Ernest Wayne Laposta
Mar 6, 2025
Ernest “Wayne” LaPosta, 76, of Canton Township, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Washington Hospital. He was born August 23, 1948, in Washington, a son of the late Ernest LaPosta and Rebecca Hunter LaPosta. Wayne was a 1966 graduate of Washington High School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving as a PVT-1st Class in Vietnam from 1969...
Pamela L. Linhart
Mar 3, 2025
Pamela L. Linhart, 58, of Washington, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, in Canonsburg Hospital. She was born June 5, 1966, in Washington, a daughter of the late Harold Donley Sr. and Janet Naraskivitch Donley. Pamela was a graduate of Washington High School. She enjoyed playing games on her phone and loved spending time with her grandchildren. Surviving are three...
Patricia L. Hanna Onopiuk
Mar 3, 2025
Patricia L. Hanna Onopiuk, 82, of Prosperity, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, in Transitions Healthcare, Washington. She was born September 6, 1942, in Washington, a daughter of the late Walter Hanna and Thelma A. Harshman Hanna. Patricia was a graduate of Trinity High School. She retired from the housekeeping department of Washington Hospital after 34 years of employment. Patricia...
James Quentin Henderson
Mar 2, 2025
James Quentin Henderson, 72, of Washington, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025, in his home. He was born September 5, 1952, in Washington, a son of the late Titus Henderson and Martha Keener Henderson. James was a 1970 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School. He retired after 25 years of serving with the South Strabane Police Department as a police officer....
Albert Lyle Mercer
Mar 1, 2025
Albert Lyle Mercer, 85, of Washington, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2025, in his home. He was born August 30, 1939, in Spraggs, a son of the late Albert “Pete” Mercer and Mary Toothman Mercer. Albert graduated from Waynesburg High School and had attended barber school. He proudly served in the U.S. Army. For 60 years, Albert was the owner...
Audrey Ruth Sims
Feb 28, 2025
Audrey Ruth Sims, born on the first day of March 1934, of Washington, formerly of Rostraver Township, passed into the arms of her loving savior, Jesus Christ, Friday the 28th day of February 2025, a day short of completing 91 years in this world. She was a daughter of the late George Teegarden and Ruth Robison Teegarden Rohrer, who proceeded...
Robert Paul Weaver
Feb 28, 2025
Robert Paul Weaver Sr., 59, of Washington, passed away Friday, February 28, 2025, in Washington Hospital. He was born June 17, 1965, in Washington, a son of Robert H. Weaver and the late Lois Ann Russell Weaver. Robert was a graduate of Washington High School and was employed in the trucking industry having worked for Foodland and All-Clad. He was...
Thomas S. Paul
Feb 26, 2025
Thomas “Tom” S. Paul, 94, of Washington, Pennsylvania, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2025, after spending his birthday surrounded by family.
He was born February 23, 1931, in Washington, to Alfred Alexander Paul and Geneva Stull Paul.
Tom was preceded in death by his late wife, Joan; siblings Jack Paul and Martha Kay Jacobson; and daughter Susan Paul Waybright.
He is survived by...
Mary Lou Williams
Feb 25, 2025
Mary Lou DeMay Williams, 93, of Kittanning, formerly of Washington, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2025, in Butler Memorial Hospital. She was born October 24, 1931, in Scenery Hill, a daughter of the late Harry DeMay and Mary Shetler DeMay. On December 23, 1950, she married Wilbur N. Williams, who died on March 8, 2021. Mary Lou was a student...
Stephanie Louise Shelly Shores
Feb 25, 2025
Stephanie Louise Shelly Shores, 54, of Washington, formerly of Clairton, was born on April 9, 1970 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. She was the daughter of Mary Shelly Johnson and Jonathan Johnson, Jr. She attended Clairton High School and later received her General Education Diploma. Stephanie was employed for 18 years at the Wilfred R. Cameron Wellness Center of Washington, as...
Robert David Lash Jr.
Feb 24, 2025
Robert David Lash Jr., 95, of McDonald, passed away Monday, February 24, 2025. He was born September 8, 1929, in Venetia, a son of the late Robert and Clara Lash. Robert was a lath and drywall contractor and retired in 1992. Upon retirement, he became a full-time farmer. He enjoyed hunting, attending auctions, collecting Alles-Chalmers Tractors, and watching westerns on...
Wilma Marie Phillips
Feb 24, 2025
Local historian passes, Wilma Marie Phillips, 95, of Prosperity, passed away Monday, February 24, 2025, with her family by her side. She was born on November 17, 1929, the daughter of the late Harry and Lucille Hart Webster. On July 15, 1947, she married her husband, the late Daniel Gipson Phillips, and is survived by their three children, Sandra (Robert)...
Ben Durrah Henry
Feb 22, 2025
Ben Durrah Henry, 83, of Washington, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2025, in his home. He was born on March 21, 1941, in Graysville, a son of the late Ben Henry and Hazel Durrah Henry. Ben was a graduate of Washington High School and received an associate’s degree in drafting from the Washington Institute of Technology. He served in the...
Anita M. Lehew
Feb 21, 2025
Anita M. Lehew, 65, of Prosperity, passed away Friday, February 21, 2025, in her home. She was born September 6, 1959, in Washington, a daughter of the late Harold K. Bell and Olga Piechnik Tutay. Anita was a 1977 graduate of Trinity High School and attended Duquesne University. She was employed by Washington Hospital for many years and then went...
William Elmer Steele Jr.
Feb 19, 2025
William Elmer Steele Jr., 73, of Houston, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in his home. He was born February 21, 1951, in Washington, a son of the late William Elmer Steele Sr. and Emma Jane Mull Steele. Elmer served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971 and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and...
Gary David Abel
Feb 17, 2025
Gary David Abel, 72, of Washington, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bristol, Tennessee, passed away Monday, February 17, 2025, at home, surrounded by his family, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born August 29, 1952, in Bristol, Virginia, son of Bonnie Bernice Eldreth Abel and the late David Wallace Abel. Gary graduated from Sullivan East High School and Tennessee Tech,...
Daniel M. Halulko Jr.
Feb 16, 2025
Daniel M. Halulko Jr., 85, of Washington, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2025. He was born April 10, 1939, in Joffre, Pennsylvania and raised in Slovan, Pennsylvania, by loving parents Edward F. and Helen Halulko Guna, both deceased. Dan graduated from Burgettstown Union High School in 1957 and the College of Steubenville (now Franciscan University) in 1961 with a degree...
Wayne Paul Clutter
Feb 15, 2025
Wayne Paul Clutter, 78, of Washington, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2025. Wayne was born September 7, 1946, in Washington, a son of the late Clarence Clutter and Edna Devenney Clutter. He was a 1964 graduate of Washington High School. He was also a graduate of Penn Commercial and University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He was...
Michael Robert Salansky
Feb 14, 2025
Michael Robert Salansky Sr., 80, of Washington, passed away Friday, February 14, 2025. He was born April 1, 1944, in Washington, a son of the late Michael Salansky and Betty Jane McCartney Salansky. Michael was a graduate of Washington High School and retired from Ferro. He was Christian by faith. Michael was a member of the American Legion Post 175...
Kathleen S. Popeck
Feb 14, 2025
Kathleen S. “Kay” Popeck, 93, of Washington, passed away on February 14, 2025, in Transitions Healthcare in Washington. She was born June 29, 1931, in Washington, a daughter of the late Anthony J. Popeck, Sr. and Sabina Bobik Popeck. Kathleen was a graduate of Washington High School. She worked as a Bell Telephone Operator as well as several years in...
