Lonnie Bowman
Dec 7, 2008
Lonnie Ray Bowman, 54, of Amity, died Sunday, December 7, 2008, in Washington Hospital. He was born March 13, 1954, in Upland, Ind., a son of Leroy and Lona Clark Bowman. Mr. Bowman was a 1973 graduate of Trinity High School. He worked as a mould-maker at Washington Auto Machine Co. for 15 years and at Penn Mould for 10...
Audrey A. Melvin
Dec 6, 2008
Audrey A. Melvin, 75, of Washington, died Saturday, December 6, 2008, in Donnell House. She was born October 27, 1933, in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of Russell and Hazel Error Weisenberg. Mrs. Melvin was a homemaker who enjoyed crafts, cooking, baking, and working in the yard with flowers. She was a member of Friendship Community Church. On September 4, 1954,...
Cyrus E. Kelley, Jr.
Dec 6, 2008
Cyrus Edward Kelley Jr., 43, of Washington, died Saturday, December 6, 2008, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born March 16, 1965, in Washington, a son of Cyrus Edward Kelley Sr. and Barbara Joann Hannen Kelley of Washington. Mr. Kelley had worked at Pleiger Plastic Company for 15 years. He was an avid Notre Dame fan and loved watching...
Charlotte Closser
Dec 6, 2008
Charlotte Elizabeth “Betty” Closser, 91, a life-long resident of Buffalo Township, died Saturday, December 6, 2008, in Donnell House. She was born August 25, 1917, in Buffalo Township, a daughter of the late John and Mary Bell Burk Winters. Mrs. Closser attended Trinity Schools. On June 12, 1935, she married Earl L. Closser, who died August 4, 2000. She was...
Ronald C. Lutes
Dec 6, 2008
Ronald C. Lutes, 61, of Claysville, died unexpectedly Saturday, December 6, 2008, in his residence. He was born January 27, 1947, in Washington a son of the late Donald C. and Mary Louise Crable Lutes. Mr. Lutes graduated from Washington High School. He served in the Air Force from May 23, 1966, until his honorable discharge as a sergeant on...
Mark Daniel Boardley
Dec 6, 2008
Mark Daniel Boardley, 42, of Washington, died Saturday, December 6, 2008, in the Washington Hospital. He was born January 26, 1966, in Washington, a son of Raymond and Judith Kay Rush Boardley of Washington. Mr. Boardley was a 1984 graduate of Clay High School, South Bend, Indiana. He was a member of West Washington United Methodist Church and enjoyed fishing...
Kathleen Haviland Bracken
Dec 5, 2008
Kathleen Haviland Bracken, 92, of Claysville, died Friday, December 5, 2008, in Consulate Health Care of North Strabane. She was born September 20, 1916, in Ruff Creek, a daughter of Herman and Sara Iams Edgar. Mrs. Bracken graduated from Washington High School in 1936 and from Griffith School of Beauty Culture in 1937. For many years, she owned and operated...
Gayle Leigh Biscoe
Dec 5, 2008
Gayle Leigh Biscoe, 48, of Philippi, WV, formerly of Meadowlands, PA, died at 3:30 p.m., on Friday, December 5, 2008, In Allegheny General Hospital. She had been ill for less than a year. She was born on October 26, 1960, in Washington, PA, a daughter of Ralph and Freda Mossburg Ross. She was a homemaker. Gayle belonged to the Christian...
Carolyn Fullerton Smith
Dec 4, 2008
Carolyn Fullerton Smith, 61, of Claysville, formerly of Washington, died Thursday, December 4, 2008, in Donnell House. She was born January 24, 1947, in Washington, a daughter of Harry �Chick� and Ruth Louise Lacock Fullerton. Mrs. Smith was a 1964 graduate of Trinity High School. She later attended Penn Commercial where she graduated first in her class. For several years,...
Eleanor Riggs
Dec 3, 2008
Eleanor A. "Sis" (Garber) Riggs, 66, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 3, 2008, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 3, 1942, in Washington, a daughter of William and Edith Taylor Riggs. Ms. Riggs was a homemaker who enjoyed solving crossword puzzles and reading murder mysteries. She was a member of the Jessop Club and the...
Lory Ann Crompton Jenkins
Dec 2, 2008
Washington woman formerly of California state. Lory Ann Crompton Jenkins, 48, of Washington, formerly of Montara, Calif., died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, in UPMC-Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, as a result of injuries received in a fire. She was born March 26, 1960, in Washington, a daughter of Gladys L. Clark Crompton of Washington and the late George Byron "Bunny" Crompton. She...
Robert Sheldon Shipe
Nov 30, 2008
WWII vet was American Legion, VFW member. Robert Sheldon Shipe, 88, of Uniontown, formerly of Washington, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, in Uniontown Hospital. He was born October 18, 1920, in Amwell Township, a son of Sheldon George and Cora Belle McQuay Shipe. Mr. Shipe served in the U.S. Army during World War II from November 30, 1942, until his...
Dennis Paul Muhr
Nov 25, 2008
Dennis Paul Muhr, 63, of Cameron, West Virginia, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008, in Wheeling Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born August 21, 1945, in Pittsburgh, a son of Raymond W. and Harriett E. Custer Muhr. Mr. Muhr was the owner of Star Computer Systems in Washington. He formerly had worked as a project manager at Murphy Construction...
William George Dicks
Nov 25, 2008
Rev. William George Dicks, 73, of Washington, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008, in Sarasota Memorial Hospital, in Sarasota, Florida, following a brief illness. He was born May 26, 1935, in Washington, a son of Clarence Herbert and Helen Marie King Dicks. Rev. Dicks was a minister at First Baptist Church of Carmichaels for five years, and Grace Baptist Church in...
Keith Johnson
Nov 24, 2008
WWII vet, POW was avid traveler, storyteller. Keith Johnson, 82, of Washington, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in Humbert Lane Personal Care Home, South Strabane Township, following a three-month illness. He died peacefully, with his devoted and loving daughters at his bedside. He was born February 13, 1926, in Williamstown, W.Va., a son of Omer Dale and Lillian Alta Sweeney...
Geneva J. Ware
Nov 24, 2008
Geneva J. Ware, 84, of Washington, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in her residence. She was born October 20, 1924, in Putnam, Tennessee, a daughter of Lester and Ethel Swafford Johnson. Mrs. Ware had worked as an expediter at RCA-Washington for 20 years. She was Protestant by faith, and enjoyed her family. On May 29, 1943, she married Gordon L....
Warren Knowles Killen, Sr.
Nov 24, 2008
WWII Army veteran Warren Knowles Killen Sr., 88, of Washington, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township, following a brief illness. He was born February 18, 1920, in Washington, a son of Harry Edward Killen Sr. and Alma Robena Knowles Killen. Mr. Killen graduated from Washington High School in January 1939 and then attended Washington...
Susan Nowlin Sawyer
Nov 24, 2008
Enjoyed reading, cooking and gardening Susan Nowlin Sawyer, 57, of Avella, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in Donnell House, Washington. Mrs. Sawyer was born March 17, 1951, in Washington, Mo., a daughter of the late Maurice and Marie L. Nowlin. She graduated from Trinity High School in 1969, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, West Virginia Northern College and West Liberty State...
Virginia Ilene White
Nov 23, 2008
Homemaker enjoyed crafts, quilting, baking Virginia Ilene White, 69, of Washington, died Sunday, November 23, 2008, in Washington Hospital. She was born November 30, 1938, in Taylorstown, a daughter of Henry and Georgia Fields Crowe. Mrs. White graduated from Claysville High School. A homemaker, she enjoyed crafts, quilting, baking and spending time with her family and grandchildren. She was a...
Peggy Ann Jeffries
Nov 21, 2008
Peggy Ann Jeffries, 79, of Somerset Township, died Friday, November 21, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. She was born May 13, 1929, in Washington, a daughter of Wray Grayson and Lydia May Roach Patterson. Mrs. Jeffries attended school in Wayne, Michigan. She worked as a quality control supervisor at Bobbie Brooks for 19 ½ years and last worked as a...
