Sara Jane Reese
Feb 13, 2007
Sara Jane Reese, 80, of Washington, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a two-week illness. She was born December 2, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of Ross J. and Myrtle Scott Herron. Mrs. Reese graduated from Trinity High School in 1944 and was a member of Lone Pine Christian Church. She was a homemaker and...
Wilhelma Walther
Feb 8, 2007
Wilhelma Michelle “Willy” Walther, 43, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 8, 2007, in Donnell House following a brief illness. She was born February 20, 1963, in Washington, a daughter of Gail Martha Conklin Walther, of Washington, and the late Cyril Glenroy Walther. Miss Walther attended Clark School, graduated from Washington High School in 1983, and was employed through ARC. She...
Virginia Mae Arthur
Feb 8, 2007
Virginia Mae Arthur, 64, of Washington, died Thursday, February 8, 2007, in Donnell House. She was born December 31, 1942, in Wheeling, West Virginia, a daughter of Pearl Henry Beaver of Wheeling, West Virginia, and the late Asa Charles Beaver. Mrs. Arthur was last employed by Intermediate Unit One at the Laboratory School where she had worked as a teacher’s...
Gaylord Grounds Shaw
Feb 7, 2007
Gaylord G. Shaw, 87, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007, in Washington County Health Center following a two-year illness. He was born September 27, 1919, in Washington, a son of Wilbert Lawrence and Blanche Hunter Shaw. Mr. Shaw attended Trinity Schools. He was a self-employed dairy farmer and had driven a school bus for Schweinebraten Bus Company for 26...
Andy J. Jubas
Feb 7, 2007
WWII veteran was Albert Packing Co. retiree. Andy J. Jubas, 90, of Washington, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007, in Washington Hospital. He had been in declining health for three years. He was born June 21, 1916, in Seward, a son of Michael and Jennie Lojek Jubas. Mr. Jubas served with the U.S. Army, 525th Engineer Company, in Central Europe during...
Blaine Raber
Feb 5, 2007
U.S. Navy vet was longtime diesel mechanic. Blaine Raber, 78, of Taylorstown, died at 1:50 a.m. Monday, February 5, 2007, in his home. He was born September 9,1928, in Washington, a son of Chauncey and Minnie Loueva Stahl Raber. Mr. Raber was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served from 1945 until 1949. He served in China and Japan....
Jeremy Charles Labella
Feb 4, 2007
Jeremy Charles LaBella, 27, of Washington, died Sunday, February 4, 2007, as a result of injuries sustained while fighting a fire. He was born June 13, 1979, in Washington, a son of Charles Anthony and Pamela Jean Miller LaBella of Washington. Mr. Labella was a 1997 graduate of Trinity High School and was Presbyterian. He was an avid NASCAR fan,...
Daniel Eric Florian
Feb 3, 2007
Daniel Eric Florian, 54, of Washington, died at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, February 3, 2007, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been ill since February 2006. He was born July 17, 1952, in Washington, a son of the late Joseph Ferdinand Jr. and Rosa Viola Sweet Florian. Mr. Florian was a member of St. Hilary Church. He had been employed by...
Frank Malie
Feb 3, 2007
WWII vet enjoyed gardening and yard work. Frank Malie, 80, of Washington, died at 7:10 a.m. Saturday, February 3, 2007, in Washington Hospital. He was born September 28, 1926, in Washington, a son of Gasper and Rosalia Falbo Milie. Mr. Malie served three enlistments in the Marine Corps. His first enlistment (July 1, 1943, to April 14, 1946) was during...
Clara Margaret Wheaton
Feb 1, 2007
Clara Margaret Wheaton, 77, of Washington, died Thursday, February 1, 2007, in the Washington Hospital. She was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, April 28, 1929, a daughter of Russell Earl and Velma Margaret Allen Clark. She was a member of the Friendship Community Church of Washington, was formerly a member of the American Legion Post # 175 Ladies Auxiliary. For...
Frederick Lyle
Jan 31, 2007
Washington policeman, accomplished guitarist Frederick W. Lyle, 80, of Washington, peacefully entered into heavenly rest Wednesday, January 31, 2007, at Donnell House, Washington, surrounded by his family. He had been in Humbert Lane Nursing Center for more than 24 months because of his declining health, having had two hip surgeries, Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson's dementia. He was born August 27,...
Howard "Huey" Long
Jan 31, 2007
Howard L. “Huey” Long, 87, of Washington, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. He was born March 24, 1919, in Blacksburg, North Carolina, a son of George and Lonnie Mae Simons Long. Mr. Long was a member of Wright’s Memorial Chapel. He worked as a coal miner for Tylerdale Mine and Pittsburgh Steel. He...
Richard Hufford
Jan 30, 2007
Richard Irwin Hufford, 75, of Washington, died at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following an eleven-month illness. He was born December 16, 1931, in Washington, a son of Milton Irwin and Grace Eckert Hufford. Mr. Hufford graduated from Trinity High School in 1950. He worked at the Observer-Reporter for 48 years, retiring as circulation manager. He...
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...
