George " Bunny " Crompton
Apr 2, 2003
George B. “ Bunny “ Crompton, 74, of Washington died Wednesday, April 2, 2003 in the Donnell Hospice House following a seven month illness. He was born in Washington on October 22, 1928 the son of Frank Owen and Ruby Georgeina Probert Crompton. Mr. Crompton left Trinity High School to serve in World War II and later returned to graduate....
Frank C. Haught
Apr 2, 2003
Frank C. Haught, 80, of South Franklin Township, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 2, 2003. He was born in Washington on April 26, 1922, the son of Frank C. and Rowena Bebout Haught. Mr. Haught was a Trinity High School graduate and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He last worked in Electronic Sales at Radio...
Barbara Rae Sickles Meeker
Mar 31, 2003
Barbara Rae Sickles Meeker, 57 of Prosperity, died Monday, March 31 following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on November 17, 1945 the daughter of the late James Raymond and Irma Romaine Markle Sickles. Mrs. Meeker was a home maker, and a member of the Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Lagonda Home...
Myrtle Irene Young
Mar 30, 2003
Member of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church Myrtle Irene Young, 87, of Washington, died at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, March 30, 2003, in Washington Hospital. She was born March 25, 1916, in South Strabane Township, a daughter of Oscar and Mary Weighman Thomas. Mrs. Young was a member of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Washington. During World War II, she worked at Continental Can tin...
Margaret Louise Laws Meeks
Mar 29, 2003
Retired cafe manager at Trinity Middle School Margaret Louise Laws Meeks, 71, of Washington, died at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2003, in Washington Hospital. She had been ill since August. She was born June 14, 1931, in Washington, a daughter of John Robert and Leola VanKirk Laws. Mrs. Meeks was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church, Washington. She...
E. Evelyn Comstock Wright
Mar 29, 2003
Retired from Washington County Court system E. Evelyn Comstock Wright, 83, of Washington, died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2003, in Washington Hospital. She was born August 24, 1919, in Centerville, a daughter of George E. and S. Virginia Piper Wright. Mrs. Wright was a member of Lone Pine Christian Church, where she taught Sunday school classes for all...
Ruth T. Harris
Mar 29, 2003
Member of Third U.P. Church Ruth T. Harris, 88, of Washington, died at 1:39 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2003, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, Washington. She was born August 18, 1914, in Washington, a daughter of Albert and Cora Rizor Dornberger. Mrs. Harris was a member of Third United Presbyterian Church for more than 69 years. She formerly co-managed...
Elizabeth Patterson Farner Markish
Mar 28, 2003
Member of Atlasburg Church of the Nazarene Elizabeth Patterson Farner Markish, 97, of Hickory, died Friday, March 28, 2003, following an illness of two and a half years. She was born July 29, 1905, in Burgettstown, a daughter of James Matthew and O'Ella Mont Neil Farner. Mrs. Markish was a retired telephone operator for Hickory-Woodrow Telephone Co. She was a...
Margaret Francis Newlyn
Mar 24, 2003
Member of Bethel Presbyterian Church Margaret Francis Newlyn, 90, formerly of Prosperity, died at 7:45 p.m. Monday, March 24, 2003, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, Washington. She was born August 3, 1912, in West Finley, a daughter of George P. and Josephine Porter Francis. Mrs. Newlyn attended Jordan School, which was a one-room school in West Finley. She graduated...
Juanita Theressa Ward
Mar 24, 2003
Juanita T. Ward, 87 of Washington, died Monday, March 24,2003 in Humbert Lane Health Care Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on December 18, 1915 the daughter of Trevor George and Gertrude Blanche Stevens Davis. Mrs. Ward was a home maker. She also was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Washington. On October 31, 1939...
James Robert Spence
Mar 20, 2003
Bell Atlantic telephone technician from Washington James Robert Spence, 77, of Washington, died at 1:10 a.m. Thursday, March 20, 2003, in Washington Hospital, following a seven-year illness. He was born July 14, 1925, in Washington, a son of J. Clark Sr. and Nelle Ewing Spence. Mr. Spence was a telephone technician for Bell Telephone and Bell Atlantic for 33 years...
Angeline Rose Belcastro
Mar 20, 2003
Former George Washington Hotel employee Angeline Rose Belcastro, 92, of Washington, died at 1:15 p.m. Thursday, March 20, 2003, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, Washington. She was born May 6, 1910, in Washington, a daughter of Rose and Fred Carlet, and was raised by Valentine and Theresa Pacilla. Mrs. Belcastro was a homemaker and a member of Immaculate Conception...
Gladys Louise Wright
Mar 19, 2003
Van driver for aging services Gladys Louise Wright, 68, of Washington, died at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2003, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born December 15, 1934, in Washington, a daughter of Julius and Grace Noble Moore. Mrs. Wright was a member of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church and was last employed as a van driver...
John A. Rathbone
Mar 15, 2003
The Reverend John A. Rathbone of Washington, went home to be with his Lord on March 15,2003 following a recent illness. He was born in Washington on September 9, 1924 the son of Glennwood and LuLu May Rathbone. In August, 1948 he married Edith E. Atcheson who died in February, 1997. Rev. Rathbone attended Washington Area Schools and the University...
Walter X. Berry
Mar 15, 2003
Walter X. Berry, 66 of Washington, died Sat., March 15 in the Donnell House. He was born in Washington on November 20, 1936 the son of Charles L. and Mary Wagner Berry. Mr. Berry had attended Washington High School and graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1957. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Church. Mr. Berry was a...
Sahara Ashlyn Smith
Mar 15, 2003
Sahara Ashlyn Smith, 3 months old, of Westland, died Saturday, March 15, 2003, in Canonsburg General Hospital. She was born November 19, 2002, in Washington, a daughter of April K. Smith of Westland and Randy Keith Treherne II of Washington. Surviving, in addition to her parents, are a brother, Caleb Smith of Westland; maternal grandparents, Sandra and Frank Emerick of...
Frances Genevieve Sullivan
Mar 13, 2003
1924 graduate of Claysville High School Frances Genevieve Carter Gardei Sullivan, 96, of San Leandro, Calif., died Thursday, March 13, 2003, in Bay Point Healthcare Center, Hayward, Calif. She was born November 11, 1906, in Taylorstown, the seventh of eight children born to Albert Francis and Etta Jane Carter, and she was the last to survive. Mrs. Sullivan was raised...
Earl R. Harris
Mar 12, 2003
Self-employed carpenter Earl R. Harris, 91, of Washington, died at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2003, in Presbyterian Medical Center, Washington. He was born September 22, 1911, in Webster County, W.Va., a son of Lloyd and Louise Barnett Harris. Mr. Harris was a self-employed carpenter. On April 19, 1941, he married Deva Mae Largent, who survives. Also surviving are several...
Grace Rogers Longstreath
Mar 10, 2003
Retired glassworker Grace Rogers Longstreath, 74, of Washington, died at 8:25 a.m. Monday, March 10, 2003, in her home. She was born April 24, 1928, in Grafton, W.Va., a daughter of Lawrence and Bessie Morgan Rogers. Mrs. Longstreath attended First Christian Church of Washington. She had been employed for 36 years by Hazel-Atlas Glass, Continental Can and Brockway Glass in...
