Morris of Washington and the late Charles William Morris. Mrs. Lewis was a homemaker who enjoyed her grandchildren and attending their sports activities. She was a member of Living...

John R. Lynn, Sr.

John R. Lynn, Sr.

Jul 30, 2010

John Richard “Jack” Lynn, Sr., 66, of Scenery Hill, died Friday, July 30, 2010, in his residence. He was born June 24, 1944, in Washington, a son of Kemp W. Lynn, Sr. and Gladys Chalfant Lynn. Mr. Lynn was a self-employed auto mechanic for 10 years with J&P service. He had also worked for National Annealing Box for 18 years...

Jean R. Beatty

Jean R. Beatty

Jul 29, 2010

Jean R. Work Beatty, 85, of Washington, died Thursday, July 29, 2010, in the Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health. She was born August 16, 1924, in Grafton, West Virginia, a daughter of Josiah and Lydia Miller Stansberry. Mrs. Beatty was a homemaker. Her first husband, Kenneth R. Work, died in November 1955. On December 13, 1960, she...

J. Wendell Hoop

J. Wendell Hoop

Jul 28, 2010

J. Wendell Hoop, 84, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Kade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born May 29, 1926, in Allegheny County, a son of George A. Hoop Sr. and Margery E. Deffenbaugh Hoop. Mr. Hoop was a 1944 graduate of Hickory High School, where he was class president, and a 1950 graduate of University of...

Loretta F. Willis

Loretta F. Willis

Jul 28, 2010

Loretta Frances Statler Willis, 74, of 8541 Mount Cross Road, Danville, VA., formerly of Hickory, PA., went to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at her residence after a decline in her health for the past four months. Mrs. Willis was born March 20, 1936 in Monongalia County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late John Greenberry Statler...

Joan Peck Magyar

Joan Peck Magyar

Jul 28, 2010

Child of the King. Joan H. Peck Magyar, 86, of Washington, passed into the presence of the Lord on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in the Donnell House, Washington. She was born on August 23, 1923, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, a daughter of Edgar and Alice Stillman. She was a graduate of J. H. Boyd Domestic College in Victoria, Australia. On...

Ruby L. Chaney

Ruby L. Chaney

Jul 28, 2010

Ruby L. Chaney, 82, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Donnell House. She was born May 1, 1928, in Washington, a daughter of Albert and Ruth Hannam Foringer. Mrs. Chaney worked in the laundry at the Washington Hospital. She enjoyed Bingo and watching golf and football, especially the Steelers. Mrs. Chaney was Protestant. Her husband, Robert Lee Chaney,...

Donald Edward Murner

Donald Edward Murner

Jul 26, 2010

Donald Edward Murner, 67, of Claysville, died Monday, July 26, 2010, in his residence, with his wife by his side. He was born January 26, 1943, in Washington, a son of Edward Ray and Helen Vincek Murner. Mr. Murner graduated from Washington High School and attended drafting school. He was a veteran of the Air Force. For 28 years, he...

Lucille M. Clark Johns

Lucille M. Clark Johns

Jul 26, 2010

Lucille M. Clark Johns, 86, of Washington, died Monday, July 26, 2010, in Canonsburg General Hospital, following a three-month illness. She was born May 26, 1924, in Marlinton, West Virginia, a daughter of John Quincy Adams Clark and Myrtle Leona Baxter Clark. Mrs. Johns was a 1942 graduate of Trinity High School. She worked as a lab technician at Hazel-Atlas...

Leona Linton

Leona Linton

Jul 25, 2010

Leona Frances Linton, 82, of Washington, died Sunday, July 25, 2010, in her home. She was born December 22, 1927, a daughter of the late Stephen and Hazel Johnson. Mrs. Linton was a homemaker who enjoyed her grandchildren, bingo and the Pirates. On October 2, 1948, she married Walter Linton, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Sandra Wise and...

Gladys Ford Tomazin

Gladys Ford Tomazin

Jul 24, 2010

Gladys Ruth Ford Tomazin, of Washington, died on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at the Donnell House. She was born in Eighty-Four, a daughter of George and Jenney Owens Ford. Mrs. Tomazin was a homemaker, and was a member of the First Christian Church of Washington. She attended Washington High School. On December 30, 1940, she married Anthony Tomazin in Quartzsite,...

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