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...
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...
