William Burnette
Jan 29, 2007
William L. Burnette Sr., 70, of Washington, died at 1:45 p.m. Monday, January 29, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born October 10, 1936, in Washington, a son of Albert and Alverta Lattimore Burnette. Mr. Burnette was a draftsman at Cooper Power Systems for 30 years. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1960....
Sara Frances Plance
Jan 28, 2007
Sara Frances Plance, 91, of Washington, formerly of McDonald, died Sunday, January 28, 2007, in Canonsburg Hospital following a three year illness. She was born in McDonald on July 2, 1915, a daughter of George and Bessie Doughty Kelso. Mrs. Plance once worked at Patty Petites in Bridgeville for about ten years and had since been a home maker. She...
James Madison White
Jan 26, 2007
Korean War veteran enjoyed sports, fishing. James Madison White, 74, of Houston, died Friday, January 26, 2007, in Kindred Hospital, Oakdale. He had been ill since September. He was born June 5, 1932, in Washington, a son of Madison M. and Grace D. Anderson White. Mr. White attended Trinity Area schools and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean...
Rosemarie Thompson
Jan 25, 2007
Rosemarie D. Thompson, 81, of Washington, died Thursday, January 25, 2007, in Donnell House, Washington. She was born October 31, 1925, in Atlasburg, a daughter of Nicholas and Mary Urista Dubina. Mrs. Thompson graduated from Trinity High School and was a member of Fairhill Manor Christian Church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed bingo and playing golf. On December 13,...
Mary Simpson Wells
Jan 23, 2007
Mary Priscilla Simpson Wells, 52, of Washington, died unexpectedly at 4:05 p.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2007, in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh. She was born December 27, 1954, in Altoona, a daughter of Florence Caputo Simpson of Washington and the late Jack Pratt Simpson. Mrs. Wells was a high school graduate, attended Penn Commercial for two years, and worked...
Donna Mae Phillips Stewart
Jan 22, 2007
Donna Mae Phillips Stewart, 56, of Amherst, Ohio, died Monday, January 22, 2007, in the Hospital for Orthopedic & Specialty Services emergency room, Amherst, following an apparent heart attack. She was born July 23, 1950, in Washington, a daughter of Geraldine M. White Phillips of Washington and the late George "Dock" Phillips, who died March 18, 1986. Mrs. Stewart lived...
Edna Kowalski
Jan 20, 2007
Edna Kowalksi, 90, of Washington, died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, January 20, 2007, in Washington Hospital, where she had been a patient for one week. She was born September 30, 1916, in Meadowlands, a daughter of Martin and Anna Szrafanic Macanga. Mrs. Kowalski was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and fishing. She was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic...
Laura B. Hannen
Jan 19, 2007
Laura B. Hannen, 93, of Washington, passed away peacefully, Friday, January 19, 2007, in her home. She was born March 17, 1913, in Washington, a daughter of Blaine D. and Anna R. Burroughs. Mrs. Hannen graduated from Washington High School and the Washington Business College. In 1978, she retired from the Anderson, Pollock and Hood Insurance Agency, where she worked...
Marjorie Louise Travis
Jan 19, 2007
Marjorie Louise Travis, 70, of Avella, died at 11:30 p.m. Friday, January 19, 2007, in Lake Wales (Fla.) Medical Center, following a two-day illness. She was born December 15, 1936, in Taylorstown, a daughter of Wilbur Wray and Gladys McDowell Stewart. Mrs. Travis attended Claysville High School. She had been employed by McGuffey High School in the cafeteria, from where...
Mabel Henderson
Jan 15, 2007
Mabel Henderson, of Claysville, died at 9:35 p.m. Monday, January 15, 2007, in her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington, a daughter of Harry and Olive Harper Smith. Mrs. Henderson worked as a laboratory technician at Metro Glass for more than 25 years. She was a member of Fourth Presbyterian Church and enjoyed crocheting and formerly...
Regina Fleming
Jan 15, 2007
Regina Ann Fleming, 80, of Washington, died at 5:34 p.m. Monday, January 15, 2007, in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh. She had been ill since June 2005. She was born February 26, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of Roman R. and Esther E. Johnson Cooper. Mrs. Fleming graduated from Washington High School and Penn Commercial Business College. She was...
Ernest S. Strittmatter
Jan 11, 2007
Ernest S. Strittmatter, 81, of Washington, formerly Eighty-Four, died Thursday, January 11, 2007, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been in declining health. He was born April 2, 1925, in Pittsburgh, a son of Richard E. and Mary Scherer Strittmatter. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. Mr. Strittmatter was a truck driver for Kaufmann's Department Stores...
Irene Parisse
Jan 11, 2007
Irene Parisse, 88, of Washington, died at 10:15 p.m. Thursday, January 11, 2007, in Presbyterian Senior Care, following a one-year illness. She was born May 18, 1918, in Charleston, West Virginia, a daughter of Romie and Flossie Good Goff. Mrs. Parisse was co-owner of Metropolitan Shoe Repair. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church where she helped with baptisms...
Francis Lemley
Jan 10, 2007
Francis H. (Barney) Lemley, 92, of Washington, formerly of Amity, died Wednesday, January 10, 2007, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township, following a yearlong illness. He was born June 15, 1914, in Mt. Morris, a son of Lester E. and Emma Vance Lemley. Mr. Lemley attended Mt. Morris High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War...
Margaret Fish Yoders
Jan 9, 2007
Margaret Elizabeth Fish Yoders, 86, of Washington, died unexpectedly Tuesday, January 9, 2007, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born January 30, 1920, in Washington, a daughter of Allen Kramer and Carmen Byers Fish. Mrs. Yoders worked as a packer at Hazel Atlas #1 and at Metro Glass for 20 years. She enjoyed playing bingo, cooking, painting pictures and...
Dorothy Ferguson
Jan 8, 2007
Dorothy E. Garrison Ferguson, of Merced, California, formerly of Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, died Monday, January 8, 2007, at Doctors Medical Center, in Modesto, California. She had made her home with her loving and care-giving niece, Lanita Chambers, and her children, Jalisa and Xavier, in Merced, California. She was born October 13, 1941, in Lincoln Hill, Washington,...
Wilbert M. Strawn
Jan 7, 2007
Wilbert Madison Strawn, 89, of Washington, died Sunday, January 7, 2007, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been ill the last year. He was born October 5, 1917, in Spring Hill, West Virginia, a son of Hiram and Cora Lemley Strawn. Mr. Strawn graduated from West Alexander High School. During World War II, he served in the Army, in the...
Neva Mcadoo Jones
Jan 5, 2007
Neva Frances McAdoo Jones, 72, of West Alexander, died Friday, January 5, 2007, in her home. She was born May 5, 1934, in Washington County, a daughter of Fred Carlyle and Lois Guy McAdoo. A graduate of West Alexander High School, she also attended Stenotype Institute for two years. Mrs. Jones was a secretary for GATX Corporation and had been...
Elizabeth Cummins
Jan 4, 2007
Elizabeth Louise (Betty) Cummins, 55, of Washington, died at 9:33 a.m. Thursday, January 4, 2007, in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a three-and-a-half year illness. She was born March 26, 1951, in Washington, a daughter of Lawrence William and Helen Louise Eft Lazear. Mrs. Cummins worked as a nurse's aide at Washington County Health Center for 20 years. She was...
Margaret (Peggy) Ann Fisher
Jan 4, 2007
Margaret Ann “Peggyâ€쳌 Fisher, 52, of Washington, died Thursday, January 4, 2007, in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a two-year illness. She was born July 4, 1954, in Dayton, Ohio, a daughter of Phyllis Zimmerman Dotson, of Austin, Texas, and the late William Dotson. A graduate of Shaler High School in 1972, she received her...
