Melissa Diane Durila
Jul 28, 2007
1987 Beth-Center graduate. Melissa Diane Durila, 36, of Amity, died at 10:04 p.m. Saturday, July 28, 2007, in Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health. She was born December 5, 1970, in Washington, a daughter of Ferdinand Michael and Catherine Marie Smalley Matula of Marianna. Mrs. Durila was a homemaker and Catholic. She was a 1987 graduate of Bethlehem-Center...
Mary Margaret Bryker
Jul 26, 2007
Mary Margaret “Peggy” Bryker, 63, of Washington, died at 4:47 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness. She was born February 5, 1944, in Washington, a daughter of John Martin Paul and Sadie Veronica Avolia Paul. Mrs. Bryker graduated from Trinity in 1962, and attended Point Park College and Waynesburg School of Nursing....
Samuel C. Bear
Jul 25, 2007
Samuel C. Bear, 91, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in his home, of cancer. He was born June 16, 1916, in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, a son of Charles Milton and Jennie C. Showalter Bear. On June 10, 1941, he entered the Army Air Corps, serving during World War II, and receiving the World War II Victory Medal,...
Nasime Abraham Elias
Jul 25, 2007
Nasime A. "Bill" Elias passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in the Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born October 11, 1913, in Washington, a son of Abraham and Anna Moses Elias. Mr. Elias graduated from Washington High School in 1932. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army after serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations...
Marjorie Ann Bryner
Jul 25, 2007
Marjorie Ann Bryner, 71, of Washington, died at 8:35 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. Mrs. Bryner was born April 10, 1936, in Washington. She was protestant and a homemaker. In March 1992, she married Walter J. Bryner, who survives. Deceased is a daughter, Carol Evans. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and...
Melvin Addison Johnson
Jul 25, 2007
Melvin Addison Johnson, 73, of Eighty-Four died at 1:14 a.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in Manor Care Nursing Home, McMurray, following a brief illness. He was born June 1, 1934, in Washington County, a son of Stephen A. and Hazel M. Woodruff Johnson. Mr. Johnson worked as a pipeliner and heavy equipment operator for Davis Industries for four years and...
Barbara Sue Fogle
Jul 25, 2007
Barbara Sue Fogle, 50, of Washington, died suddenly at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, 2007, in West Penn Hospital. She was born August 28, 1956, in Washington, a daughter of William James Moore and Mary R. Sibert Moore, both of Washington. Mrs. Fogle attended Trinity High School and was a homemaker. She enjoyed flowers and gardening. Surviving are two sons,...
Robert Ernest Foster
Jul 24, 2007
Robert Ernest Foster, 85, of Claysville, Pennsylvania, died at 1:45 p.m. in Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aspinwall, following a lengthy illness. He was born September 21, 1921, in Morgantown, West Virginia, a son of William Foster and Martha Chipps Foster Price. Mr. Foster was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a merchant seaman for twenty years...
Donald Robert Putran
Jul 22, 2007
Donald Robert Putran, 67, of Freeport, died Sunday, July 22, 2007, in Armstrong Health Center following a brief illness. He was born September 20, 1939, in Pittsburgh, a son of John and Ann Pavella Putran. Mr. Putran graduated from Chartiers-Houston High School and had been employed as a horse groomer at the Meadow Race Track for 25 years. He was...
Louise Jane Tennant
Jul 20, 2007
Louise Jane Tennant, 77, of Plumsock, died at 7:36 p.m., Friday, July 20, 2007, in Canonsburg General Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born October 8, 1929, in Washington, a daughter of George and Emma L. Chapman Wilson. Mrs. Tennant attended Washington High School and was a member of Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Tennant had worked as...
Michael Lee Prosser
Jul 20, 2007
Michael Lee Prosser, 42, of Mountain View, California, formerly of Washington, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 20, 2007, in the Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California. Mr. Prosser was born in Washington on September 2, 1964, a son of James W. and Janet Hutter Prosser of Washington. He was a graduate of Washington High School and had worked the last fifteen...
Lewis David Nichols, Jr.
Jul 20, 2007
Lewis David Nichols, Jr., 70, of Washington, died at 10:27 p.m., Friday, July 20, 2007, in Washington Hospital emergency room. He was born September 17, 1936, in Washington, a son of Lewis D., Sr., and Ida Beverina Nichols. Mr. Nichols graduated from Trinity High School and was employed as a millwright at Jessop Steel for thirty-nine years. His faith was...
Philomena (Chic) Scandale Onopiuk
Jul 19, 2007
Philomena Scandale Onopiuk, 79, of Washington, PA, died Thursday, July 19, 2007. She was born October 31st, 1927 in Waynesburg, PA, a daughter of Joseph and Lucia Torchia Scandale Mrs. Onopiuk graduated from 5th Ave High School, Pittsburgh. She married Metty (Matt) Onopiuk on March 26th, 1955. She was generous, caring, loving, and enjoyed traveling. And was a devoted wife...
Betty G. Hagerty Calvert
Jul 19, 2007
Animal lover, member of Church of the Covenant. Betty G. Hagerty Calvert, 69, of Washington, died at 10:08 a.m. Thursday, July 19, 2007, in the emergency room of Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 25, 1937, in Washington, a daughter of Frank G. and Sylvia Prigg Hagerty of Washington. Mrs. Calvert graduated from Trinity High School...
Bonnie Joy Watton
Jul 19, 2007
Bonnie Joy Watton, 61, of Washington, died at 4:40 a.m., Thursday, July 19, 2007, in Donnell House, following a two-year illness. She was born December 14, 1945, in Coverdale, a daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Ann Marie Moze Bayts. Mrs. Watton was employed at Superior Valve-Sherwood Corporation, in the Assembler-Testing Department, for fifteen years. Mrs. Watton was a...
Evelyn Grace Pattison
Jul 15, 2007
Evelyn Grace Pattison, 77, of Washington, died at 8:20 p.m. Sunday, July 15, 2007, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness. She was born March 20, 1930, in Washington, a daughter of James Maurice and Cora Wilkinson Pattison. In 1948, Ms. Pattison graduated from Washington High School, where she had been a member of the band under the...
Betty Jane Mccloskey
Jul 14, 2007
Washington resident. Betty J. McCloskey, 86, of Washington, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2007, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township. She had been ill since November 2002. She was born February 2, 1921, in Washington, a daughter of James and Grace Beddow Leonard. Mrs. McCloskey had done housework for various families in the area. In Cumberland, Md.,...
Jakob Michael Farrar
Jul 14, 2007
Jakob Michael Farrar died Saturday, July 14, 2007, the day of his birth, in Washington Hospital. His parents are Suzanne K. Kreassig and Michael W. Farrar of Washington. Surviving are a brother, Anthony Farrar of Carmichaels; paternal grandmother Iris (Jerry) Stevenson of Galliopolis Ferry, W.Va; maternal grandparents Melvin (Colleen) Kreassig and Martha (Kenneth) Kieler, both of Dubuque, Iowa; three uncles,...
William Edward Montgomery
Jul 13, 2007
William Edward Montgomery, of Duncan Avenue, Washington, died on Friday, July 13, 2007 in the Donnell House, from complications of prostate cancer. He was born, in Washington, a son of Charles Franklin and Ethel McCullough Montgomery. Bill was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Coast Guard aboard the USS General Meigs. He married Shirley...
