Margaret M. Kovatch
Jan 20, 2009
Margaret M. Kovatch, 79, of Canonsburg, formerly Meadowlands, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born September 10, 1929, in Meadowlands, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Giovanninni. Mrs. Kovatch was a graduate of Chartiers Houston High School and a member of Miraculous Medal Catholic Church. She was a member of Christian Mothers Guild in Meadowlands,...
Betty Jane Cooper
Jan 16, 2009
Betty Jane Cooper, 79, of Washington, died Friday, January 16, 2009, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. She was born August 10, 1929, in the Bellevue section of Pittsburgh, and was raised by her grandmother, Anna Demko. Mrs. Cooper worked as a telephone operator and in catalog sales at Sears for 30 years. She also worked as a cashier...
Donald O. Seik
Jan 16, 2009
Donald O. Seik, 95, of Washington, formerly of Eighty-Four, died on Friday, January 16, 2009, in the Standish Personal Care Home. He was born on December 2, 1913, a son of Charles and Minnie Shaffer Seik. Mr. Seik was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Washington. He was a local truck driver for over 20 years. Mr. Seik...
Elizabeth Jane Dague
Jan 16, 2009
Elizabeth Jane Dague, 93, of Washington, died at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 16, 2009 at Humbert Lane Health Care, after a brief illness. She was born on August 12, 1915, a daughter of Charles A. and Elizabeth Bigler Fowler. Mrs. Dague was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church. She was a 1933 graduate of Trinity High School. She had...
Margaret L. Roth
Jan 14, 2009
Margaret L. Roth, 88, formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009,in Greenery Nursing and Skilled Rehabilitation Center, North Strabane Township. She was born November 5, 1920, in Cheat Haven, a daughter of Michael Jeffers Sr. and Margaret Rafter Jeffers. Mrs. Roth was a 1940 graduate of Trinity High School. For ten years, she worked as a sales associate at...
Marilyn Eileen Hamlin
Jan 14, 2009
Marilyn Eileen Hamlin, 58, of Washington, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, in Donnell House. She was born May 14, 1950, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of William Dugan, of Washington, and the Leonara Matonak Dugan. Mrs. Hamlin was a 1971 graduate of St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in Huntington, WV. She also attended Marshall University. Mrs. Hamlin was a registered...
Margaret Ann Paraska Gregg
Jan 13, 2009
Margaret Ann Paraska Gregg, 88, of Washington, died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, in Washington County Health Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 18, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of Frederick Paraska, Sr. and Mary Margaret Gregosky Paraska. Mrs. Gregg graduated from Trinity High School in 1938 and was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church. Mrs....
Mary A. Moore Kirschner
Jan 13, 2009
Mary A. Moore Kirschner, 75, of Washington, died at 2:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2009, in the Donnell House, following a one-year illness. She was born May 26, 1933, in Washington, a daughter of the late Walter and Pearl Elizabeth Wishart Moore. Mrs. Kirschner was a 1951 graduate of Washington High School and attended Penn Commercial for two years. She...
James Michael Yusko
Jan 11, 2009
James Michael Yusko, 62, of Claysville, died Sunday, January 11, 2009, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born August 23, 1946, in Washington, PA., a son of Joseph Anthony and Nellie Golubowsky Yusko. After graduating high school, Mr. Yusko joined the United States Navy, serving from September 9, 1964, until his honorable discharge on September 10, 1968. He served...
Dorothy R. Breedlove
Jan 11, 2009
Dorothy R. Breedlove, 94, of Washington, died Sunday, January 11, 2009, in Washington County Health Center. She was born November 24, 1914, in McConnellsburg, a daughter of John and Daisy Elvey Wible. Mrs. Breedlove was a member of First Baptist Church of Washington and the Washington Hospital Auxiliary. She loved to sew and play the piano. For ten years, she...
Wilbert Irving Hull
Jan 8, 2009
Wilbert Irving Hull, 78, of Washington, died Thursday, January 8, 2009, in Kindred Care, Oakdale. He was born August 28, 1930, in Waynesburg, a son of Earl W. and Mildred Hillberry Hull. Mr. Hull was a hot-end Moulder at Brockway for 34 years. He also had worked in security and as a driver at the Holiday Inn on Racetrack Road...
Barbara Pauline Mckibben Nicholas
Jan 8, 2009
Barbara Pauline “Babs” McKibben Nicholas, 73, of Washington, died Thursday, January 8, 2009, in Donnell House. She was a two-time survivor of breast cancer. She was born August 20, 1935, in Zanesville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Harry Kibe “Sam” Ullom and Agnes Pauline Nelson Ullom. Mrs. Nicholas attended Chartiers Schools. She was a homemaker but had worked as...
John Henry Schweinebraten
Jan 6, 2009
John Henry Schweinebraten, 53, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, January 6, 2009, in the Washington Hospital. He was born June 3, 1956, in Washington, a son of Herbert and Violet Riser Schweinebraten. On March 27, 2002, he married Dolores Millikin, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, April and Violet Schweinebraten; a step-son, Lee Millikin; a brother, Tom Schweinebraten, all...
Esther K. Thompson
Jan 6, 2009
Longtime Washington Senior Citizens Center volunteer Esther K. Thompson, 95, of Washington, died Monday, January 6, 2009, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township. She was born September 23, 1913, in Tunnelton, W.Va., a daughter of Jefferson D. and Icie May McGee Kisner. Mrs. Thompson worked at Duncan Miller until the plant's closing. In addition to having worked at Kress...
Charles Edward Gratz
Jan 5, 2009
Longtime Jessop Steel employee enjoyed hunting. Charles (Bob) Gratz, 80, of Washington, died Monday, January 5, 2009, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been ill since November 13. He was born June 19, 1928, in Washington, a son of Clyde E. and Pearl M. Loughman Gratz. Mr. Gratz worked at Hazel-Atlas and then worked as a pipe fitter at Jessop...
Mabel Angelina King
Jan 4, 2009
Mabel Angelina King, 88, of Washington, died Sunday, January 4, 2009, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 23, 1920, in Hickory, a daughter of Angelo and Ivey Young Rossi. Mrs. King was a 1938 graduate of Hickory High School, where she had been a member of the basketball team. She was a...
George William Amos
Jan 2, 2009
George William Amos, 82, of Washington, died Friday, January 2, 2009, in the Washington Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born May 21, 1926, in Hopewell Township, a son of Albert Brady Amos and Blanche Marie McDaid Amos. Mr. Amos had worked at Brockway Glass and enjoyed playing cards and gardening. On November 7, 1997, he married Louretta Carolyn...
Robert Anthony Myers
Jan 2, 2009
Robert Anthony Myers, 87 of Southminster Place, Washington, died peacefully at home on Saturday, January 3, 2009. He was born November 12, 1921, in Pittsburgh, a son of Earl and Katherine Myers. He joined the US Navy in 1944 and specialized in aviation mechanics. He retired as Chief Petty Officer after 20 years of service. He was stationed in San...
Mabel G. Mcvay Mcgary
Jan 1, 2009
Mabel Genevie McVay McGary, 86, of Washington, died Thursday, January 1, 2009, in the Washington Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on November 23, 1922, a daughter of Jay P. and Carrie Adams McVay. Mrs. McGary had attended Washington Schools and worked several years in the housekeeping department of Washington county Health Center. For many years...
