Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Washington, Pennsylvania

Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Washington, Pennsylvania area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.

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Ralph A. Allison

Ralph A. Allison

Nov 10, 2006

Ralph A. Allison Ralph A. Allison, 86, of Washington, died Friday, November 10, 2006, in Canonsburg Hospital following a brief illness. He was born August 18, 1920, in Greensburg, a son of Arthur L. and Helen L. Duncan Allison. Mr. Allison graduated from Trinity High School in 1939 and attended Washington and Jefferson College. During World War II, he served...

David Grimm

David Grimm

Nov 9, 2006

Army veteran was member of Abundant Life Baptist David J. Grimm, 92, of Washington, died Thursday, November 9, 2006, in Donnell House, Washington. He had been in declining health. He was born October 15, 1914, in Meadow Lands, a son of Frederick and Elizabeth Wilson White Grimm. Mr. Grimm served in the U.S. Army during World War II, with Company...

Audrey Pearl Ward

Audrey Pearl Ward

Nov 9, 2006

Audrey Pearl Ward, 93, of Washington, died Thursday, November 9, 2006, in her home following a short illness. She was born in Shinnston, West Virginia, on April 9, 1913, a daughter of Elwood and Blanche Swain Phillips. She was a home maker and member of Chestnut Ridge Grange for 62 years. Mrs. Ward had been a member of the Liberty...

Harry B. Anderson

Harry B. Anderson

Nov 9, 2006

Harry B. Anderson, 73, of Washington, died Thursday, November 9, 2006, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Washington, a son of Charles E. Anderson and Elisabeth A. Reedy-Anderson Ross. Mr. Anderson was an infantry reconnaissance scout for the Pennsylvania National Guard Infantry during the Korean War, serving active duty in Germany from 1950 to 1953....

Matthew Gasparovic

Matthew Gasparovic

Nov 4, 2006

Matthew Gasparovic Jr., 74, of Eighty Four, formerly of Marianna, died Saturday, November 4, 2006, in his home. He was born April 27, 1932. Mr. Gasparovic served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict and in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. He was a U.S. postal carrier, delivering mail in Canonsburg. Surviving are a daughter and...

John Witkowsky

John Witkowsky

Nov 1, 2006

John Witkowsky, 72, of Meadowlands, died Wednesday, November 1, 2006, in his home. He had been in declining health. He was born October 15, 1934, in Meadowlands, a son of Pete and Helen Horsko Witkowsky. Mr. Witkowsky was employed at Rubber Rolls, as a grinder, for thirty-two years. He was a member of Anawanna Club, a former member of the...

Linda Rudy-Yeager

Linda Rudy-Yeager

Nov 1, 2006

Linda L. Rudy-Yeager, 70, of Washington, died Wednesday, November 1, 2006, in her residence. She was born July 15, 1936, in East Liverpool, Ohio, a daughter of Walter Riley Norris and Glenna Lucille Booth Norris. Mrs. Rudy-Yeager was a graduate of Wells High School in Newell, West Virginia, and attended Ohio Valley Business College. She was employed as a desk...

Dorothy Andrews

Dorothy Andrews

Oct 31, 2006

Dorothy Brownlee Andrews, 86, of Washington, died Tuesday, October 31, 2006, in Washington County Health Center. She had been ill for seven years. She was born April 24, 1920, in West Middletown, a daughter of John L. and Dorothy Sawhill Brownlee. Mrs. Andrews was a member of Assembly of God Church. She had worked for Bell of Pennsylvania and, prior...

Isabel M. Reeves

Isabel M. Reeves

Oct 30, 2006

Isabel Martin “Ike” Reeves, 91, of Washington, died Monday, October 30, 2006, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She had been in declining health. She was born October 8, 1915, in Rea, a daughter of J. Wylie Martin and Bertha Wilson Stewart Martin. Mrs. Reeves graduated from Washington High School in 1934 and had worked at Washington Meat Market on Main Street,...

Horace Edward Cooper

Horace Edward Cooper

Oct 29, 2006

Horace Edward Cooper, 86, of Claysville, died Sunday, October 29, 2006, in the Presbyterian Medical Center, following a short illness. He was born on May 29, 1920, in Cabot, Pennsylvania, a son of Edward and Anna Wilkewitz Cooper. He was a member of the St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Saxonburg. Mr. Cooper was a 1939 graduate of Winfield High School,...

Thelma Steele

Thelma Steele

Oct 26, 2006

Thelma Steele Former Washington resident worked at Brockway Glass Thelma Steele, 79, of Follansbee, W.Va., formerly of Washington, died at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, October 26, 2006, in Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 27, 1927, in Washington, a daughter of Donald and Sophia Samida Huggins. Mrs. Steele worked as a box cutter at Brockway...

Geraldine C. Yuhas

Geraldine C. Yuhas

Oct 26, 2006

Geraldine Cunningham Yuhas Member of First Christian Church of Washington Geraldine Cunningham Yuhas, 85, of Washington, died Thursday, October 26, 2006, in Presbyterian SeniorCare, Washington, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 7, 1920, in Midway, a daughter of Harry and Clara Mae Wallace Davidson. She worked for Washington County for 20 years in various positions, finally microfilming deeds...

Barbara Weise

Barbara Weise

Oct 25, 2006

Barbara A. Weise of Prosperity died on October 25, 2006, in the Washington County Health Center. She was born Barbara Ann Bricker on Feb. 19, 1925, in Miami, FL, daughter of Charles C. and Nettie Thomas Bricker. She grew up in central Ohio and graduated from Marysville Ohio High School in 1943. She then entered the University of Cincinnati School...

Gladys Louise Plants

Gladys Louise Plants

Oct 23, 2006

Gladys Louise Plants Gladys Louise Plants, 79, of Claysville, died at 10:08 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2006, in Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital, following a six-month illness. She was born February 11, 1927, in Donegal Township, Washington County, a daughter of Roy L. and Bessie Wright Whiteman. Mrs. Plants was a member of Zion United Methodist Church. She had worked as a...

Jill Maureen Mounts Legler

Jill Maureen Mounts Legler

Oct 21, 2006

Graduate of McGuffey, Ohio Valley School of Nursing Jill Maureen Mounts Legler, 47, of Washington, died Sunday, October 22, 2006, in Donnell House, Washington, following a seven-year illness. She was born in Washington on August 19, 1959, a daughter of Harry and Marion Powelson Mounts, who survive. She was a graduate of McGuffey High School and Ohio Valley General Hospital...

Marianne Bedillion

Marianne Bedillion

Oct 20, 2006

Washington graduate waslongtime Bon-Ton salesclerk. Marianne Bedillion, 79, of Washington, died Friday, October 20, 2006, in Donnell House, following a brief illness. She was born January 26, 1927, in Washington, a daughter of Demas L. and Mary W. Swart. A graduate of Washington High School, Mrs. Bedillion was employed by Bon-Ton as a salesclerk for 23 years and was a...

Karen Lynn Demnyan

Karen Lynn Demnyan

Oct 17, 2006

Karen Lynn Demnyan, 59, of Canonsburg, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006, due to injuries received in an automobile-pedestrian accident in Cecil. She was born October 6, 1947, in Washington, a daughter of the late Michael and Dorothy Helen Harton Gergosky. She was a graduate of Canon-McMillan High School. Mrs. Demnyan worked in the meat/deli department of Festival Foods, Giant Eagle...

Hazel Caldwell

Hazel Caldwell

Oct 17, 2006

Hazel Caldwell, 87, of Mather, died at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2006, in Donnell House following a year-long illness. She was born May 18, 1919, in Washington, a daughter of William and Lizzie Rood Naylor. Mrs. Caldwell was a homemaker who enjoyed yard sales, painting and flowers. On September 13, 1942, she married Daniel F. Caldwell, who died August...

Walter Reed Bedillion

Walter Reed Bedillion

Oct 16, 2006

Washington resident was member of Jessop Club. Walter Reed Bedillion, 60, of Washington, died at 11 p.m. Monday, October 16, 2006, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, Washington, following an 18-month illness. He was born July 13,1946, in Washington, a son of the late Jess and Lillian Cox Bedillion. He had worked as a pipe installer, was Protestant, a member...

Patricia Jean Johnston

Patricia Jean Johnston

Oct 15, 2006

Former American Cancer Society secretary. Patricia Jean Johnston, 80, of Washington, died at 12:02 a.m. Sunday, October 15, 2006, in her home. She was born December 7, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of Frank and Marion Hazlett Aber. Mrs. Johnston was a 1943 graduate of Washington High School and had been a secretary for American Cancer Society. She was a...

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