Fred Evans, Sr.
Feb 20, 2006
Coal miner in Marianna Mine was U.S. Army veteran. Fred Evans Sr., 83, of Washington, died at 4:47 p.m. Monday, February 20, 2006, in Washington Hospital. He was born December 9, 1922, in Vestaburg, a son of Cedar and Catherine Cole Evans. Mr. Evans worked for over 40 years as a coal miner in Marianna Mine. He was a former...
John Reck
Feb 19, 2006
Was head chef at George Washington Hotel for 45 years. John Reck, 95, of Washington, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, February 19, 2006, in Washington County Health Center. He had been ill since October 2005. He was born December 6, 1910, in Genoa, Italy, a son of Amadeo and Margaret Rech Rech. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church....
Arthur Booker, Jr.
Feb 19, 2006
U.S. Army veteran served in Korean and Vietnam wars Arthur Booker Jr., 78, of Washington, died at 11:20 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2006, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born February 17, 1928, in Bentleyville, a son of Arthur Sr. and Mary Rose Hatcher Booker. Mr. Booker was a graduate of Washington High School. He was a...
Samuel Caldwell, Jr.
Feb 17, 2006
WWII veteran worked for Brockway Glass 7. Samuel Caldwell Jr., 83, of Washington, died at 5:10 a.m. Friday, February 17, 2006, in his home, following a two-week illness. He was born March 3, 1922, in South Strabane Township, a son of Samuel Caldwell Sr. and Della Grimes Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell graduated from Trinity High School in 1940. He was a...
Benjamin Gage Martin
Feb 16, 2006
Trinity High School senior was art honoree. Benjamin Gage Martin, 18, of Washington, died unexpectedly Thursday, February 16, 2006, in his residence. He was born November 4, 1987, in Pittsburgh, a son of Glenn Martin III of Washington and Lori Ann Engle Martin of Washington. Mr. Martin was a senior at Trinity High School and a member of the National...
Elda Romaine Graham
Feb 14, 2006
Member of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Prosperity. Elda Romaine Graham, 83, of Washington, died at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, 2006, in Washington County Health Center, Washington, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 16, 1922, in Bentleyville, a daughter of Oliver Joseph and Laura Belle Nicholson Holsopple. Mrs. Graham was a 1940 graduate of Bentleyville High School and a...
Betty Ruth Ayre
Feb 12, 2006
Member of First Baptist Church, Washington Betty Ruth Ayre, 74, of Washington, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, February 12, 2006, in the Washington Hospital emergency room. She had been in declining health. She was born April 19, 1931, in Glen Easton, W.Va., a daughter of Dale and Georgia Shuman Crouser. Mrs. Ayre was a homemaker and a member of First...
Geraldine Virginia Seibel
Feb 12, 2006
Geraldine Virginia Seibel, 88, formerly of Caldwell Avenue, Washington, died Sunday, February 12, 2006, in the home of her daughter, Sandra Tustin, Canonsburg, after having been ill since December. She was born in Washington on June 22, 1917, a daughter of Lawrence and Edith Edminston Grove. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a case maker and machine operator at...
Merle Wilson Reed
Feb 10, 2006
Merle Wilson Reed, 87, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Washington and Roulette, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2006, in Westerville (Ohio) Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care. He had been ill since May 2005. He was born November 11, 1918, in Deemston Borough, a son of Ira Wayne Sr. and Ada Blanche Evans Reed. He was retired from...
Selma C. Lachman
Feb 9, 2006
Claysville woman enjoyed crafts. Selma C. Lachman, 91, of Claysville, died Thursday, February 9, 2006, in Presbyterian Senior Care, Southmont, after two years of declining health. She was born April 19, 1914, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of August and Cecilia Johnson Ritter. Mrs. Lachman was Protestant and a homemaker who enjoyed crafts, ceramics and crocheting. On October 14, 1938, she...
Agnes E. Tarr Hepinger
Feb 8, 2006
Agnes E. "Sis" Tarr Hepinger, 67, of Washington, died unexpectedly in her home on Wednesday, February 8, 2006. She was born in Washington on March, 20, 1938, a daughter of Edward and Agnes Rowe Tarr. Mrs. Hepinger was a homemaker and had attended Trinity Schools. She was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge # 22, Women�s Chapter....
Harry Paul Frazee
Feb 6, 2006
Employed by B.F. Drakenfeld Harry Paul Frazee Sr., 83, of Vineland, N.J., formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, February 8, 2006, in South Jersey Health Care Regional Medical Center. He had been ill since December 23, 2005. He was born June 18, 1922, a son of Dee and Mae Cain Frazee. Mr. Frazee was Protestant. He was a warehouseman in the...
Laura K. Closser
Feb 6, 2006
33-year employee of Bell Telephone Co. Laura K. Closser, 92, of Washington, died at 4:54 a.m. Monday, February 6, 2006, in Washington Hospital following a one-day illness. She was born September 28, 1913, in Groveton, a daughter of Walter McClain and Matilda Elizabeth Powers Kennedy. Mrs. Closser was a graduate of Ambridge High School and a member of Fourth Presbyterian...
Kathleen James Fleissner
Feb 6, 2006
Grocer and co-owner of James Food Market. Kathleen James Fleissner, 84, of Washington, died Monday, February 6, 2006, in Mountain View Specialty Care Center, Greensburg, following a one-year illness. She was born July 26, 1921, in Washington, a daughter of Leslie John James Sr. and Mary Gertrude Cullis James. Mrs. Fleissner graduated from Washington High School in January 1940. She...
William Edward Reedy, Sr.
Feb 3, 2006
Former driver for Zappi Oil Co. William Edward Reedy Sr., 75, of Canonsburg, formerly of Hickory, died at 5:50 p.m. Friday, February 3, 2006, in Washington Hospital, following a five-year illness. He was born September 12, 1930, in Hickory, a son of Hiram Edward and Myrtle Marquis Reedy. Mr. Reedy was a member of Immaculate Conception Church. He had been...
Laura R. Kilgore
Feb 3, 2006
Worked at George Washington Hotel. Laura R. Kilgore, 80, of Washington, died at 8:55 a.m. Friday, February 3, 2006, in her residence, following a one-month illness. She was born December 14, 1925, in Washington, a daughter of Alfred and Leona Mossburg. Mrs. Kilgore was a homemaker who had once worked at the George Washington Hotel. She was a former member...
Ruth K. Bolen Grimm
Feb 2, 2006
Formerly of Washington. Ruth K. Bolen Grimm, 92, of Amherst, Ohio, formerly of Washington, died Thursday, February 2, 2006, in her residence, following a sudden illness. She was born November 3, 1913, in Smithfield, a daughter of Frank and Isa Ellen Jennings Bolen. Mrs. Grimm resided in Pennsylvania until 2002, when she moved to Amherst to be near family. She...
Bernice Alberta Tustin
Feb 2, 2006
Former member of Kent's United Methodist Chapel, Brave. Bernice Alberta Tustin, 77, formerly of Greensburg, died Thursday, February 2, 2006, in Washington Hospital. She was born June 23, 1928, in Brave, a daughter of Joseph M. and Lulu Gump Tustin. She graduated from Waynesburg High School in 1947. She worked in sales for Troutmann's department store before retiring in 1985...
Robert Leroy Atchison
Feb 2, 2006
Worked as electrician, window cleaner and security guard. Robert LeRoy Atchison, 77, of Eighty Four, formerly of Washington, died at 12:05 a.m. Thursday, February 2, 2006, in Donnell House, following a lingering illness. He was born January 13, 1929, in Avella, a son of Frank and Hazel Emery Atchison. He attended Westland School. Mr. Atchison was an electrician for 39...
Esther Leona Burkey
Jan 31, 2006
Manager for G.C. Murphy's restaurant division. Esther Leona Burkey, 87, of York, formerly of Thomas Campbell Apartments and Donnan Avenue, Washington, died at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, January 31, 2006, in Manor Care, York, where she had been a patient for five years. She was born January 2, 1919, in Washington, a daughter of William Howard and Leona Isabel Gatten McVehil....
