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...
Mary Belle Chadwick
Jul 25, 2008
Mary Belle Chadwick, 65, of South Franklin Township, died Friday, July 25, 2008, in Donnell House, following a seven-month illness. She was born December 8, 1942, in McMechen, West Virginia, a daughter of the late James and Helen V. Grall Ealy. Mrs. Chadwick graduated from Trinity High School in 1960. For 25 years, she worked at Washington Area Teachers Credit...
Randy Pausch
Jul 25, 2008
This guest book will be provided to the Pausch family. 'Last Lecture' professor, Randy Pausch, dies at 47 By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor who became a YouTube phenomenon with his "Last Lecture," died Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. He died at his home in southern Virginia. Pausch told USA TODAY...
Robert Louis Meeker, Sr.
Jul 25, 2008
Robert Louis Meeker, Sr., 77, of Amity, died Friday, July 25, 2008, in Jeannette Hospital. He was born March 10, 1931, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of James Mitchell and Amanda Lenora Junkins Meeker. Mr. Meeker was a diesel mechanic at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel for 35 years. He was a member of Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church in Prosperity. Mr....
Janet E. Grimm
Jul 24, 2008
Janet E. Grimm, 77, of Washington, died Thursday, July 24, 2008, in her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on June 23, 1931, a daughter of Charles Dorsey and Emma Hughes Morris. She had attended Washington Schools and worked for more than twenty years at the Brownson House through the Easter Seals Society. Mrs. Grimm was...
