William John Thompson
Mar 17, 2007
William John Thompson William John Thompson, 78, of Eighty-Four, died at 6:03 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007, at the Greenery Nursing Home, after a five-month illness. He was born on July 28, 1928, in Fitchburg, MA, a son of William Henry and Sirri Esther Thompson. Mr. Thompson was President and Owner of the Penn Commercial Beauty Academy and was...
Duane E. Foringer
Mar 14, 2007
Duane Earl Foringer, 76, of Washington, died at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Washington Hospital following a lingering illness. He was born August 24, 1930, in Washington, a son of Albert John and Ruth Hannam Foringer. Mr. Foringer attended Washington High School. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War, earning the Korean Service Medal, National...
Nellie Irene Berdine Whipple
Mar 13, 2007
Nellie I. Berdine Whipple, 88, of Antioch, Tennessee, formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, following a short illness. She was born on February 3, 1919 in Washington, a daughter of Newton Arthur and Adda May Ewing Berdine. Mrs. Whipple was raised in the Amity area. On May 28, 1939, she married Carl Whipple, Sr. who died on April...
David Barry Porter
Mar 13, 2007
David Barry Porter, 56, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, March 13, 2007, in Washington Hospital. He was born August 7, 1950, in Canonsburg, a son of Clyde and Catherine Rhinaman Porter. Mr. Porter was a graduate of Canon-McMillan High School and had served in the Marine Corps. He worked as a custodian for the Chartiers-Houston School District for three years...
Louis Robert Baumgartner
Mar 11, 2007
Longtime employee of McGraw-Edison. Louis Robert Baumgartner, 78, of Washington, died at 1:59 a.m. Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Canonsburg General Hospital. He had been in declining health for four years. He was born February 19, 1929, in Washington, a son of Joseph and Catherine Spitzner Baumgartner. On March 21, 1951, he entered the Army, serving during the Korean conflict,...
Elizabeth Durbin Krause
Mar 11, 2007
Elizabeth Durbin Krause Pentagon secretary was former clerk at Lang's. Elizabeth Durbin Krause, 86, of Canonsburg, died at 3:25 a.m. Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Canonsburg General Hospital. She had been in declining health. She was born June 20, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of Clyde and Hazel Jacobs Durbin. Mrs. Krause was a graduate of Washington High School and...
James Scott Sharrow
Mar 11, 2007
James Scott Sharrow of Strabane Woods, Washington PA died on March 11, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Sharrow was born on August 10, 1920 in Gallatin, PA, the son of James T. and Mable Wragg Sharrow. Mr. Sharrow graduated from Weirton High School in 1939 and served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WW II. He was awarded...
Frank L. Auld
Mar 10, 2007
Frank L. Auld, 96,of Washington, died at 5:20 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2007, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born October 18, 1910, in South Franklin Township, a son of Mont and Bertha Auld. He lived all of his life in Washington County. Mr. Auld was a 1931 graduate of Morris Township High School and a...
Grace Bungard Nowlin
Mar 10, 2007
Grace Bungard Nowlin, 95, of Washington, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, in her home. She was born July 3, 1911, in Lone Pine, a daughter of the late Madge Gantz and C. Preston Hatfield. Mrs. Nowlin was a member of Fairhill Manor Christian Church and the church’s C.W.F. She belonged to the Washington Senior Citizens, where she was a volunteer,...
Mary Harrison
Mar 10, 2007
Mary L. Phillips Harrison, 60, of Brookville, formerly of Washington, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, in the Titusville Hospital following a short illness. She was born in Washington on January 15, 1947, a daughter of the late Cecil and Mary Lindley Ealy. Mrs. Harrison had worked for more than 12 years as a manager at Unimart in Brookville. Her first...
Kenneth Lee Lindley
Mar 10, 2007
35-year Jessop Steel crane operator was WWII vet. Kenneth Lee Lindley, 83, of Washington, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, in Holy Cross Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He was born February 27, 1924, in Washington, a son of Lewis and Garnett Fisher Lindley. Mr. Lindley served in the U.S. Army during World War II, spending two years in England and France,...
Donnie Eugene Platt
Mar 9, 2007
Donnie Eugene Platt, 49, of Washington, died at 12:31 a.m. Friday, March 9, 2007, in the Emergency Department of the Washington Hospital. He was born November 14, 1957, in Orange, Texas, a son of the late Donald G. Platt and Dorothy E. Carpenter Platt Yater. Mr. Platt attended Trinity Schools. Before retiring in 1998, he worked as a nurse’s aid...
Gloria Jean Hopkins
Mar 8, 2007
Gloria J. Hopkins, 72, of Claysville, died at 4:35 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007, in her home, following a one-year illness. She was born September 25, 1934, in Washington, a daughter of Paul and Blanche Fisher Revella. Mrs. Hopkins attended Washington High School and was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Washington. Mrs. Hopkins was owner of Gloria’s Tailoring and...
Helen Marie Pattison
Mar 8, 2007
“Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmotherâ€쳌 Helen Marie Pattison, 76, of Washington, died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Donnell House following a brief illness. She was born August 10, 1930, in Washington, a daughter of Albert and Jessie Miller Keefe. Mrs. Pattison was a homemaker who had previously worked at G.C. Murphy’s on Main Street and was a...
Juanita H. Mounts
Mar 8, 2007
Juanita H. Mounts, 96, of Washington, died at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Washington Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born July 10, 1910, in West Alexander, a daughter of Harry S. and Laura Gatten Anderson. Mrs. Mounts was a homemaker as well as a loving mother and friend. She enjoyed collecting ceramic dolls and especially cherished...
Richard E. Wieser
Mar 7, 2007
Richard E. "Rick" Wieser, 44, of Lakeville, Minnesota, formerly Prosperity, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in Lakeville, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 23, 1962, in Pittsburgh, a son of Ernie and Jan Noll Wieser of Pittsburgh. Mr. Wieser served in the United States Army for three years before being employed by Northwest...
Helen Joy Lazek
Mar 6, 2007
Longtime Washington Hospital registered nurse Helen Joy Lazek, 77, of Washington, died at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a six-month illness. She was born June 18, 1929, in Washington, a daughter of Jack P. and Mary C. Krugle Kelley. Mrs. Lazek graduated from Washington High School and Washington Hospital School of Nursing. She was a...
Robert F. Gibson
Mar 5, 2007
Robert F. Gibson, 83, of Washington, died at 5:10 p.m. Monday, March 5, 2007, in his residence, following a lengthy illness. He was born April 1, 1923, in Monessen, a son of Francis Edgar and Thelma Kaupp Gibson. Mr. Gibson was a graduate of Centerville High School. He was owner and operator of Gibson Photo Center for more than 50...
Franklin Alexander O'Bryan
Mar 4, 2007
Franklin Alexander O'Bryan, 74, of Washington, died at 12:05 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2007, in Canonsburg General Hospital following a 13-month illness. He was born June 5, 1932, in McGovern, a son of Frank Brennan and Pearl Jester O'Bryan. He was Methodist. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict in Germany with Company K, 26th Infantry Regiment....
William R. Guldenschuh
Mar 2, 2007
William R. Guldenschuh of Ligonier died Friday, March 2, 2007, after a lengthy, courageous battle with colon cancer. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Guldenschuh was a funeral director with Kepple-Graft Funeral Home in Greensburg and William G. Neal Funeral Homes in Washington. Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Bonnie L. Waynar Guldenschuh; four sons, Todd D. Guldenschuh of Ligonier,...
