Thelma Ruth Allum
Jun 26, 2010
Thelma Ruth Allum, 79, of Washington, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, after an extended illness. She was born April 13, 1931, in Washington, a daughter of the late Barney and Ruth Bopp Wise. On March 12, 1949, she married Clinton “Clinty” Allum, who died July 13, 1985. Mrs. Allum was Protestant. Her favorite song was “The Elusive Butterfly.” She enjoyed...
Esther Mae Clark
Jun 26, 2010
Hairdresser owned Esther’s Crafts. Esther Mae Clark, 83, of Washington, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Washington Hospital. She was born April 29, 1927, in Lippincott, Greene County, a daughter of George and Alberta Ewart Bowser. Mrs. Clark was a hairdresser and had a shop in her home. She enjoyed crafts and owned Esther’s Crafts on Route 40 West. On...
Donald Peter West
Jun 24, 2010
Donald Peter Alfono West, 85, of Washington, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Presbyterian Medical Center. He had been in declining health. He was born June 5, 1925, in Washington, a son of Peter Alfono West and Rosina Martino West. Mr. West was a graduate of Trinity High School. During World War II, he visited 35 countries during his 37...
Genevieve A. Murray
Jun 20, 2010
Genevieve Aliene Murray, 87, of Washington, formerly of Eighty-Four, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, in Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health for the past three years. She was born February 26, 1923, in Greene County, a daughter of Albert and Vada Lemley Headley. Mrs. Murray graduated from Trinity High School and Canonsburg Hospital School of Nursing. In addition...
Andrew John Umshares
Jun 18, 2010
Andrew John Umshares, 71, of Washington, died Thursday, June 18, 2010, in Washington Hospital. He was born June 10, 1939, in Washington, a son of the late Anthony and Mary Yaros Umshares. Mr. Umshares graduated from Washington High School and was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church. On December 10, 1962, he entered the U.S. Army. For his...
Minnie Virginia Ott Ashbrook
Jun 16, 2010
Minnie Virginia Ott Ashbrook, 103, of Hickory, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at the Washington County Health Center. She was born April 5, 1907 in Swart Station Greene County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Jacob Sanford (Sande) and Sarah Billetter (Sadie) Ott and was their only child. Mrs. Ashbrook was a homemaker. She attended school in Greene and Washington Counties, and...
Flora Ann Chase
Jun 14, 2010
Flora Ann Chase, 71, of Amity, died Monday, June 14, 2010, in Kade Nursing Home, Washington. She had been ill with lung cancer since March. She was born January 15, 1939, in Avella, a daughter of Joseph and Cleo Randolph Brown. Mrs. Chase was a clerk for Uni-Mart for ten years. She enjoyed needlepoint, crafts, reading romance stories, and her...
Elizabeth Veltre
Jun 13, 2010
Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Veltre, 85, of Washington, died Sunday, June 13, 2010, in her residence. She was born September 17, 1924, in Johnstown, a daughter of Curtis E. Havener and Elizabeth Favorite Havener. Mrs. Veltre was a January 1943 graduate of Washington High School and attended Penn Commercial. Mrs. Veltre was a homemaker, accomplished seamstress and an avid reader. During...
Luanne Wyland
Jun 11, 2010
Luanne Wyland, 53, of South Strabane Township, died Friday, June 11, 2010, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. She was born October 1, 1956, in Washington, a daughter of Carme Angelillo Toth Perry and the late Robert Toth. After the death of her father when she was a young child, she was raised by Carmen and Carme Perry of...
Shirley Mae Kaufmann Harter
Jun 10, 2010
Shirley Mae Kaufmann Harter, 73, of Washington, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Washington Hospital. She was born May 1, 1937, in Washington, a daughter of George L. and Frances Jones Harter. Mrs. Harter was a graduate of Trinity High School and was a selector/packer at Brockway Glass for forty-three years. She was a member of the Duncan-Miller Club and...
Norman Charles Warth, Jr.
Jun 8, 2010
Norman Charles Warth, Jr., 88, of Prosperity, died on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Sunrise Assisted Living, in Cranberry, Pa. He was born on September 5, 1921, in Martin’s Ferry, OH, a son of Norman Charles, Sr. and Inez Lenore Ruckman Warth. Mr. Warth was a graduate of Trinity High School. He served with the U.S. Air Force during WWII,...
Richard Jordan Oblak
Jun 7, 2010
Richard Jordan "R.J." Oblak, 14, of Washington, died on Monday, June 7, 2010, at Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born on October 5, 1995, in Upper St. Clair, a son of Richard Gerard and Laurie Kirchmyer Oblak. R.J. was a student at John F. Kennedy Catholic School, the parish school of Immaculate Conception Church, in Washington. Richard was a CORE...
Patricia Louise Glendenning
Jun 7, 2010
Patricia Louise Glendenning, 66, of Washington, went to be with the Lord, Monday, June 7, 2010. She had been ill since April 2008. She was born July 30, 1943, in Washington, a daughter of Fred W. and Nellie M. Tennant Eakin. Mrs. Glendenning formerly worked for 11 years at Hill’s Department store as the assistant shoe department manager. In her...
Walter V. Parcha
Jun 5, 2010
Walter V. Parcha, 66, of Washington, went with the loving arms of the Lord, on June 5, 2010, in the Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born on July 15, 1943, in Washington, a son of the late Walter and Elizabeth Brown Parcha. A 1961 graduate of Washington High School, he served his country in the United States...
David Lee Ganier
Jun 5, 2010
David Lee “Butch” Ganier, 68, of Washington, died Saturday, June 5, 2010, in his residence. He was born December 16, 1941, in Washington, a son of John Edward and Mary Elizabeth Anderson Ganier. Mr. Ganier graduated from Washington High School in 1959 and was Protestant by faith. He was a member of the Optimist’s Club. He is survived by two...
Anna Eleanor Prutzman
Jun 4, 2010
Anna Eleanor Brownlee Prutzman, 104, of Washington, died June 4, 2010, in Presbyterian Senior Care. Eleanor was a resident at the facility for the last 10 years and was the oldest resident at the time of her death. Eleanor was born January 27, 1906, in Beaver Falls, a daughter of Archie and Ida Perrine Brownlee. She graduated from Mt. Vernon...
Anna Rose Jagoda
Jun 4, 2010
Member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church Anna Rose Jagoda, 97, of Washington, died Friday, June 4, 2010, in Humbert Lane, Washington. She was born October 12, 1912, in Buffington, Fayette County, a daughter of Ferdinand and Rozalia Baniecki. Mrs. Jagoda was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, crocheting and cooking. She was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church....
Robert E. Hemmis
Jun 3, 2010
Robert Elsworth Hemmis, 93, of Washington, died Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Washington County Health Center. He was born May 9, 1917, in Morrisdale, Clearfield County, a son of John James Hemmis and Agnes Yingling Hemmis. Mr. Hemmis graduated from Canonsburg High School in 1935, and then worked at Standard Tin Plate until he joined the Army on April 18,...
Harold Russell Thompson, Jr.
Jun 2, 2010
Harold Russell Thompson, Jr., 57, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at the Washington Hospital. He was born in Washington, on February 6, 1953, a son of the late Harold E., Sr. and Lydia Mae Batch Thompson. Mr. Thompson had worked as a driver for GG&C Taxi and also worked at Fuji Film Company. Surviving are a...
John Michael Peck
Jun 2, 2010
John Michael Peck, 60, of Bethel Park, formerly of Washington, died June 2, 2010, in St. Clair Hospital. He was born May 12, 1950, in North Charleroi, a son of Joan Hamilton Stillman Magyar of Washington and the late John Peck Magyar. Mr. Peck was a 1968 graduate of Trinity High School and was an ironworker. He served in the...
