Mildred Sikora
Nov 25, 2007
Mildred Sikora, 77, of Washington, died Sunday, November 25, 2007, in her home. She was born February 27, 1930, in Indianola, a daughter of Emmett and Florence Bowlands Crupe. Mrs. Sikora was a homemaker and excellent baker. She loved her children and grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them. Mrs. Sikora was a member of Holy Trinity National Catholic Church....
Dorotha Helen Kujawa
Nov 25, 2007
Dorotha Helen Kujawa, 87, of Washington, PA., formerly Pleasant Valley, Fairmont, WV, died Sunday, November 25, 2007, in Consulate Health Care, Canonsburg, following a one-year illness. She was born April 23, 1920, in Fairmont, WV, a daughter of Hubert D. and Edna Alta Travis Hull. Mrs. Kujawa was a member of West Washington United Methodist Church. She had worked in...
Rita Christina Close
Nov 24, 2007
Rita Christina Close, 77, of Claysville, died Saturday, November 24, 2007, in Donnell House, following a brief illness. She was born August 19, 1930, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Frank and Anna Vulchak Krolczyk. Mrs. Close was Lutheran by faith. She was a homemaker and enjoyed bingo, crocheting and knitting. On June 6, 1956, she married Irvin Lee Close, who...
Shirley Louise Noviski
Nov 24, 2007
Shirley Louise Noviski, 60, of Washington, died Saturday, November 24, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born August 10, 1947, in Canonsburg, a daughter of Fred D. Shepherd, Sr. and Violet Tutay Shepherd. Mrs. Noviski was a graduate of Canon-McMillan High School and attended California University in conjunction with Washington Hospital School of Nursing. She was...
Metro Podolek
Nov 24, 2007
Metro Podolek, 83, of Washington, died Saturday, November 24, 2007, in Canonsburg Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born April 18, 1924, a son of Anthony and Cecelia Polynick Podolec. Mr. Podolek attended Washington High School, then worked at Tygart Valley Glass Company in Washington, before entering the U.S. Navy April 5, 1943, serving during World War II, in...
Frank J. Losko
Nov 24, 2007
Frank J. Losko, 91, of Canonsburg, died Saturday, November 24, 2007, at Greenery Skilled Nursing of Canonsburg. He was born January 8, 1916, in Westland, a son of Michael and Nellie Gazda Losko. Mr. Losko entered the U.S. Army November 19, 1942, serving during World War II, in the Caribbean, and receiving the World War II Victory Medal, American Service...
Esther Jane Hays
Nov 24, 2007
Homemaker, former member of Canonsburg U.P. Church. Esther Jane Hays, 59, of Washington, formerly of Hohenwald, Tenn., died Saturday, November 24, 2007, following a five-month illness. She was born in Wheeling, W.Va., a daughter of Ralph Edward and Norma May McMahan Greene. Mrs. Hays was a homemaker and was once a member of Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church, prior to leaving...
Dennis Wray Huffman
Nov 23, 2007
Dennis Wray Huffman, 49, of Canonsburg, died unexpectedly, Friday, November 23, 2007, in his home. He was born March 29, 1958, in Washington, a son of Francis Delmar and Edith Hutter Huffman. Mr. Huffman was once a groom at the Meadows Race Track in Meadowlands. His faith was Methodist. He enjoyed fishing, playing bingo, and was an avid Steeler Fan....
Virginia Mary Cox
Nov 21, 2007
Virginia Mary Hamilton Cox, 90, of Washington, died November 21, 2007, in Greenery Skilled Nursing Center. She was born August 26, 1917, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a daughter of William Raymond and Mary Rose Bruchbacker Hamilton. In 1944, she moved to the United States and took a job as a secretary in the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., where she...
Bernard F. Bunner
Nov 15, 2007
Bernard Franklin Bunner, 79, of Washington, died November 15, 2007, in the Washington Hospital. He had been in ill health since September. He was born January 15, 1928, in Washington, a son of Frederick Sevor Bunner and Thelma Cahill Bunner. Mr. Bunner attended Clark School and graduated from Washington High School in January 1947, where he was a member of...
Rev. Harold Orr
Nov 15, 2007
Rev. Harold Orr, 81, of Washington, died Thursday, November 15, 2007, in Presbyterian Senior Care, following a 22-month illness. He was born April 17, 1926, in Allerton, Iowa, a son of Rev. Harvey J. Orr and Ina Marie Sterrett Orr. Mr. Orr graduated from Lincoln High School in Midland and from Geneva College in Beaver Falls. He completed seminary work...
Walter W. Collins, Sr.
Nov 14, 2007
Walter William Collins, Sr., 77, of McMurray, formerly Castle Shannon, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007, in McMurray Hills Manor, following a lengthy illness. He was born June 28, 1930, in Castle Shannon, a son of Harry and Helen Marie Buch Collins. Mr. Collins served in the United States Marine Corps From July 10, 1946, until his honorable discharge as a...
Lois Martin
Nov 14, 2007
Lois Martin, 59, of Natrona Heights, formerly of Washington, died November 14, 2007, after a long battle with illness. Beloved sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Ms. Martin was an avid reader, gardener, and music/entertainment aficionado. She was a dedicated employee of 22 years of Cooper Crouse-Hinds. She is dearly missed and survived by brothers Jack and James Moore, son Gene...
Kathleen Elizabeth Kamenski
Nov 12, 2007
Motorcyclist enjoyed knitting and crocheting. Kathleen Elizabeth Kamenski, 57, of Washington, died Monday, November 12, 2007, in Washington Hospital. She was born November 28, 1949, in Washington, a daughter of Walker and Catherine Gump Pirt. Mrs. Kamenski was a graduate of Trinity High School. She worked as a payroll/accounts payable clerk in Humbert Lane for 13 years and prior to...
Mary Grace Interval Trifaro
Nov 11, 2007
Mary Grace Interval Trifaro, 89, of Washington, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Sunday, November 11, 2007, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 2, 1918, in Washington, a daughter of Samuel and Mamie Spagnola Interval. Mrs. Trifaro, a graduate of St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing, was a registered nurse. She was a supervisor in...
Linda May Logue
Nov 11, 2007
Washington resident enjoyed gardening and bowling. Linda M. Logue, 60, of Washington died Sunday, November 11, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a ten-month illness. She was born November 17, 1946, in New Rochelle, N.Y., a daughter of the late John and Patricia Mandarano May. A 1964 graduate of Milford Connecticut High School, she was a member of Sacred Heart Church,...
Robert Kenneth Knestrick
Nov 11, 2007
"Decorated Veteran" World War II Robert Kenneth Knestrick, 89, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Sunday, November 11, 2007, in Washington Hospital. He was born November 23, 1917, in Washington, a son of John S. and Regina Marshall Knestrick. Mr. Knestrick entered the U.S. Army, April 8, 1941, serving during World War II, with A Battery 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in Normandy,...
Fern Edna Werner
Nov 10, 2007
Fern Edna Werner, 95, of Washington, died Saturday, November 10, 2007, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Grapeville, Pennsylvania, on October 7, 1912, a daughter of William and Margaret Sadler Knauss. Earlier in her life, she worked at Jeanette Glass and Victory Glass as a Mould Cleaner. Mrs. Werner enjoyed making Embroidery, Quilting, as well as Crocheting. On...
Richard Lee Garrett
Nov 8, 2007
Richard Lee Garrett, 80, of Washington, died Thursday, November 8, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a two-month illness. He was born May 14, 1927, in Washington, a son of Ernest W. and May Carlisle Garrett. Mr. Garrett was a graduate of Trinity High School and had attended college. On September 29, 1950, during the Korean Conflict era, he entered the...
James Edward Burk
Nov 8, 2007
James Edward Burk, 86, of Washington, died Thursday, November 8, 2007, in The Washington Hospital. He was born September 23, 1921, in East Buffalo Township, a son of John D. and Charlotte Fife Burk. During World War II, Mr. Burk served in the army with Company A, 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, in the European Theater. He was honorably discharged on...
