Kloe Elizabeth Saffel
Mar 5, 2009
Kloe Elizabeth Saffel died unexpectedly Thursday, March 5, 2009. She was born December 31, 2008, a daughter of Heather Saffel of Washington. Also surviving are grandmothers, Gail Saffel and Tammy Saffel; grandfather, Earl Pirt, Jr.; great-grandfather, Earl Pirt, Sr., great-grandmothers, Patty McDaid and Dottie West, all of Washington; aunts, Lisa Baumgardner, Glenna Janoski and Tammy Rizor, all of Washington, Sherri...
Thomas F. Kelley, Sr.
Mar 5, 2009
Thomas F. Kelley, Sr., 68, of Eighty Four, died Thursday, March 5, 2009, in his home, following a brief illness. He was born September 22, 1940, in Eighty Four, a son of Alvie Earl and Marian Belle Martin Kelley. Mr. Kelley graduated from Bentworth High School in 1958. He served in the Air Force Reserves and attained the rank of...
Viola Leanna Kraeer
Mar 3, 2009
Viola Leanna Kraeer, 89, of Hickory, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, in Washington County Health Center. She was born February 19, 1920, in Hickory, a daughter of the late Brady Wilford and Annie Schaeffer Ahrns. Mrs. Kraeer was born and lived her entire life on the family farm in Mt. Pleasant Township. She graduated from Hickory High School in 1939....
Leonard J. Sanpietro
Mar 3, 2009
Leonard Joseph Sanpietro, 88, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, in his residence. He was born June 13, 1920, in Berdine, a son of Sam and Mary Luchese Sanpietro. Mr. Sanpietro graduated from Washington High School. He was inducted into the United States Army on October 30, 1941, and served until his honorable discharge on November 23, 1945, with...
Cheryl Lynn Jones
Mar 1, 2009
Cheryl Lynn Merashoff Jones, 54, of Washington, died unexpectedly Sunday, March 1, 2009, in her residence. She was born May 4, 1954, in Washington, a daughter of the late John “Porkey” and Ella Faye Farson Merashoff. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and Presbyterian by faith. Surviving are her long-time companion, Robert “Jobby” Jones; a son, Damon Bricker of Pittsburgh; a...
Ruth Joyce Stolfer
Mar 1, 2009
Ruth Joyce Stolfer, 71, of Amwell Township, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center. She was born March 10, 1937, in Rochester, New York, a daughter of Howard and Kathrine Shrontz Zimmerman. After graduation from high school, she attended Alfred University, majoring in art. For 24 years, she worked in the accounting department at Sears. Mrs....
Elizabeth Jean Jones
Mar 1, 2009
Elizabeth Jean �Betty� Jones, 82, of Washington, died Sunday, March 1, 2009. She was born August 31, 1926, in Washington a daughter of Albert and Grace Kohn Filosi. For 16 years, Mrs. Jones worked as a registered nurse in the coronary care unit of Washington Hospital. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church and enjoyed working on her computer,...
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...
