Benjamin William Amshay
Sep 29, 2006
Benjamin William Amshay, 84, of Washington, died Friday, September 29, 2006, in Donnell House, following a five-month illness. He was born January 15, 1922, in Washington, a son of Paul and Petrona Barnes Amshay. Mr. Amshay graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1940 and was a member of St. Hilary Church. He served in the U.S. Marines during World...
Jeffrey Alan Hepner
Sep 28, 2006
Jeffrey Alan Hepner, 60, of Washington, died Thursday, September 28, 2006, in his home, following a lengthy illness. He was born February 3, 1946, in Pittsburgh, a son of Webster and Helen McClain Hepner. He was a graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School and Point Park College. Mr. Hepner served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era for six...
Mary L. Markley
Sep 28, 2006
60-year member of Fourth Presbyterian Church Mary L. Markley of Washington, died at 10:07 p.m. Thursday, September 28, 2006, in Strabane Woods, following a three-year illness. She was born in Washington, a daughter of Fred and Emma Hillberry Kuhn. Mrs. Markley graduated from Trinity High School. She was a homemaker and enjoyed ceramics and crocheting. Mrs. Markley was a member...
Charles Minton Groves
Sep 26, 2006
Washington resident served in U.S. Army during WWII. Charles Minton Groves, 87, of Washington, died Tuesday, September 26, 2006, in Washington County Health Center, Washington. He had been ill since 2001. He was born May 10, 1919, in Waynesburg, a son of Charles Parley and Ella Minton Groves. Mr. Groves served in the U.S. Army during World War II, receiving...
George Edmund Funka, Sr.
Sep 24, 2006
George Edmund Funka, Sr., 86, of Washington, died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday, September 24, 2006, in his home, following a lengthy illness. He was born August 23, 1920, in Canonsburg, a son of John E. and Anna C. Neiser Funka. Mr. Funka served in the US Army Quartermaster Corps. as a Technician, 5th grade, in the European Theater during World...
Sudie " Sue " Elizabeth Reese
Sep 24, 2006
Sudie E. ( Sue ) Pierce Reese, 85, of Washington, died Sunday, September 24, 2006, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Deep Valley, Green County, on August 19, 1921. She was a homemaker and attended the Washington Senior Citizens Center. She was a member of North Buffalo Presbyterian Church. Surviving are several nieces and nephews, including Vanessa Reese,...
Stephen "Beanie" Leroy Gardner
Sep 22, 2006
Millcraft Mining painter. Stephen Leroy "Beanie" Gardner, 79, of Washington, died at 5:25 p.m. Friday, September 22, 2006, in Donnell House, Washington, following a lengthy illness. He was born March 10, 1927, in Washington County, a son of Harold H. and Sarah Strawn Gardner. Mr. Gardner was a painter for Millcraft Mining. Previously, he had worked at Hazel-Atlas and Hazel-Atlas...
James "Tree" Howard Carroll, Jr.
Sep 22, 2006
James Howard "Tree" Carroll Jr., 51, of Washington, died at 5:50 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2006, in Washington Hospital. He had been ill since October 2005. He was born March 17, 1955, in Washington, a son of James Howard and Lillian Levers Carroll. Mr. Carroll worked for Comodey Sanitation for 30 years, before working for Chambers Sanitation. He enjoyed playing...
Robert Allen Connor, Sr.
Sep 21, 2006
Robert Allen Connor Sr., 69, of Washington, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2006, in Washington Hospital, following an 11--year illness. He was born January 17, 1937, in Washington, a son of Clarence I. and Francis Lemunyon Connor. Mr. Connor had worked as a mould maker at Washington Mould for many years. Prior to his illness, he enjoyed horses...
Regina Jane Huskey
Sep 20, 2006
Regina Jane Huskey, 71, of Washington, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006, in Donnell House, Washington. She was born November 9, 1934, in Houston, a daughter of Marion W. and Martha B. Toland Knestrick. Mrs. Huskey attended Eighth Ward School, graduated from Washington High School in 1952 and attended Penn Commercial College. She was a bookkeeper for Brown and Husted Motors....
Freda Ealy Vankirk
Sep 19, 2006
Freda Ealy VanKirk, 92, of Washington, died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 19, 2006, in Manor Care Nursing Home, McMurray. She had been since June. She was born February 28, 1914, in East Finley Township, Greene County, a daughter of Harley and Arleigh Wise Ealy. Mrs. VanKirk was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, flowers and walking. She also enjoyed her...
Louis Derose
Sep 18, 2006
Washington resident served in World War II. Louis DeRose, 78, of Washington, died at 1:50 p.m. Monday September 18, 2006, in Donnell House, Washington, following a two-year illness. He was born February 20, 1928, in Washington, a son of Frank and Teresa Acquaro DeRose. Mr. DeRose attended Washington High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II....
Roger Plants
Sep 12, 2006
Roger Plants, 61, of Washington, died at 3:52 p.m. Tuesday, September 12, 2006, in Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital following a lingering illness. He was born July 23, 1945, in East Finley, a son of George and Mildred Hancher Plants. Mr. Plants attended Claysville High School. He worked as a packer at Brockway Glass and in the rolling department of J&L Steel...
Fred J. Trasoline
Sep 12, 2006
Served in Europe during WWII. Fred J. "Boots" Trasoline, 82, of Washington, died Tuesday, September 12, 2006, in Washington Hospital. He had been ill since November. He was born December 15, 1923, in Washington, a son of Fred J. Trasoline Sr. and Catherine Lonero Trasoline. Mr. Trasoline attended Washington High School. During World War II, he served as a staff...
Frederick A. "Buddy" Boone
Sep 10, 2006
Master printer for U.S. Government Printing Office. Frederick A. "Buddy" Boone, 69, of Washington, died at 3:35 p.m. Sunday, September 10, 2006, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born August 21, 1937, in Greensboro, a son of Theodore and Martha Boone. Mr. Boone graduated from Mapletown High School in 1955 and served in the U.S. Army in...
Thelma A. Hanna
Sep 10, 2006
Thelma A. Hanna, 92, of Washington, died Sunday, September 10, 2006, in the Washington County Health Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on May 21, 1914, a daughter of Robert and Freda Pabst Harshman. In her working years, she had once worked as a cook at the Victory Diner in Washington and later was a private...
Barbara Blanche Fisher
Sep 8, 2006
Barbara Blanche Fisher, 70, of Washington, died on Friday, September 8, 2006 at the Washington County Health Center. She was born on July 4, 1936, in Washington, PA, a daughter of George Harold and Sarah Darraugh Shoemaker. Mrs. Fisher worked for twenty-five years at the Gladieux-Marriott Corporation. She was a member of Wright’s Methodist Church in Venetia, PA. Mrs. Fisher...
Anna Mae Allen
Sep 8, 2006
Washington homemaker. Anna Mae Allen, 84, of Washington, died at 10:50 a.m. Friday, September 8, 2006, in Washington County Health Center following a six-year illness. Mrs. Allen was born June 17, 1922, in Washington, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Jane Clemens Bell. On June 17, 1952, she married Alvin Allen, who died in 1980. She was a homemaker. Surviving...
Burl Goughenour
Sep 7, 2006
Burl Goughenour, 78, of Hickory, died at 6:28 a.m. Thursday, September 7, 2006, in Canonsburg General Hospital following a one-week illness. He was born August 20, 1928, in Avella, a son of James and Grace Hines Goughenour. Mr. Goughenour served in the Army in Korea during the Korean War. He worked as a laborer for 22 years at B.F. Drakenfield....
Albert A. Bier, Sr.
Sep 7, 2006
Albert A. Bier Sr., 76, of Washington, died at 1 p.m. Thursday, September 7, 2006, in Washington Hospital, following a yearlong illness. He was born December 31, 1929, in Meadow Lands, a son of August Carl and Anna C. Giovanni Bier. Mr. Bier served in the U.S. Army as a medic at Fort Riley, Kansas, from September 1950 until February...
