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...
Earl William Meeks, Sr.
Jan 4, 2007
World War II vet enjoyed traveling and eating out. Earl William Meeks Sr., 80, of Washington, died at 4:45 p.m. Thursday, January 4, 2007, in Donnell House, Washington, following a one-month illness. He was born April 22, 1926, in Washington, as son of John and Hazel Gray Meeks. He was employed by B.F. Drakenfield and later by Ciba Geigy as...
Margaret Ann Guidas
Jan 2, 2007
Margaret Ann Guidas, 82, of Washington, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007, in Washington Hospital, following a sudden illness. She had spent a wonderful New Year’s Eve with friends before falling ill on January First. She was born October 30, 1924, in Cokeburg, a daughter of the late John and Josephine Malik Lazek. Mrs. Guidas was a member of St. Hilary...
Darlene Burt
Jan 1, 2007
Washington homemaker. Darlene Burt, 53, of Washington, died at 9 a.m. Monday, January 1, 2007, in her home. She had been in declining health for the past three years. She was born May 21, 1953, in Washington, a daughter of the late Robert J. Sr. and Dorothy Isabelle Lyons Anderson. A homemaker, she enjoyed her grandchildren. She also enjoyed bingo...
John Oliverio
Dec 30, 2006
John Oliverio, 92, of Washington, died Saturday, December 30, 2006, in the Washington County Health Center following a lengthy illness. He was born in Plate County, West Virginia, on May 28, 1914, a son of Carmen and Caterina Belcastro Oliverio and had lived in Canton Township since 1924. Mr. Oliverio worked at several local companies including, Atlas Glass, Tygart Valley...
Mary Mundell
Dec 29, 2006
Mary Lorraine Mundell, 90, of Washington, died Friday, December 29, 2006, in Rolling Meadows Nursing Home, Waynesburg. She was born November 23, 1916, in Moundsville, West Virginia, a daughter of Stanley and Catherine Astenborwska Maryanski. Mrs. Mundell worked as an assembler at River Raisin (Union Camp) for twenty-five years. She was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church, Washington,...
John Mitchell
Dec 29, 2006
John Mitchell, 82, of Washington, died at 4:30 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2006, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a one-year illness. He was born August 16, 1924, in Manifold, a son of John and Annie Hertzog Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was employed as a tow motor operator at Ball Glass. He was a member of Trinity Bible Fellowship and will...
Adolph Bacque
Dec 27, 2006
Adolph Bacque, 68, of Washington, died Wednesday, December 27, 2006, in Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born July 6, 1938, in Mt. Pleasant, a son of Cramer and Carolyn Case Bacque. Mr. Bacque was a delivery driver for Betty Brite Cleaners and had also been employed by Hazel-Atlas and as a driver for G,G & C. He...
Addie Kelley
Dec 26, 2006
Attended Friendship Community Church. Addie Evalyn Kelley, 85, of Washington, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006, in her home, following a two-year illness. She was born May 18, 1921, in Washington, a daughter of William Joseph and Eva Isiminger White. Mrs. Kelley was Protestant and attended Friendship Community Church. She was a homemaker. On June 1, 1937, she married J. Everette...
James G. Friend
Dec 25, 2006
James G. Friend, 82, of Washington, died at 1 a.m. Monday, December 25, 2006, in Donnell House, Washington, following a three-week illness. He was born March 6, 1924, in Washington, a son of George and Marie McNary Friend. Mr. Friend was employed by Jessop Steel from 1952 until his retirement April 1, 1986. He was a member of Jessop Club...
Cleda Clementina Simpson
Dec 25, 2006
Former owner/operator of Kopper Kettle Bar. Cleda Clementina Simpson, 87, of Washington, died Monday, December 25, 2006, in Washington County Health Center, following a 10-year illness. She was born January 28, 1919, in Washington, a daughter of Guiseppe and Mary Paulina Giovannini. Mrs. Simpson was Catholic. A former employee of George Washington Hotel and R.E. Krause Drug Store, Mrs. Simpson...
Ruth Montgomery Hunter
Dec 24, 2006
Former teacher for Joe Walker Elementary. Ruth Montgomery Hunter, 92, of Washington, died Sunday, December 24, 2006, in Presbyterian Medical Center. She had been ill since March. She was born December 1, 1914, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of James P. and Clara Wells Montgomery. Mrs. Hunter was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church. A graduate of Langley High School, Mrs....
Arthur Dillard
Dec 24, 2006
Arthur Archie Dillard, 85, of Washington, died Sunday, December 24, 2006, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born February 7, 1921, in Washington, a son of Anderson and Rachel Miller Dillard. Prior to being drafted into the Army, he worked at Washington and Jefferson College. From March 4, 1943, until February 14, 1946, he served in the...
Ethel B. Danley
Dec 22, 2006
Ethel Bessie Danley, 75, formerly of Washington, died at 8:10 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2006, in Greensboro, Pennsylvania, following a lingering illness. She was born November 22, 1931, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Norman Adolph and Ella Margaret Null Hess. Mrs. Danley was a homemaker who enjoyed raising foster children, reading, and collecting elephant figurines. She was a member of...
Leonard (Shorty) Mancuso
Dec 21, 2006
Korean War veteran worked as Annealing Box presser Leonard "Shorty" Mancuso, 75, of Washington, died Thursday, December 21, 2006, in Washington County Health Center after a lengthy illness. He was born January 14, 1931, in Washington, a son of John and Bella Luchese Mancuso. Mr. Mancuso worked as a presser at Annealing Box for many years. He was Catholic. Mr....
