Janet M. Swalin
Aug 18, 2008
Janet Marlene Phillips Swalin, 73, of Canonsburg, died Monday, August 18, 2008, in her residence. She was born May 19, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Joseph Franklin and Eva Mae Newell Phillips. Mrs. Swalin had been employed as a packer at Brockway Glass, at RCA in Arden, and was a former co-owner of the Cozy Corner Bar. She enjoyed...
Ruth Morris Devenney
Aug 18, 2008
Ruth Morris Devenney, 89, of Washington, died Monday, August 18, 2008, in Southmont Presbyterian Senior Care, Washington. She was born August 20, 1918, in Washington, a daughter of Paul and Zelma Scott Morris. Mrs. Devenney was a member of Fourth Presbyterian Church, the Ladies Aid Society, was a former Elder and church treasurer, and always attended the Mildred Irwin Sunday...
Gladys Blose Polan
Aug 15, 2008
Gladys Blose Polan, 92, of Washington, died Friday, August 15, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. She was born January 6, 1916, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of Irvin J. and Daisy Brennan Blose. Mrs. Blose graduated from Washington High School. In the 1930�s, she was a hostess at the George Washington Hotel and for 32 years she was employed...
Dora M. Kuhn
Aug 14, 2008
Dora M. Kuhn, 81, of Washington, died Thursday, August 14, 2008, in Strabane Woods. She was born April 3, 1927, in Milton, West Virginia, a daughter of Eanest T. and Essie Brown Ball. Mrs. Kuhn worked as a clerk for the city of St. Albans, West Virginia, for 15 years. On August 11, 1950, she married Ralph Marshall Kuhn, who...
Rose Kania Doak
Aug 12, 2008
Rose Kania Doak, 88, of Washington, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, in the Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health. She was born May 29, 1920, in Westmoreland County, a daughter of John and Mary Yarnot Kania. Mrs. Doak worked at Union Camp for 35 years. She was a member of Abundant Life Baptist Church, formerly Allison Avenue Baptist...
Barbara "Sis" Weir
Aug 12, 2008
Barbara Catherine “Sis” Weir, 86, of Scenery Hill, and, most recently, Presbyterian Senior Care, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, in Washington Hospital. She was born September 28, 1921, in Scenery Hill, a daughter of George H. and Mary Donner Wherry. Mrs. Weir graduated from East Washington High School and was a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, knitting, and playing...
Mary Elizabeth Clutter
Aug 11, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Clutter, 64, of Washington, died Monday, August 11, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born October 26, 1943, in Washington, a daughter of Harold Richard and Rosie Bell Naylor Garrett. Mrs. Clutter was a graduate of McGuffey High School and worked as a seamstress at Bobbie Brooks for several years. Mrs. Clutter’s...
Joseph William Swierczek
Aug 8, 2008
Joseph William Swierczek Joseph William Swierczek, 52, of Eighty-Four, died Friday, August 8, 2008, in Washington Hospital. He had been in failing health. He was born July 16, 1956, in Washington, a son of George Nicholas Swierczek, of Washington, and the late Pearl A. Moulton Swierczek. Mr. Swierczek was a 1956 graduate of Washington High School. Mr. Swierczek was a...
Jane I. Stewart
Aug 7, 2008
Jane I. Stewart, 83, of Washington, died Thursday, August 7, 2008, in Canonsburg Hospital. She was born Martha Jane Iams, on July 30, 1925, a daughter of William Wylie and Annie Laurie Steele Iams. Mrs. Stewart attended East Washington schools, graduating in 1944. She also attended Penn Commercial, in Washington. She was of Protestant faith. Mrs. Stewart had been employed...
Joseph Lloyd Munce
Aug 6, 2008
Joseph Lloyd Munce, 82, of Washington, died Wednesday, August 6, 2008, in Kade Nursing Home. He was born September 5, 1925, in Washington, a son of Hugh Miller and Florence Katherine Clarke Munce. Mr. Munce attended Laboratory School and Davis School, a one-room school, in South Strabane Township. Mr. Munce worked on farms in the area. He was interested in...
Ann Nesbit
Aug 5, 2008
Ann Nesbit, 74, of Clinton, died August 5, 2008, in Sewickley Valley Hospital. Born May 24, 1934, in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Charles and Gladys E. Beard Hull. Attended Langley High School, member of United Presbyterian Church, in Imperial, was a homemaker. Married Paul Dodds Nesbitt, of Clinton, on August 30, 1956. Mother of David (Valerie) Nesbitt, of Clinton, Donald (Ana)...
Joanne Mary Grabowski
Aug 5, 2008
Joanne Mary Grabowski, 67, of Washington, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born October 9, 1940, in Washington, a daughter of Joseph and Anna Mary Bell Grabowski. Mrs. Grabowski was a 1958 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School and attended Mc Fall Beauty School in Canonsburg. She enjoyed her dogs and cats, her family, and...
Norma Irene Jinkens
Aug 5, 2008
Norma Irene Jinkens, 85, of Washington, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008, in Southmont, of Presbyterian Senior Care, following a lingering illness. Born June 1, 1923, in Washington, she was the only daughter of Harold and Clara Hull Miller. Mrs. Jinkens graduated from Washington High School in 1941. She worked at the Jessop Steel Company for three years during World War...
Alta Belle Dornan
Aug 4, 2008
Alta Belle Dornan, 92, of Washington, died Monday, August 4, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a two-year illness. She was born September 18, 1915, in Cecil, a daughter of Herbert B. and Anna Howe Caster Russell. Mrs. Dornan worked as a clerk at J. C. Penney. She was a member of Chartier’s Crossroads United Presbyterian Church, where she...
Mark Wayne Mccracken
Aug 4, 2008
Mark Wayne McCracken, Sr., 49, of Washington, died Monday, August 4, 2008, in Donnell House. He was born September 23, 1958, in Washington, a son of Mary Emma Burnette McCracken, of Washington, and the late Willis “Pete” McCracken. Mr. McCracken attended Washington Schools and was a member of Wolfdale Bible Chapel. He worked at Ruscello Auto Body for many years...
Charles William Stoneking
Jul 30, 2008
Charles William Stoneking, 70, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, in Washington County Health Center following a lengthy illness. He was born February 19, 1938, in Greene County, a son of the late William Howard and Irene Gump Stoneking. Mr. Stoneking graduated from Waynesburg High School in 1958. Protestant by faith, he always had a kind and generous heart,...
Arthur M. Wier
Jul 26, 2008
Arthur M. Wier, 86, of Claysville, died Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Oakland Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born December 25, 1921, in Graysville, a son of Jesse and Estella Michaels Wier. Mr. Wier was a veteran of the United States Navy. For 27 years, Mr. Wier worked as a truck driver for Interstate Systems. He was a member...
Howard Irwin Mckinney
Jul 26, 2008
Jessop Steel employee was ordained minister. Howard Irwin "Babe" McKinney, 78, of Washington, died Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born May 26, 1930, in Washington, a son of Willard and Alberta Birch McKinney. Mr. McKinney was a 1949 graduate of Trinity High School and was employed by Jessop Steel for 36 years....
Mae E. Beckwith Ankrom
Jul 26, 2008
Mae Elizabeth Beckwith-Ankrom, 90, of Eighty-Four, died Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Presbyterian Senior Care, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 20, 1918, in Tarentum, a daughter of the late Albert and Ethel Foster-Beckwith. Mrs. Ankrom worked at the Montgomery Ward catalog store and the American Cancer Society in Washington. She was a member of the Eighty-Four Get-Together...
