Catherine Elizabeth Hixon
Apr 11, 2007
Former beautician, seamstress enjoyed crocheting Catherine E. Hixon, 84, of Washington, died at 2:23 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a two-month illness. She was born April 21, 1922, in Bunola, a daughter of Roy and Stella Opher Beam. A 1940 graduate of Monongahela High School, she attended cosmetology school and previously worked as a...
Grace Leona Progar
Apr 10, 2007
Grace Leona Progar, 84, formerly of Canonsburg, died at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in Greenery Specialty Care Center, where she had been a resident for several years. She was born September 3, 1922, in Washington, a daughter of Lewis Hobart and Lucy Ellen Yeager Plott. Mrs. Progar graduated from Trinity High School and was a homemaker. She was...
Rose Ann Ferry
Apr 8, 2007
Rose Ann Ferry, 87, of Canton Township, died at 10:35 p.m. Sunday, April 8, 2007, in Humber Lane Health Care Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 2, 1919, in Washington, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Gallo Desmond. Mrs. Ferry attended Washington schools and worked at Clay Targets and as a packer at Tygart Valley Glass. She...
Howard (Tub) Berdine
Apr 7, 2007
Howard "Tub" Berdine, Sr., 77, of Washington, died on Saturday, April 7, 2007, at the Donnell House, after a two-year illness. He was born on October 6, 1929, in Amity, PA, a son of Newton Arthur and Adda May Ewing Berdine. Mr. Berdine had worked as a maintenance foreman at Washington Penn Plastics from 1958 until 1995. Mr. Berdine was...
Gertrude Mera Stolfer
Apr 7, 2007
Gertrude Mera Stolfer, 86, of Washington, died at 1:05 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, 2007, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 26, 1920, in California, PA, a daughter of Stephen and Catherine Stonice Mera. Mrs. Stolfer had worked at the Amwell Township election polls for many years and also at the Atlantic & Pacific...
Genevieve J. Babiarz
Apr 7, 2007
Founding member of United Dairy Farms. Genevieve J. Babiarz, 73, of Washington, died Saturday, April 7, 2007, in Presbyterian SeniorCare, Washington, following a two-and-a-half-year illness. She was born August 12, 1933, in Lancaster, Ohio, a daughter of Theodore R. and Iva Pearl Gilkey Cave. A 1952 graduate of Hickory High School, Mrs. Babiarz was one of the first female lobbyists...
Alice Louise Cunningham
Apr 6, 2007
Alice Louise Cunningham, 83, of Washington, died at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 6, 2007, in Donnell House. She was born February 17, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of Charles and Mildred Frazier Read. Mrs. Cunningham graduated from Washington High School in January 1942. She was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church and was a homemaker. On June 21, 1947,...
H. Benjamin Hutchinson
Apr 5, 2007
WWII veteran was O-R head of photography. H. Benjamin Hutchinson, 87, of Washington, died at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2007, in Greenery Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing, Canonsburg. He had been ill since February. He was born June 10, 1919, in Washington, a son of William C. and Martha Paxton Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson was a graduate of Washington High School....
Loretta Bernice Fisher
Apr 5, 2007
Loretta B. Fisher, 66, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Thursday, April 5, 2007, at her home. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 9, 1941, a daughter of the late Casimir and Irene Knopka Wieczorek. For more than twenty-seven years, she worked as a book keeper for the Washington Senior Citizens Organization. She enjoyed playing bingo at the American...
John James Duncan
Apr 4, 2007
Ohio resident. John James Duncan, 54, of Euclid, Ohio, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007. He was the father of Louise, John, Joe, Jolene and Katie; grandfather of 16; brother of Joyce, Joseph, Jane, Josephine (deceased), Jacqueline, Jeannette, June, Tammy and Jace; and former husband and dear friend of Donna. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 and 4...
Daniel Francis Vorum
Mar 31, 2007
Entrepreneur was owner of City Motors Inc. Daniel Francis Vorum, 49, of Ironwood Drive, Southpointe, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 31, 2007, in his home. He was born June 20, 1957, in Washington, the youngest son of the late Stephen H. Vorum Sr. and Frances Corabi Vorum. Mr. Vorum attended Immaculate Conception Elementary and High School and graduated from Trinity High...
Rev. Lavon C. Holder
Mar 30, 2007
Rev. Lavon C. Holder, 85, of Avella, died at 6:32 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2007, in Washington Hospital. He had been in declining health. He was born September 11, 1921, in Bradford, Arkansas, a son of Andrew D. and Cornetia E. Scoggin Holder. On July 21, 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, receiving the rank of Seaman First Class...
Roberta Cecil Alrutz
Mar 29, 2007
Roberta Cecil Alrutz, 88, of Washington, died March 29, 2007, in Washington County Health Center, following a lingering illness. She was born March 27, 1919, in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, a daughter of A.C. and Elizabeth Briggs. Mrs. Alrutz graduated from Hickory High School and was a member of Chartiers Crossroads Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Alrutz was employed by Shanty...
William E. (Bill) Sams
Mar 29, 2007
Washington Native was WWII Veteran. William E. “Billâ€쳌 Sams, 86, of St. Petersburg, Florida, formerly of Washington, died Thursday, March 29, 2007, in Hospice House Woodside, Pinellas Park, Florida. He was born December 18, 1920, in Washington, a son of Roy William and Carrie Edith Glover Sams. He attended Washington Schools and was a painter with Pence Painting and Decorating....
Caroline Lattimore
Mar 28, 2007
Caroline Lattimore, 93, of Washington, died unexpectedly at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in the Washington Hospital. She was born September 16, 1913, in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of Antonio and Marie Carlebella Marone. Mrs. Lattimore worked as a cook in several local restaurants and enjoyed cooking, baking and gambling. She was Catholic by faith. On February 14, 1934,...
Thomas L. Ulery
Mar 27, 2007
Glassworker, member of Fairhill Manor Church. Thomas L. Ulery, 89, of Claysville, died at 6:45 a.m Tuesday, March 27, 2007, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been in declining health. He was born December 27, 1917, in Washington, a son of Eli George and Madeline Sayre Ulery. Mr. Ulery attended Trinity High School and was a member of Fairhill Manor...
Clayton Lee Moore
Mar 21, 2007
Equipco Co. truck driver and custodian. Clayton Lee Moore, 72, of Washington, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, in Canonsburg General Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born December 5, 1934, in Lone Pine, a son of William Henry and Dorothy Ann Waites Moore. Mr. Moore was a truck driver and custodian at Equipco Co. for 151/2 years. He served...
John "Fred" Fredrick Grose
Mar 21, 2007
John (Fred) Fredrick Grose, 69, of Hickory, died at 4:14 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2007,in Canonsburg General Hospital. He was born August 24, 1937, in Washington, a son of Walter R. and Lois J. Alexander Grose. Mr. Grose graduated from Claysville High School in 1956. He was the owner/operator of Grose Market in West Washington and Hickory for 45 years....
Lowell Thomas Frankenbery
Mar 19, 2007
Graphic artist from Eighty Four Lowell T. Frankenbery, 74, of Eighty Four, died at 2:09 a.m. Monday, March 19, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born January 25, 1933, in Uniontown, a son of Jay Donald and Margaret Pascoe Frankenbery. Mr. Frankenbery attended Uniontown High School, the University of Denver, Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago...
Linda Lee Cossu
Mar 17, 2007
Linda Lee Cossu, 57, of Washington, died at 10:25 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007, at the Donnell House after a 3 year, 2 month illness. She was born on February 8, 1950, in Washington, PA, a daughter of Frank Cossu of Claysville, and the late Elsie Wilhoft Cossu. Ms. Cossu worked as an escort at the Washington Hospital. She...
