George Leroy Riggle
Feb 11, 2009
25-year W&J custodian enjoyed playing bingo, cards. George LeRoy Riggle, 77, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009, in Washington Hospital. He was born April 7, 1931, in Somerset Township, a son of Roy Ray and Margaret Annetta Devore Riggle. Mr. Riggle graduated from Bentleyville High School. He was Protestant. Mr. Riggle was a custodian at Washington & Jefferson College...
Reba Gregg Majewski
Feb 9, 2009
Reba “Becky” Gregg Majewski, 87, of Washington, died Monday, February 9, 2009, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township. She was born July 31, 1921, in Monongalia County, West Virginia, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Fordyce Gregg. Mrs. Majewski graduated from Washington High School in 1940. She was a member of Avery United Methodist Church for sixty-two years. Mrs....
Piera Mazza
Feb 9, 2009
Piera Mazza, 78, of Washington, died Monday, February 9, 2009, in Hixenbaugh Nursing Home, Claysville. She was born July 5, 1930, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Joseph and Blanche Bandini Uguccioni. Mrs. Mazza worked as a secretary at Mellon Bank for 15 years. She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, drawing, shopping, traveling, and her cats. On June 16,...
Mark Eugene Gray
Feb 9, 2009
Mark Eugene Gray, 55, of Washington, died Monday, February 9, 2009, in Canonsburg General Hospital. He was born September 28, 1953, in Washington, a son of the late Eugene L. “Beanie” and Willa Louise Myers Gray. Mr. Gray was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church and enjoyed reading about history. He was a 1971 graduate of Trinity High School,...
Robert Lee Armstrong, Sr.
Feb 9, 2009
Robert Lee Armstrong, Sr. "Bob," 74, died Monday, February 9, 2009, in his home in Garfield Heights, Ohio. He was born March 3, 1934, in Washington County, PA, a son of Robert Earl and Garnet Edna Noble Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong was a Press Room Foreman at Mueller Electric for thirteen years. He was a member of Garfield Heights Senior Center....
Frank S. Sanpietro
Feb 9, 2009
Frank S. Sanpietro, 89, of Washington, died Monday, February 9, 2009, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born March 13, 1919, in Berdine, a son of Sam and Mary Luchsie Sanpietro. Mr. Sanpietro was the owner/operator of Frank and Lydia�s Tavern for 30 years and also was a shoemaker. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church,...
Harold Herbert Horn
Feb 8, 2009
Bull International truck driver enjoyed working on cars. Harold Herbert Horn, 84, of Washington, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, in Donnell House, Washington. He was born August 26, 1924, in Morris Township, a son of John R. and Leola Irene Grey Horn. Mr. Horn was a truck driver for Bull International for 20 years and additionally worked for Canonsburg Milling...
Frances Evelyn Gaus
Feb 8, 2009
Frances Evelyn Gaus, 89, of Bentleyville, formerly of Washington, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born December 15, 1919, in Cumberland Township, Greene County, a daughter of William Orris and Frances Tustin Longstreth. Mrs. Gaus attended Waynesburg School until her family moved to Washington County. She graduated from Morris Township High School in Prosperity and...
Catherine Pearl Plants
Feb 3, 2009
Former RCA employee enjoyed knitting and cooking Catherine Pearl Plants, 84, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 3, 2009, in her home. She was born September 29, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of Russell H. and Cora Margaret Courtwright Crouser. Mrs. Plants attended Waynesburg High School. For 33 years, she worked as an assembler at RCA, and for 3 years, she...
Doris E. Camlin
Feb 2, 2009
Doris E. Camlin, 84, of Washington, died Monday, February 2, 2009, in Washington County Health Center. She was born May 8, 1924, in Riverdale, New York, a daughter of Matthew and Elise “Elsie” Kaut Lynch. Mrs. Camlin was a homemaker who enjoyed needlework, quilting, oil painting and gardening. She was a member of Church of the Covenant and the Martha...
Francis A. Derose
Jan 31, 2009
Francis A. DeRose, 82, of Washington, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center. He was born September 2, 1926, in Washington, a son of Charles and Irene Stellavatto DeRose. Mr. DeRose graduated from Trinity High School in January 1945. Following graduation, he was inducted into the United States Army Air Forces and served with the 42nd...
John D. Haschets
Jan 30, 2009
John D. Haschets, 63, of Washington, died January 30, 2009. He was born July 23, 1945, in Charleroi, a son of the late Charles W. Haschets and Catherine Taylor Haschets Byron. Mr. Haschets was a graduate of California High School. He worked as an accountant/controller for NABCO in Washington and later as controller/president of Reynolds Manufacturing in Avonmore. Mr. Haschets...
Mary L. Platt
Jan 30, 2009
Mary L. Platt, 87, of Washington, formerly of Joliet, Illinois and Bridgeport, Virginia, died Friday, January 30, 2009, in Donnell House. She was born January 1, 1922, in Washington, a daughter of Antonio and Lucia Cornetto Capo. Mrs. Platt was a 1940 graduate of Washington High School and worked as a packer at Hazel Atlas #3. She enjoyed reading and...
John R. Stedman
Jan 29, 2009
John R. Stedman, 76, of Washington, died Thursday, January 29, 2009, in his residence. He was born April 7, 1932, in Washington, a son of Harry and Florence Burke Stedman. Mr. Stedman graduated from Washington High School in 1950 and went on to work at Washington Steel Corporation for 37 years. His last position was on the pickling line. He...
Howard Thomas Harvey
Jan 28, 2009
Howard Thomas Harvey, 91, of Wilmington, North Carolina, formerly of Washington, died January 28, 2009, in Autumn Care of Myrtle Grove, Wilmington. He was born February 9, 1917, in Canton, Ohio, a son of Howard Elmer and Edith Ross Harvey. Mr. Harvey served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He enlisted on October 22, 1942,...
Barbara Mccrerey Claypoole
Jan 28, 2009
Barbara McCrerey Claypoole, 68, of Washington, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009, in her residence, following a lengthy illness. She was born September 29, 1940, in Buffalo Village, a daughter of Walter I. and Margaret McElroy McCrerey. Mrs. Claypoole graduated from Trinity in 1958 and from University of Pittsburgh in 1975. She was an elementary school teacher in Avella School District...
Donald Dale Miller
Jan 27, 2009
Donald Dale Miller, 73, of Hickory, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009, in his residence, as a result of acute myeloid leukemia. He was born at home in Hickory on December 3, 1935, a son of the late David Freeman and Roberta Jane Malone Miller. Following graduation from Hickory High School in 1953, Mr. Miller traveled to Greenwich, Ohio, to...
Richard Allen Doncals, Sr.
Jan 27, 2009
Richard Allen Doncals, Sr., 75, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, January 27, 2009, in Washington Hospital. He was born March 4, 1933, in Pittsburgh, a son of Nicholas A. and Mabel Van Allen Doncals. Mr. Doncals graduated from South Hills High School in 1951, earned a bachelor�s degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1955, and a master�s degree from Carnegie...
Charles T. Griffin
Jan 26, 2009
Charles T. Griffin, 63, of Washington, died Monday, January 26, 2009, in The Washington Hospital, following a 3-½ year illness. He was born June 19, 1945, in Johnstown, a son of Charles W. and Jane Weicht Griffin of Bedford. For 40 years, Mr. Griffin was self-employed at Griffin Carpeting. He enjoyed his family and grandchildren, fishing and singing. Mr. Griffin...
Albert Leroy Sochor
Jan 26, 2009
Meadow Lands resident enjoyed fishing. Albert Leroy Sochor, 76, of Meadow Lands, died Monday, January 26, 2009, in Canonsburg General Hospital. He was born March 31, 1932, in Canonsburg, a son of Albert and Gertrude Clark Sochor. Mr. Sochor did housekeeping for several local businesses and worked at Canonsburg Pottery for 12 years. He enjoyed fishing. Mr. Sochor was Protestant...
