Claudette Simone Forgues
Aug 2, 2005
Formerly worked at Brunswick Naval Air Base. Claudette Simone Forgues, 64, of Washington, died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 2, 2005, in Washington Hospital. She had been ill since January. She was born August 9, 1940, in Lewiston, Maine, a daughter of the late Arthur W. and Cecil LaVelle. Mrs. Forgues was a stock clerk for the military commissary at...
Michael "Chilli" Aaron Cowden
Aug 2, 2005
1999 Fort Cherry graduate. Michael Aaron "Chilli" Cowden, 25, of Hickory, died at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday, August 2, 2005, in Jackson Top, N.J., from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born December 30, 1979, in Washington, a son of James Gregory Cowden of Hickory and Marci Jo Zinn of Houston. Mr. Cowden graduated from Fort Cherry High School...
Helen Louise Shaffer
Aug 1, 2005
Nurse at Allegheny General Hospital. Helen Louise Shaffer, 86, of Washington, died at 8:47 a.m. Monday, August 1, 2005, in her home. She was born November 7, 1918, in Bessemer, a daughter of Robert Dean and Jennie Lois Davidson Harman. Mrs. Shaffer worked as a licensed practical nurse at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was a member of Faith United...
Thomas Eugene " Skit " Tarr
Jul 31, 2005
Thomas Eugene “ Skit “ Tarr, 71, of Washington, died unexpectedly in his home on Sunday, July 31, 2005. He was born in Washington on August 19, 1933, a son of Edward E. and Agnes Rowe Tarr. Mr. Tarr was retired from Moly Corp. after having worked more than 27 years. He later was self employed and repaired heating and...
James Lee Kilgore
Jul 31, 2005
James Lee Kilgore, 83, of Washington, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, in his home following a brief illness. He was born in Washington, on July 2, 1922, a son of Clarence L. and Pearl Adams Kilgore. Mr. Kilgore was a retired Truck Driver. He first worked for Beatty Motor Express and later for Suwak Trucking prior to retirement in 1984....
Adda Elizabeth Wise
Jul 30, 2005
Adda Elizabeth Wise, 85, of Triadelphia, formerly of Claysville, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in the home of her daughter, following a short illness. She was born in West Finley, on August 31, 1919, a daughter of Samuel and Christina Trussell Pattison. She was a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Wise loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren....
Helen Louise Sloane
Jul 28, 2005
Member of West Finley women's and friendship clubs. Helen Louise Sloane, 76, of Claysville, died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, July 28, 2005, in Donnell House, Washington, following a two-month illness. She was born September 15, 1928, in McKeesport, a daughter of George and Alice Fechter Loeffler. Mrs. Sloane graduated from Irwin High School. She was a homemaker who enjoyed baking...
Dessie Martha Meeks
Jul 27, 2005
Volunteer airplane spotter during WWII. Dessie Martha Meeks, 94, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, in Washington Hospital. She was born July 24, 1911, in Littleton, W.Va., a daughter of Ross Anderson and Pearl Calvert Anderson Isiminger. Mrs. Meeks attended school in West Virginia. During World War II, she was a volunteer airplane spotter at Mt. Wheeler in North...
Judith Ann Semple Clemens
Jul 26, 2005
Secretary for area automobile dealers Judith Ann Semple Clemens, 55, of Washington, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2005, in her residence. She had been ill since May 2004. She was born October 29, 1949, in Oil City, a daughter of Donald Wareham and Anna Bertha Klinko Semple. Mrs. Clemens graduated from Trinity High School in 1967. She was...
Earl " Squire " M. Lindley
Jul 21, 2005
Earl Martin "Squire" Lindley, 91, of Washington, formerly of Prosperity, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Southminster Place, Washington, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 25, 1914, in Fayette County, a son of Lawrence and Rosina Schobert Lindley. Mr. Lindley was a 1933 graduate of Morris Township High School. He was the original owner of Prosperity Amoco and...
Cathy Anne Ross
Jul 19, 2005
Cathy A. Ross, 51, of Washington, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, in her home. She was born in Washington on September 4, 1953, a daughter of the late James L. and Betty J. Glantzer Ross. She was a 1971 graduate of Trinity High School and had attended both West Liberty College and Washington and Jefferson College. Prior to...
Stella Joyce Sanders Walter
Jul 18, 2005
Washington homemaker enjoyed grandchildren. Stella Joyce Sanders Walter, 61, of Washington, died at 1:48 p.m. Monday, July 18, 2005, in The Greenery nursing home, Canonsburg, follow a one-year illness. She was born November 7, 1943, in Washington, a daughter of the late Daniel Lewis and Mary Frances Dombrowski Sanders. Mrs. Walter was Catholic and a homemaker and attended Trinity High...
King Edward Lacock
Jul 18, 2005
Retired Washington Mould machinist. King Edward Lacock, 92, of Washington, died at 6:34 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2005, in his residence. Although he was in declining health, his death was unexpected. He was born July 2, 1913, in Columbus, Ohio, a son of Herbert R. and Ocelena Fisher Lacock. Mr. Lacock was a graduate of Washington High School and attended...
Alice L. Crawford
Jul 15, 2005
Cook for county health center and area restaurants. Alice L. Crawford, 89, of Avella, formerly of Washington, died Friday, July 15, 2005, in Donnell House, Washington, following a lengthy illness. She was born August 1, 1915, in Washington, a daughter of William and Mary Ann Long Smith. Mrs. Crawford was Protestant. She was a cook at Washington County Health Center,...
Margaret Elizabeth Carroll
Jul 15, 2005
Washington resident was employed at T.P.'s Pub. Margaret Elizabeth Carroll, 44, of Washington, died at 4:35 p.m. Friday, July 15, 2005, in UPMC-Presbyterian hospital, Pittsburgh, following a one-day illness. She was born April 27, 1961, in Washington, a daughter of James and Patricia Ann Stewart Lycett. She was Protestant and had worked at T.P.'s Pub. Surviving are two sons, Michael...
John R. Mccloskey
Jul 12, 2005
1988 Washington H.S. graduate. John R. McCloskey, 35, of Washington, died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2005, in Washington Hospital emergency room. He had been ill for two weeks. He was born July 10, 1970, in Washington, a son of the late John and Marie Ilene Garrity McCloskey. He was a 1988 graduate of Washington High School and worked...
Gail "Pooch" Francis Hinerman
Jul 10, 2005
Golfer worked for Ross Mould. Gail Francis "Pooch" Hinerman, 59, of Washington, died unexpectedly Sunday, July 10, 2005, on the 11th hole of Nemacolin Country Club. He was born October 24, 1945, in Washington, a son of the late James Edwin and Louise Wilson Hinerman. Mr. Hinerman was a graduate of Fort Cherry High School and a member of Hickory...
Paul Edwards
Jul 9, 2005
Paul "Pablo" Edwards, former Chairman of the Art Department of Washington & Jefferson College for 32 years, local cultural champion, and author, passed away peacefully Saturday at the Donnell House, in Washington, Pa. He had been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer on July 2, 2005. Edwards was born in Moulton, Iowa, on February 18,1934, son of Elsie Burgess and Otis...
Donald Robert Wootton, Sr.
Jul 6, 2005
Coen Oil driver served in Marine Corps Reserves. Donald Robert Wootton Sr., 75, of Washington, died unexpectedly at 11:26 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2005, in Washington Hospital. He was born August 2, 1929, in Newton Falls, Ohio, a son of Geoffrey and Hazel Horne Wootton. Mr. Wootton attended East Washington High School and served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves....
