Martin Joseph Quinn, Jr.
Feb 27, 2009
Martin Joseph Quinn, Jr., 84, of Washington, died Friday, February 27, 2009, in Humbert Lane Personal Care Home. He was born August 22, 1924, in Lincoln Heights, Westmoreland County, a son of Martin Joseph Quinn, Sr. and Josephine Constance Owens Quinn. Mr. Quinn graduated from Trinity High School in 1942 and attended Robert Morris College for accounting and Penn Commercial....
Grayson Plants
Feb 27, 2009
Army vet, member of Living Waters Church of God. Grayson Plants, 74, of Washington, died Friday, February 27, 2009. He was born January 15, 1935, in Claysville, a son of George W. Sr. and Mildred Hancher Plants. Mr. Plants was a member of Living Waters Church of God. He enjoyed a close relationship with his church and church family. He...
Syble Santee Thomas
Feb 24, 2009
Syble Santee Thomas, 63, of Aliquippa, formerly of Waynesburg, went to be with the Lord Jesus, on February 24, 2009, at 11:04 p.m. She was born June 14, 1945, in Steubenville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Howard and Luella White Santee, who were from Waynesburg. Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker. She enjoyed taking rides to see scenery and attend...
Grover Lee Holmes
Feb 22, 2009
Grover Lee Holmes, 77, of Washington, died Sunday, February 22, 2009, in The Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born July 2, 1931, in Washington, a son of Grover Cleveland and Marie Allen Holmes. Mr. Holmes served in the U.S. Army and was a caretaker at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church for many years. Mr. Holmes was Protestant...
Margaret (Peg) Ellen Shuba
Feb 22, 2009
Margaret Ellen “Peg” Shuba, 71, of Washington, died Sunday, February 22, 2009, in the Donnell House, following a three-year illness. She was born August 28, 1937, in Washington, a daughter of Ralph Edwin and Viola Mae Gallagher Anderson. Mrs. Shuba graduated from Trinity High School and worked for 29 years as a nurses’ aid at the Washington Hospital. She was...
Clair Campbell Stephens
Feb 21, 2009
Campbell “Took” Stephens, 73, of Washington, died Saturday, February 21, 2009, in the Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born July 24, 1935, in Waynesburg, a son of Oren and Etta Clair Jeanette Campbell Stephens. Mr. Stephens graduated from Washington High School and attended classes at the University of Pittsburgh. On December 15, 1953, he entered the U.S....
Louis E. Waller
Feb 20, 2009
Louis Edward Waller, 80 of Washington, died Friday, February 20, 2009, in the Washington Hospital. He was born September 10, 1928, in Marianna, a son of Louis T. and Hattie Davis Waller. Mr. Waller was a graduate of Washington High School. He attended Carlisle Business School and the University of Pittsburgh and received an associate’s degree from Dean Tech. In...
Betty Mathiot Smith Bobick
Feb 20, 2009
Betty Mathiot Smith Bobick, 85, of Washington, died Friday, February 20, 2009, in the Donnell House. She was born June 22, 1923, in Masontown, a daughter of the late Robert Walter and Pauline Frances Keener Smith. Mrs. Bobick was a graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School and Pittsburgh Academy. Prior to her retirement from Western Center, she was secretary to...
Dorothy Della Bedillion Barnum
Feb 19, 2009
Dorothy Della Bedillion Barnum, 82, of Washington, died Thursday, February 19, 2009, in the Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health. She was born April 16, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of John William and Florence Delilah Bryson Burns. For 15 years, Mrs. Barnum managed the Snowy White Laundry on Jefferson Avenue. She was a member of the auxiliary...
John Belis
Feb 18, 2009
John Belis, 86, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, in the Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born September 22, 1922, in Madera, a son of Wasco and Elizabeth Dziordz Belis. Mr. Belis was employed as an electronics instructor at Sears for 20 years. He enjoyed golfing, carpentry and woodworking. Mr. Belis was a member of St....
Edward Charles Bissett
Feb 17, 2009
Edward Charles Bissett, 53, of Hickory, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Donnell House, after a courageous battle with metastatic kidney cancer. He was born February 21, 1955, in Washington, a son of Nellie Jane Brown Bissett of Hickory and the late Howard Paul Bissett, Sr. Mr. Bissett was a 1974 graduate of Fort Cherry High School. For 27...
Margaret M. Littleton
Feb 17, 2009
Margaret M. Littleton, 88, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, in Presbyterian Senior Care, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 25, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of James V. and Amelia Fragasso Ruscello. Mrs. Littleton owned Margie’s Dog House Restaurant for ten years. She attended Immaculate Conception Church and was a member of L.O.O.M. Mrs. Littleton was...
James Neil Horne
Feb 16, 2009
James Neil Horne, 74, of Washington, died Monday, February 16, 2009, in his home. He was born May 30, 1934, in Washington, a son of Mary Iva Rafferty Horne McMillen. On June 12, 1952, he entered the U.S. Navy, serving during the Korean Conflict in the European Theater. He received the European Occupational Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and National...
Troy Lamont Brown-Saunders
Feb 16, 2009
Troy Lamont Brown-Saunders, 23, of Washington, died Monday, February 16, 2009. He was born September 8, 1985, in Washington, a son of Troy L. Saunders and Cheryl Brown, both of Washington. Mr. Brown-Saunders attended Friendship Baptist Church and enjoyed music and going fishing with his uncle. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are a son, Javian Evanovich; a daughter, Myairah...
Garlene B. Skoczylas
Feb 15, 2009
Garlene B. Skoczylas, 81, of Washington, died Sunday, February 15, 2009, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. She was born December 24, 1927, in Washington, a daughter of Ross and Isa Kinnan Bebout. Mrs. Skoczylas was a homemaker who enjoyed reading, attending card parties, crocheting towels for family members and bowling with the Washington Women’s Bowling League. She attended...
Charles Hartley
Feb 15, 2009
Charles Hartley, 83, of Washington, died Sunday, February 15, 2009, in Kade Nursing Home. He was born November 12, 1925. Mr. Hartley has no known survivors. Friends will be received 11 a.m. till Noon, the hour of service, Saturday, February 21, 2009, in William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington.
Elizabeth A. Williams
Feb 15, 2009
Elizabeth A. Williams, 53, of Lakewood, Colorado, formerly of Washington, died February 15, 2009, in her residence. She was born February 28, 1955, in Washington, a daughter of Edgar K. “Lefty” Lauther of Washington and the late Agnes Lenore Flynn Lauther. Mrs. Williams was a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School and Duquesne University. She was a law enforcement officer...
Roger W. Fonner
Feb 14, 2009
Roger W. Fonner, 63, of Washington, died Saturday, February 14, 2009, in the Washington Hospital. He was born April 27, 1945, in Washington, a son of Charles Ed and Ethel S. Loy Fonner. Mr. Fonner worked as a truck driver for Fonner Sanitation Company and formerly worked for Alcoa Company in Cleveland, Ohio, for several years. He enjoyed working outside...
Norma Jean Auld
Feb 14, 2009
Norma Jean Ullom Boyles Auld, 76, of Washington, died Saturday, February 14, 2009, in the Washington Hospital. She was born October 26, 1932, in Waynesburg, a daughter of Harry S. and Kathryn Rush Ullom. Mrs. Auld was a 1952 graduate of Washington High School and worked as an inspector at Metro Glass Company for 20 years. She enjoyed baking, traveling,...
Russell Wayne Harps Sr.
Feb 11, 2009
Russell Wayne Harps, Sr., 68, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, in Washington County Health Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born November 18, 1940, in Washington, a son of William A. and Ethel Haines Harps. Mr. Harps enlisted in the United States Army on February 3, 1960, and served until his honorable discharge on February 6, 1963,...
