Mary Ann Wright
May 19, 2008
Mary Ann Wright, 72, of Washington, died Monday, May 19, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a 10-year illness. She was born January 4, 1936, in St. Albens, West Virginia, a daughter of James and Wavie Elizabeth Holstein Blaker. Mrs. Wright graduated from Trinity High School. She was a member of Jefferson Avenue United Methodist Church and the Arden...
Harold L. Hawkins
May 18, 2008
Harold L. “Butch” Hawkins, 60, of Washington, died Sunday, May 18, 2008, in Washington Hospital, surrounded by his family, following a lengthy and brave battle with cancer. He was born May 24, 1947, in Washington, a son of the late Herbert Nathaniel Hawkins and Edna Mae Pettit Conklin. Mr. Hawkins graduated from Washington High School in 1966. On September 19,...
Dorothy June Standiford
May 17, 2008
Member of Fairhill Manor Christian Church Dorothy June Standiford, 84, of Washington, died Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born October 1, 1923, in Washington, a daughter of Willis and Lucille Tarbert McBratney. Mrs. Standiford was a member of Fairhill Manor Christian Church and Washington Hospital Auxiliary. She enjoyed sewing and painting and...
Lawrence W. Okorn
May 16, 2008
Drummer in Sounds of Country group. Lawrence W. Okorn, 76, of Washington, died Friday, May 16, 2008, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born August 1, 1931, in Roscoe, a son of Harold and Bessie Kenny Okorn. Mr. Okorn was a machine operator and worked for both Dynamet and Federal Paper. He was Presbyterian. Mr. Okorn was...
William Edward Harps
May 15, 2008
William Edward Harps, 80, of Claysville, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, in his home. He had been in declining health for one year. He was born November 24, 1927, in Washington, a son of William August and Ethel Haines Harps. Mr. Harps was an antique dealer and owned and operated Old Pike Antiques for over fifteen years. He frequented all...
Robert Martin Balser
May 10, 2008
Robert Martin Balser, Jr., 79, of Claysville, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Canonsburg Hospital, following a six-month illness. He was born June 5, 1928, in Washington, a son of Alma Chase Dunkle of Claysville and the late Robert Martin Balser, Sr. Before retiring, Mr. Balser was a bus driver for Greyhound Bus Company. He was a member of Roadside...
Alice M. Chapman
May 9, 2008
Alice Marie Chapman, 88, of Washington, died May 9, 2008, in Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care, Washington, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born February 3, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of the late Thomas K. and Anna Williams Burke. Mrs. Chapman was a 1938 graduate of Washington High School. For many years, she worked the elections in...
Dana Lynn Phillips
May 6, 2008
Dana Lynn Tilger Phillips, 44, of Washington, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in her residence. She was born November 9, 1963, in Washington, a daughter of David Tilger of Lenoir, North Carolina, and the late Patricia Potts Tilger. Mrs. Phillips attended Chartiers-Houston Schools and was employed in the housekeeping department at the Hilton Garden Inn. She was a member of...
Samuel Swan
May 6, 2008
Samuel Robert “Sonny” Swan, 66, of Washington, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in his residence, following a brief illness. He was born September 15, 1941, in Washington, a son of Lawrence and Angeline Molinaro Swan. For 20 years, Mr. Swan worked in steel fabrication at National Annealing Box. Most recently, he worked with his sons in their contracting business. Mr....
Tracey Connor Cunningham
May 5, 2008
Tracey Lynn Connor Cunningham, 38, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Monday, May 5, 2008, in her home. She was born July 2, 1969, in Washington, a daughter of the late Robert A. and Viola Bailey Conner, Sr. Mrs. Cunningham was a member of Friendship Community Church. She was a crew person at Burger King and enjoyed bingo and spending time with...
Naomi Ruth Morris
May 3, 2008
Washington homemaker. Naomi Ruth Morris, 91, of Washington, died Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born September 17, 1916, in Washington, a daughter of Elzie L. and Mary Alice Meighen McGlumphy. Mrs. Morris was the longest living member of Fourth Presbyterian Church. She was a homemaker. In 1949, she married Arthur...
Dora Mcgowan
May 2, 2008
Dora (Jeannie) Martin McGowan, 80, of Washington, died Friday, May 2, 2008, in Canonsburg Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born October 27, 1927, in Washington, a daughter of Ralph and Gertrude Eden Martin. Mrs. McGowan graduated from Trinity High School in 1945. She worked for 21 years as a teller for Mellon Bank in the Washington and Tylerdale...
Shawn A. Hadix
May 2, 2008
Shawn A. Hadix, 30, of Washington, died unexpectedly Friday, May 2, 2008, in his residence. He was born January 19, 1978, in Washington, a son of Charles A. and Beverly Knestrick Hadix of Washington. Mr. Hadix graduated from Washington High School and was employed as a flooring contractor for Hadix Flooring. He enjoyed all sports and watching movies. Surviving, in...
Warren H. Gildow
Apr 30, 2008
Warren Harding Gildow, 87, formerly of Prosperity, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center. He was born September 1, 1920, at home near Lone Pine, a son of the late William D. Gildow and Mae Briggs Gildow. Mr. Gildow was a first sergeant in the United States Army (1942-1945), serving in Germany during World War II....
Shirley Ann Robertson
Apr 29, 2008
Shirley Ann Robertson, 70, of Clarksville, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Canonsburg Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born July 23, 1937, in Washington a son of Newton Sargent of Washington and the late Wilma Elliot Sargent. Mrs. Robertson was employed for seven years at the Bassettown Market and Deli. She was a member of First Christian Church...
Wade Wendell Alexander Gantz, Jr.
Apr 28, 2008
Wade Wendell Alexander Gantz, Jr., 50, of Wheeling, WV, died Sunday, April 27, 2008, at the Ohio Valley Medical Center, after a brief illness. He was born May 18, 1957, in Washington, a son of Marcella Morgan Gantz, of Wheeling, WV, and the late Wade Wendell Gantz, Sr. Mr. Gantz was self-employed as a sub-contractor for more than 20 years....
Jon D. Linn
Apr 28, 2008
Jon D. Linn, 70, of Washington, died Monday, April 28, 2008, in Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born December 9, 1938, in Grafton, WV., a son of Robert Thomas Charles and Ann Ruth Fletcher Linn. Mr. Linn was a self-employed machinist and managed his own company, Jon D. Linn Machine Shop, for several years. He was a...
Ella M. Wilson
Apr 27, 2008
Loving Pastor�s Wife, Mother and Grandmother Ella M. Wilson, 81, of Washington, died Sunday morning, April 27, 2008, unexpectedly in her home. She was born March 9, 1927, in Eighty-Four, PA, a daughter of Stanley Wilson and Helen Johnston Wilson. Mrs. Wilson graduated from Washington High School in 1945. She had been an employee of Duncan Miller and the Parrot...
William E. Rush
Apr 26, 2008
William E. Rush. 83, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 26, 2007, in Shadyside Hospital. He was born in Washington on February 6, 1925, a son of James Russell and Lana Lee Fox Rush. Mr. Rush was a 1943 graduate of Trinity High School and served in the United States Army in World War II, having participated in the...
Doris Patricia (Kopp) White
Apr 26, 2008
Doris Patricia (Kopp) White, 81, of Washington, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, in Donnell House, Washington. She was born July 9, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of Joseph and Mae Brownlee Kopp. Mrs. White graduated from Trinity High School in 1944. Her faith was Presbyterian. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, baking and cooking. On September 8, 1945, she married Charles...
