Catherine Marie Adams
Dec 30, 2008
Catherine Marie Adams, 80, of Washington, formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, died December 30, 2008, in Canonsburg Hospital. She had been ill since 2004. She was born December 14, 1928, in Norfolk, Virginia, a daughter of Clarence William and Mary Jane Beverly Ruffin. Mrs. Adams was a member of John Wesley United Methodist Church. She had worked as an aide at...
E. Dale Jones
Dec 29, 2008
E. Dale Jones, 82, of Washington, Pennsylvania, died Monday, December 29, 2008, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. He was born March 4, 1926, in Frankfort, Missiouri, a son of Harrison D. and Wilma Horne Jones. He spent his early years in Mexico, Missouri. Mr. Jones graduated from Mexico (Missouri) High School in 1943, and earned a Bachelor of Arts...
Ruth Louise Runyan
Dec 27, 2008
Operated Runyan's Service Station. Ruth Louise Runyan, 89, of Washington, died at 4 p.m. Saturday, December 27, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township. She had been in declining health for the past three years. Born May 13, 1919, in Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of George T. and Myrtle Elizabeth Diehl Runyan. Miss Runyan was a graduate of...
Frank Eugene Shrader
Dec 25, 2008
Frank Eugene Shrader, 72, of Washington, died Thursday, December 25, 2008, in his residence. He was born September 30, 1936, in Morris Township, Washington County, a son of Leo and Ruby McCord Shrader. Mr. Shrader attended Washington and Chartiers School. On March 15, 1955, he joined the United States Navy. He was honorably discharged on March 17, 1959, as a...
Larry Burgess
Dec 24, 2008
Lawrence L. “Larry” Burgess, 73, of Tridelphia, West Virginia, formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008, in his residence. He had been in declining health. He was born January 18, 1935, in Canton Township, a son of Charles William and Mary Corbin Burgess. Mr. Burgess was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps., serving from February 21, 1952...
Dorothy Gorwitz
Dec 23, 2008
Dorothy “Dot” Gorwitz, 83, of Avon Lake, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008. She was born May 28, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of the late Joseph Paul Heres and Hazel Kinder Heres McClelland. Mrs. Gorwitz had worked in management at AT&T in San Francisco. She was Catholic and enjoyed music and dogs. Her husband, Al Gorwitz, died in 1975....
Lawrence James Cook
Dec 23, 2008
Lawrence James Cook, 56, of Washington, died unexpectedly Tuesday, December 23, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. He was born March 11, 1952, in Washington, a son of Mary M. Saniga Cook of Washington and the late James A. Cook. Mr. Cook was a graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School and Penn State University. He retired from the Pennsylvania State Police after...
Deanna Jean Dague
Dec 23, 2008
Deanna Jean Dague, 46, of Washington, died Monday, December 22, 2008, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born September 13, 1962, in Washington, a daughter of Odell and Mary Jane Maleski Dague of Prosperity. Ms. Dague graduated from McGuffey High School and worked at Pennsylvania Transformer. She enjoyed crafts and NASCAR racing and was a fan...
Mont W Mankey
Dec 23, 2008
Mont W. Mankey, 94, of Washington, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, in the Washington Hospital. He was born September 2, 1914, in Greene County, a son of Lindsey and Icie Mankey. Mr. Mankey was inducted into the United States Navy on June 27, 1944, and was discharged January 1, 1946. During his naval service, he earned the European Theater Ribbon,...
Curtis L. Miller
Dec 22, 2008
Curtis Lloyd Miller, 56, of Follansbee, West Virginia, formerly of Washington, died Monday, December 22, 2008, following a brief illness. He was born December 22, 1952, in Washington, a son of Robert S. and Marian Louise Lytton Miller. Mr. Miller was Presbyterian by faith. Surviving are a brother, Robert C. (Juanita) Miller of Avella; a sister, Margaret (Paul) Yost of...
Dorothy Varesio
Dec 22, 2008
Dorothy Varesio, 83, of Canonsburg, died Monday, December 22, 2008, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 17, 1925, in Clairton, a daughter of Abraham and Bertha Joseph Shaheen. She was a homemaker and a Christian. Mrs. Varesio enjoyed bingo. On May 7, 1948, she married William Joseph Varesio Sr., who died September 27, 1996. Surviving are four daughters,...
Dale A. Wood, Sr.
Dec 22, 2008
Dale A. Wood, Sr., 72, of Chartiers Township, died Monday, December 22, 2008, in the Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born April 19, 1935, in Waynesburg, a son of J. Harry and Mildred Phillips Wood. Mr. Wood graduated from Mapletown High School and attended Penn State and California University. He served in the United States Marine Corps....
Wilbert Hutter
Dec 21, 2008
Wilbert “Piggy” Hutter, 75, of Washington, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 30, 1933, in Washington, a son of John Harry and Mary Woods Hutter. Mr. Hutter served in the Army National Guard from September 5, 1950 until August 19, 1952. He was called to active duty and earned the Army of Occupation...
Mary Jane Irey
Dec 21, 2008
Mary Jane Irey, 83, of Washington, died Sunday, December 21, 2008, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care. She had been ill for the past six months. She was born February 19, 1925, in North Franklin Township, a daughter of Erwin and Bertha Sutton Randolph. Mrs. Irey attended Trinity Schools. She had worked in the cafeteria at the Washington Hospital and...
Dolores Diane "Dee" Megyesy
Dec 20, 2008
Dolores Diane “Dee” Megyesy, 77, of Washington, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 21, 1931, in Washington, a daughter of Anthony and Julia Kuzy Shultz. Mrs. Megyesy graduated from Trinity High School and was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church in Washington. She was a legal secretary and...
Kersey "Danny" Dever Jr.
Dec 20, 2008
Kersey Ringgold “Danny” Dever, Jr., 78, of Glenburn, Maine, died December 20, 2008, in Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, as a result of injuries sustained in a fire. He was born June 8, 1930, in Easton, a son of the late Kersey Ringgold Dever Sr. and Carolyn Mentzer Dever. Mr. Dever graduated from Washington High School in 1948 and...
Debbie Donkin
Dec 20, 2008
Debbie Donkin, 48, of Washington, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, in her home. She was born April 3, 1960, in Washington, a daughter of Harry Raymond Ankrom, Sr., of Washington, and the late Gladys Louise Wright. Mrs. Donkin attended McGuffey schools. She was a member of the Muse Club and the Muse Women’s Dartball Team. Surviving, in addition to her...
William Andrew Miller
Dec 17, 2008
Washington contractor, laborer enjoyed music. William Andrew "Keen" Miller, 18, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, in his home. He was born March 9, 1990, in Washington, a son of David C. Miller of Washington and Ann Gamble Miller of Lehigh, Fla. Mr. Miller was a contractor/laborer. He enjoyed music, the Steelers and his dog, Bones. Surviving are his...
Samuel S. Stone, Sr.
Dec 16, 2008
Samuel S. Stone,Sr., 72, of Washington, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, in the Donnell House after having been ill since October. Mr. Stone was born on June 25, 1936, in Monongahela, a son of Benjamin and Jessie Mae Smith Stone. He had attended Washington High School and for thirty-eight years worked as a Metal Fabricator at Bar Canon Company. He...
Karen Faye Naraskivitch
Dec 16, 2008
Karen Faye Naraskivitch, 69, of Washington, died Monday, December 16, 2008, in her home, following a four-week illness. She was born November 10, 1939, in Washington, a daughter of the late Leroy R. and Elizabeth Harvoth Harris. Mrs. Naraskivitch attended Trinity High School and was a foreman at Grief Brothers for thirty-three years. Mrs. Naraskivitch was baptized Protestant. She loved...
