Frances J. Rafter
Oct 10, 2004
Member of Immaculate Conception Church. Frances Jacquelyn (Jackie) Rafter, 65, a resident of Presbyterian Medical Center in Washington for the past several years, formerly of Bellmead Apartments, Washington, died at 9 p.m. Sunday, October 10, 2004, in Washington Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born March 10, 1939, in Forest Hills, Pittsburgh, a daughter of Martin Dinneen and Frances...
Edward Dale D'Alessandro
Oct 10, 2004
Edward Dale Dicks D’Alessandro, 44, of Chicago, Illinois, formerly of Washington, died Sunday, October 10, 2004, in Thorek Hospital, following a six month illness. He was born July 19, 1960, in Rochester, Pa., a son of Betty Crouser Colvin Dicks Ayre, of Washington, and the late James Nelson Dicks. He was employed in the clerical field. Surviving in addition to...
Ruth Marie Thomas
Oct 8, 2004
Ruth Marie Thomas, 88, of Washington, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday, October 8, 2004, in Manor Care Nursing Home, Camp Hill. She was born October 16, 1915, in Washington, a daughter of William and Myrtle Swan Scott. Mrs. Thomas attended Washington High School and was a member of First Baptist Church in Washington. She was a homemaker, enjoyed bingo and...
Leroy H. Donahue, Jr.
Oct 7, 2004
Korean War veteran worked as a painter. Leroy H. Donahue Jr., 81 , of Washington, died at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, October 7, 2004, in Hazel Day Personal Care Home, Allison Avenue, Washington, following a five-year illness. He was born September 10, 1923, in Washington, a son of Leroy H. (Jack) Donahue and Pearl Dungee. Mr. Donahue had been a self-employed...
Myrna Glynn Hugi
Oct 6, 2004
Sweet Adeline was government auditor. Myrna Glynn Hugi, 67, of Washington, formerly of Vienna, Va., died at 2:12 p.m. Wednesday, October 6, 2004, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a one-month illness. She was born January 13, 1937, in Albert Lea, Minn., a daughter of Delmer C. and Ruby G. McDonald Hugi. Miss Hugi was a former member of First...
Elizabeth Macanga Kozdra
Oct 6, 2004
Elizabeth Macanga Kozdra, 84, of Meadow Lands, died unexpectedly at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, October 6, 2004, in Canonsburg General Hospital. She was born July 31, 1920, in Meadow Lands, a daughter of Martin and Anna Szafraniec Macanga. Mrs. Kozdra was a member of Holy Trinity Polish National Catholic Church of Washington. She formerly was employed as an assembler at RCA...
Thomas Gerard Harris
Oct 4, 2004
U.S. Army vet served in WWII, worked for Duquesne Light. Thomas Gerard Harris, 88, of Canonsburg, died Monday, October 4, 2004, in Canonsburg General Hospital. He was born January 8, 1916, in Pittsburgh, a son of Thomas Francis and Nellie M. Hefferman Harris. Mr. Harris worked as a lineman for Duquesne Light for 42 years. He attended St. Patrick Church...
Laura Blaze Woznick
Oct 3, 2004
Laura Blaze Woznick, 82, of Washington, died Sunday, October 3, 2004, in Presbyterian Senior Care following a five month illness. She was born on June 14, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Francis and Katherine Knopa Blazyjewski. Mrs. Woznick had attended Lincoln Hill School. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post # 175 and...
Timothy Daniel Novogradac
Oct 1, 2004
Timothy Daniel Novogradac, 32, of Tavernier, Fla., formerly of Washington, died unexpectedly Thursday, September 30, 2004, in his home. He was born August 8, 1972, in Washington, a son of Joseph Daniel and Barbara Sue Marshman Novogradac of Washington. Mr. Novogradac was a graduate of Fairborn High School in Fairborn, Ohio, and was Baptist. He was employed as a landscaping...
Russell Leroy Zediker, Jr.
Oct 1, 2004
Russell LeRoy Zediker,Jr., 53, of Prosperity, died Friday, October 1, 2004, in the Donnell House following a one year illness. He was born in Washington on November 5, 1950, a son of Lauretta Prosser Zediker Dillie of Prosperity and the late Russell LeRoy Zediker, Sr. Mr. Zediker was a graduate of West Greene High School and was a carpenter having...
Michael Paul Leasure
Oct 1, 2004
Michael Paul Leasure, 52, of San Diego, formerly of Washington, died unexpectedly on October 1, 2004 in San Diego. He was born in Ohio County, West Virginia on March 31, 1952, a son of the late Henry Phillip and Pauline Rose Yadrick Leasure. Mr. Leasure was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Surviving are two brothers, Larry Leasure...
Cleo Irene Hickman Nelan
Oct 1, 2004
Cleo Irene Hickman Nelan, 65, of Eighty Four, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday, October 1, 2004, in Donnell House, Washington. She had been ill since December 2003. She was born August 24, 1939, in Washington, a daughter of Clifford Bertram and Alta Irene Clutter Hickman. Mrs. Nelan was a 1957 graduate of Trinity High School and had been employed for...
William Stanley Mccoy
Sep 29, 2004
Army veteran worked at Brockway, Tygart Valley. William Stanley McCoy, 70, of Washington, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 29, 2004, in The Greenery, Canonsburg. He had been ill since February. He was born August 1, 1934, in Washington, a son of William Carl and Lulu Blanche Davidson McCoy. Mr. McCoy was a mechanic and operator at Brockway Glass and...
Juanita Pleil
Sep 29, 2004
Homemaker attended Glenn Street Free Methodist Church. Juanita Pleil, 76, of Washington, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 29, 2004, in Washington Hospital emergency room. She was born January 20, 1928, in Rosario Loma, Paraguay, South America, a daughter of Otto and Dora Schubert Pleil. She was a homemaker and enjoyed animals, reading, knitting, gardening and working in her home....
Lena Margaret Johnson
Sep 28, 2004
Member of Liberty UM Church for more than 80 years. Lena Margaret Johnson, 96, of Washington, formerly of Vankirk Station and Pleasant Grove, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 28, 2004, in Washington County Health Center, Washington, following a monthlong illness. She was born March 18, 1908, in Laboratory, a daughter of Emil and Mamie Crowley Wurtzer. Mrs. Johnson was...
Anthony "Tony" Joseph Zelensky
Sep 28, 2004
Washington man worked in coal mines, attended IC Church. Anthony Joseph (Tony) Zelensky, 84, of Washington, died at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday, September 28, 2004, in Donnell House, Washington, after a two-year illness. He was born February 19, 1920, in Cambria County, a son of Joseph and Mary Yonkoski Zelensky. Mr. Zelensky worked in coal mines for 20 years and also...
Mary Elizabeth Filby
Sep 27, 2004
Mary Elizabeth Filby, 77, of Hollywood, Florida, formerly of Washington, died Monday, September 27, 2004, in Aventura Hospital, Aventura, Florida following a month long illness. She was born in Washington on July 14, 1927, a daughter of William and Sadie Eckles Filby. She was a Washington High School graduate and had been a short order cook having once worked at...
Susan Ann Davoli
Sep 27, 2004
Susan A. Smith Davoli, 48, of Houston, died Monday, September 27, 2004, in Donnell House, Washington, following a five-year struggle with cancer. She was born August 13, 1956, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Norma Brown Smith of Washington and the late Dr. Richard C. Smith. Mrs. Davoli was a graduate of Trinity High School and attended Penn State-Beaver campus for...
George Gredesky
Sep 27, 2004
George Gredesky WWII veteran was honored for service in France. George Gredesky, 91, formerly of Washington, died Monday, September 27, 2004, in Port Orange, Fla., surrounded by family and friends. He was born October 27, 1912, in Ronco. Mr. Gredesky, a building contractor, and his late wife, Irene, moved to Port Orange in 1977. A World War II veteran, he...
Richard Barlow, Jr.
Sep 20, 2004
Richard Barlow Jr., 74, of Washington, died at 10:22 a.m. Monday, September 20, 2004, in UPMC-South Side hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born June 15, 1930, in Washington, a son of Richard Sr. and Minnie Naylor Barlow. Mr. Barlow was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and attended Trinity High School and Washington & Jefferson College. He served in the National...
