Billy H. Bell
Apr 11, 2009
Billy Harold Bell, 86, of South Strabane Township, died Saturday, April 11, 2009, in his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born January 14, 1923, in Washington, a son of Thomas Jefferson Bell and Sarah Manon Bell. Mr. Bell worked at Jessop Steel for 21 years. He served as a South Strabane Township Supervisor for 41 years and as...
Edith M. Gisoni
Apr 9, 2009
Edith M. Gisoni, 85, a lifelong resident of Washington, died Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Donnell House, following a four-month illness. She was born March 24, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of the late Michael and Donata DeCarlo Altieri. Mrs. Gisoni was a clerk at Washington Importing for 53 years. She was a devoted member of Immaculate Conception Church and...
Samuel Charles Kelley
Apr 8, 2009
Samuel Charles Kelley, 85, of Washington, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, in Washington Hospital. He was born April 14, 1923, in Washington, a son of James Kelley Jr. and Mabel Roupe Kelley. Mr. Kelley entered the U.S. Army in 1939, serving in Company B, 7th Battalion. He received the World War II Victory Medal and was honorably discharged September 3,...
Jerald Lee Thompson
Apr 7, 2009
Korean War veteran, 23-year USPS letter carrier Jerald Lee Thompson, 75, of Washington, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been in declining health for the past two years. He was born November 14, 1933, in Washington, a son of James and Esther Kisner Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service...
Daniel Okley Byrd
Apr 6, 2009
Daniel Okley Byrd, 64, of Washington, died Monday, April 6, 2009, in Veterans Administration Medical Center, Pittsburgh. He was born May 13, 1944, in Washington, a son of the late Archie Frank Byrd and Tosie Varner Byrd. Mr. Byrd was a graduate of Trinity High School and optician school. Since 1986, he was employed as an optician at Byrd Optical...
Rose Marie Bieda Lacock
Apr 5, 2009
Rose Marie Bieda Lacock, 95, of Washington, died Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care, following a ten-day illness. She was born January 18, 1914, in Poland, a daughter of Michael and Josephine Ptak Bieda. Mrs. Lacock worked as a selector/packer at Brockway Glass and Hazel Atlas #2. She enjoyed needlework, gardening, reading and shopping with her...
Merritt Downing
Apr 4, 2009
World War II Navy veteran was avid outdoorsman. Merritt Downing, 87, of Washington, died at 4 a.m. Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Donnell House, Washington, following a lengthy illness. He was born April 10, 1921, in New Castle, a son of Lucien M. and Sarah Morris Downing. Mr. Downing was a World War II Navy veteran, who served from November...
Ruth Mosier Miller
Apr 2, 2009
Ruth Mosier Miller, 85, of Washington, died Thursday, April 2, 2009, in the Washington County Health Center following several years of declining health. She was born June 16, 1923, in Washington County, a daughter of David M. and Clara Heidelmeyer Mosier. Following graduation from Trinity High School in 1942, she went to work for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, where she...
Edith Jane Campbell
Apr 2, 2009
Change of Address Notification: This is to inform all that Edith Jane Miller Campbell, 85, (formerly of 319 Wellness Way Washington PA) now has a new residence and a new body in Heaven. She moved into her new residence April 2nd around 8:30 pm as soon as the Word passed down that the landscaping was done, paint was dry, and...
Ramona M. Leeland
Mar 31, 2009
Ramona M. Leeland, 78, of Canonsburg, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in Donnell House, Washington, following a 4-½ year illness. She was born November 1, 1930, in Bristol, TN., a daughter of Richard I. and Gladys Farrell Leonard. Mrs. Leeland was a member of Central Assembly of God Church in Houston, and was active in the church activities. She was...
Georgetta Cathryn Keil
Mar 31, 2009
Washington homemaker. Georgetta Cathryn Keil, 63, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in Washington Hospital, following a yearlong battle with lung cancer. She was born January 8, 1946, in Morgantown, W.Va., a daughter of the late Theodore R. and Marguerite Watters O'Brien. Mrs. Keil was a homemaker. She was Methodist. On October 9, 1964, she married Darrell Lee Keil,...
Tawnya Renee Frost
Mar 30, 2009
Former cook at Eat'n Park enjoyed playing bingo. Tawnya R. (Tammy) Frost, 51, of Washington, died Monday, March 30, 2009. She was born October 23, 1957, in Washington, a daughter of Betty Lou Prosser Anderson of Washington and the late Donald E. Anderson. Mrs. Frost attended Washington schools. She had worked as a cook at the Eat'n Park restaurant on...
Ruth Gear Cahill Leonard
Mar 29, 2009
Ruth Gear Leonard, 96, of Washington, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 in Washington Hospital. She formerly lived in Dry Tavern. She was born in Washington on September 1, 1912, a daughter of George John and Leona Belle Gear Fleissner. Mrs. Leonard was a 1931 graduate of Washington High School as well as Washington Business College. At one time, she worked...
John Bowen Morgan
Mar 28, 2009
World War II veteran. John Bowen Morgan, 92, of Washington, died Saturday, March 28, 2009, in Washington Hospital. He was born May 28, 1916, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of Evan R. and Effie Hutchinson Morgan. Mr. Morgan attended Trinity High School. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the European...
Audrey Ferne Tarr
Mar 28, 2009
Audrey Ferne Tarr, 87, of Strabane Woods, Washington PA, formerly of Monongahela died on Saturday March 28, 2009. Ms. Tarr was born July 13, 1921 in Gallatin, PA, the only child of Webster O. and Bertha Wragg Tarr. She was a graduate of Monongahela High School. She was employed by United States Steele doing stenographic and detail work. She retired...
Rosella Nancy Bonar
Mar 27, 2009
Enjoyed reading, knitting and baking. Rosella Nancy Bonar, 79, of Washington, died Friday, March 27, 2009, in Donnell House, Washington. She was born February 13, 1930, in Cameron, W.Va., a daughter of David T. and Katherine Shaffer Murphy. Mrs. Bonar was a member of Central Assembly of God Church in Houston. She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, knitting and...
Robert L. Montgomery
Mar 27, 2009
Robert L. Montgomery, 51, of Claysville, died Friday, March 27, 2009, in Donnell House, Washington, following a lengthy illness. He was born January 12, 1958, in Washington, a son of Lucy Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery worked at Enlow Fork Mine in East Finley Township for 2 ½ years. He enjoyed his grandchildren and working on cars. On October 4, 1975, he...
James R. (Bob) Mccoy
Mar 27, 2009
Enjoyed spending time with his grandsons. James R. (Bob) McCoy, 78, of Washington, died Friday, March 27, 2009, in Washington Hospital, with family and friends by his side. He was born August 4, 1930, in Washington, a son of Carl William "Barney" and Lulu B. McCoy. Mr. McCoy was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a fitter at...
Dorothy J. Guy Porter
Mar 23, 2009
Grace Bible Church member. Dorothy J. Guy Porter, 77, of Claysville, died Monday, March 23, 2009, in Presbyterian SeniorCare, Washington. She was born October 15, 1931, in Wheeling, W.Va., a daughter of George W. and Wilma Frazier Guy. Mrs. Porter was a 1950 graduate of the former Triadelphia High School and was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace...
Joshua Ryan Lowery
Mar 21, 2009
Joshua Ryan Lowery, 23, of Washington, died Saturday, March 21, 2009, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born October 9, 1985, in Washington, a son of James W. Horn and Cecelia Lowery Clark, both of Washington. Mr. Lowery attended Trinity High School. For five years, he had been employed as a bricklayer at Piatt...
