Leo Vance Ruetschi
Sep 20, 2003
Leo Vance Ruetschi, 64, of Prosperity, died Saturday, September 20, 2003 in the Washington Hospital following an eighteen year illness. He was born in Claysville on May 1, 1939, a son of Edward and Fannie Pratton Ruetschi. Mr. Ruetschi was a graduate of Claysville High School and later served in the United States Army. He had worked in the Glass...
Elizabeth Ann Parkinson
Sep 19, 2003
Elizabeth Ann Parkinson, 63, of Washington, died Friday, September 19, 2003 in UPMC, Pittsburgh following a one year illness. She was born in Washington on September 24, 1939, a daughter of Charles W. and Rose Angott Jones. She had attended Trinity Schools, the West Washington United Methodist Church, and had worked at the former RCA plant as a Crystal Maker....
Raymond Lee Wright, Sr.
Sep 18, 2003
Raymond Lee Wright Sr.,77, of Washington, died Thursday, September 18, 2003 in the Washington Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born in Strabane on July 7, 1926 a son of George L. and Bertha M. Barringer Wright. Mr. Wright was a member of Friendship Community Church. He enjoyed animals, gardening , and repairing things. He worked for more than...
Alfred Osso
Sep 15, 2003
Founder of Osso's Original Pizza Shop dies at 90 Alfred Osso, founder of Osso's Original Pizza Shop, died unexpectedly at home in Washington on Monday, September 15, 2003. He was born September 22, 1912 in Belmonte, Calabria, Italy, a son of the late Santo Osso and Carmina Porco Osso. On June 17, 1932, he married Elvera Derrico who died on...
Jacob Jack Loar
Sep 15, 2003
Jacob “ Jack “ Loar, 67, of DuBois, formerly of Washington, died on Monday, September 15, 2003 in his home following a five year illness. He was born in Washington County on February 27, 1936, a son of the late Mildred Loar. Mr. Loar was a graduate of Bentleyville High School, Drafting School of Pittsburgh, and Penn Tech. Mr. Loar...
Ruth E. Wasselloff
Sep 11, 2003
Ruth E. Wasselloff, 84, 0f Washington, died Thursday, September 11, 2003 in the Greenery following a lengthy illness. She was born in East Finley Township on August 14, 1919 a daughter of Thomas F. and Bessie Huffman Ealy. Mrs. Wasselloff had once worked at Brockway and Hazel Atlas Glass and later was a self-employed Beautician. On November 30, 1946 she...
Jessica Lynn Jones
Sep 9, 2003
Jessica Lynn Jones, 33, of Independence Township, died Tuesday, September 9, 2003 in Allegheny General Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Pasadena, Texas on November 22, 1969, a daughter of Mary McFarland Rutkowski, of Marianna . She was a home maker and had also worked at Ann’s Feed in Washington. She was a member of Lower Buffalo...
Virginia L. Ireland
Sep 8, 2003
Virginia L. Ireland, 66, of Washington died Monday, September 8, 2003 in Washington Hospital following a ten year illness. She was born in Washington on September 13, 1936 a daughter of Peter O. and Frances M. Fisher Bird. Mrs. Ireland had attended Taylorstown Schools. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of both the Eagles # 687 and American...
Merla Wright Mcconnell
Sep 8, 2003
Merla Wright McConnell, 70, of Canton Township, died Monday, September 8, 2003 in her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on May 25, 1933 a daughter of Silas “ Ike “ and Mildred Booher Wright. Mrs. McConnell was a graduate of Trinity High School and Penn Commercial College. She had worked at the Department of Public...
Frances R. Pugne
Sep 7, 2003
Frances R. Pugne, 61, of Washington died Sunday, September 7, 2003 in the Presbyterian Medical Center following a 3 month illness. She was born on July 8, 1942 in Mount Pleasant, a daughter of the late George Johnston and Louise Guerri Johnston Mazza of Washington. After graduating from Washington High School she graduated from the Washington Hospital School of Nursing....
Bernard Pallette
Sep 1, 2003
U.S. Navy veteran Bernard (Bennie) Pallette, 78, of Washington, died Monday, September 1, 2003, in Washington Hospital. He was born February 16, 1925, in Houston, a son of John and Lucy Spin Pallette. Mr. Pallette was a 1945 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School. He served in the U.S. Navy Amphibious Corps from 1943 until 1946 aboard LST No. 230, taking...
Wilma W. Morris
Aug 30, 2003
Member of Friendship Community Church Wilma W. Morris, 77, of Washington, died Saturday, August 30, 2003, in Washington County Health Center, Washington, following a brief illness. She was born June 22, 1926, in Aleppo Township, Greene County, a daughter of James and Lula Lohr Cook. Mrs. Morris was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Community Church in Washington. She...
James Earl Miller
Aug 30, 2003
WWII vet was member of Claysville Christian Church James Earl Miller Sr., 79, of Independence Township, died Saturday, August 30, 2003, in his home following a brief illness. He was born February 11, 1924, in Donegal Township, a son of Edgar McCreay and Hazel Dean McVay Miller. Mr. Miller attended West Alexander schools and served in the U.S. Army Air...
John A. Mccoy
Aug 29, 2003
Longtime carpenter served in WWII John A. McCoy, 84, of Claysville, formerly of Taylorstown, died Friday, August 29, 2003, in Presbyterian Medical Center, Washington, following a brief illness. A son of Boyd Emory and Pearl Marie McKeen McCoy, he was born March 8, 1919, in Pancake on McCoy Lane, where he lived for six years. After attending Taylorstown schools, Mr....
Edward J. Kruczek
Aug 28, 2003
Local meat cutter was U.S. Navy veteran Edward J. Kruczek, 88, of Washington, died Thursday, August 28, 2003, in Tandem Health Care, North Strabane Township, following a lengthy illness. He was born September 23, 1914, in McKeesport, a son of Alexander and Stella Czemerowska Kruczek. Mr. Kruczek served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member...
Allen Thorne Cole, Jr.
Aug 26, 2003
Jessop Steel crane operator enjoyed hunting Allen Thorne Cole Jr., 85, of Washington, died at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2003, in Donnell House, Washington, following a monthlong illness. He was born November 11, 1917, in Washington, a son of Allen Thorne Sr. and Nannie Corbin Cole. Mr. Cole had been a crane operator at Jessop Steel, where he was...
Frank Charles Turk, Sr.
Aug 26, 2003
Westland resident served in U.S. Navy during WWII Frank Charles Turk Sr., 78, of Westland, died at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2003, in Canonsburg General Hospital. He had been ill since January. He was born May 19, 1925, in Canonsburg, a son of George F. and Ida Kovace Turk. Mr. Turk was a member of North Buffalo Presbyterian Church....
William R. Keeney
Aug 26, 2003
General contractor from Scenery Hill William R. Keeney, 49, of Scenery Hill, died at 10:33 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2003, in Washington, Hospital, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born December 16, 1953, in Washington, a son of the late Ralph Keeney and Maurine Jenkins Keeney Braun. Mr. Keeney was a member of Mt....
Gaylord Francis " Giz " Plants
Aug 25, 2003
Member of Church of God, Claysville Gaylord Francis "Giz" Plants, 64, of Washington, died at 2 p.m. Monday, August 25, 2003, in Washington Hospital. He had been ill the past 17 years. He was born September 29, 1938, in East Finley Township, a son of George and Mildred Hancher Plants. Mr. Plants was a member of Church of God of...
Barbara Ann Kulla Danczyk
Aug 25, 2003
Longtime teacher, librarian at JFK Catholic School Barbara Ann Kulla Danczyk, 58, of Washington, died at 9:20 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2003, in UPMC-Presbyterian hospital, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness. She was born August 17, 1945, in Washington, a daughter of the late George and JoAnn Rusinek Kulla. Mrs. Danczyk was a member of Immaculate Conception Church and its Christian...
