Jaunietta Mccollum Denman
Aug 18, 2020
Jaunietta McCollum Denman, 82 of Washington, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Premier Washington Health Center. She was born June 3, 1938 in Sycamore, PA, the daughter of J. Hallie Sr. and Wilma Hoge McCollum. Mrs. Denman spent her lifetime working in geriatric care. She finished her career as a loving caregiver at...
Debbie Lynn Donovall
Aug 16, 2020
Debbie Lynn Donvall, 55 of Washington, died Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Transitions Health Care. She was born July 31, 1965 in Washington, the daughter of the late Joseph Donovall and Francine Cain Donovall. Debbie was a graduate of Burgettstown High School and received a medical billing certificate from Pittsburgh Technical Institute and was a certified electricians apprentice. She worked...
Eric Stephen Crunick
Aug 15, 2020
Eric Stephen Crunick died August 15 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Eric was born September 2, 1959, in Washington, to Helen and Michael Crunick. He graduated from Washington High School (1978) where he was elected president and then attended Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He earned a Master’s in Business at Georgia State University and then settled in Atlanta for...
Jean Kolosky Swart
Aug 13, 2020
Jean Kolosky Swart, of Washington, died on Thursday, August 13, 2020, in her home. She was born on May 23, 1928, in Arnold, PA, a daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Kolosky. Jean was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She was a 1946 graduate of Washington High School, where she served as Class Secretary. Mrs. Swart was...
Donald Harold Seibert
Aug 13, 2020
Donald Harold Seibert, 87 of Washington, died Thursday, August 13, 2020 at home. He was born September 6, 1932, in Washington, the son of the late Leslie Glover and Viola Beck Seibert. Donald was a graduate of Trinity High School and a veteran of the U. S. Marines. He worked for Washington Steel for 43 years. Donald enjoyed woodworking and...
Mike "Sonny" Kolycheck
Aug 12, 2020
Mike “Sonny” Kolycheck, 84 of Washington, died Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at the Washington Hospital Emergency Department. He was born February 11, 1936 in Avella, the son of the late Ambrose Kolycheck and Ann Hurzon Kolycheck. Mike was a 1954 graduate of Trinity High School and enlisted in the US Air Force after graduating. After being discharged from the Air...
Robert Edward Miller
Aug 9, 2020
Robert Edward Miller, 74, of Charleroi, died Sunday, August 9, 2020 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland. He was born April 14, 1946 in Burgettstown, the son of the late Carl Miller and Jennie Linn Laverick Miller. Robert was the Mechanical Engineering Drafting Instructor for many years at Penn Commercial in Washington, formerly known as The Washington Institute of Technology....
Merle Daniel Strope
Aug 8, 2020
Merle Daniel Strope of Washington, died Saturday, August 8, 2020 in his home of natural causes. He was born August 12, 1934 in Avella, a son of the late James Richard Strope and Flossie Frances Waychoff Strope. Mr. Strope served in the U. S. Army in Germany for three years. Mr. Strope attended Trinity High School and worked at the...
Wiley Raymond Phillips, Sr.
Aug 6, 2020
Wiley Raymond Phillips, Sr., 93, of Washington, died Thursday, August 6, 2020, in Premier Washington Health Center. He was born December 28, 1926, in Taylorstown, a son of Joseph F. Phillips, Sr., and Laura B. Black Phillips. During World War II, Mr. Phillips served in the Army in the European Theater from 3/27/1945, until 1/8/1947. He worked as a chemical...
Joseph J. Nicolella
Aug 6, 2020
Joseph J. Nicolella, 91 of Washington, died Thursday, August 6, 2020 at the Washington Hospital. He was born December 29, 1928 in Washington, the son of the late Antonio Nicolella and Nicolina Macchiaroli Nicolella. Joseph was a 1947 graduate of Washington High School and graduate from West Penn Drafting Institute. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and...
Wallace Monroe Fraley
Aug 5, 2020
Wallace Monroe Fraley, 77 of Houston and Washington, died Wednesday August 5, 2020 at Transitions Health Care. He was born September 9, 1942, in Hatfield, KY on Big Creek, the son of the late John B and Mary Lou Alta McGinnis Fraley. Wallace worked in merchandise sales and restaurant management. He was a big fan of country music, especially Johnny...
Elizabeth Orisko
Aug 5, 2020
Elizabeth Z. Orisko died Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in The Washington Hospital. She was born Filomena Elizabeth Zappi on September 7, 1925, to August N. Zappi, Sr. and Concetta Filosi Zappi. Mrs. Orisko was the last of her immediate family of 11 brothers and sisters. She grew up on the family farm in Taylorstown, where she was raised in the...
Robert "Bones" Chaney
Aug 5, 2020
Robert “Bones” Chaney, 68 of Washington, died Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at McMurray Hills Manor. He was born August 12, 1951 in Washington, the son of the late Robert Lee Chaney and Ruby Lorraine Foringer. Robert was a carpet layer for Seaman’s Carpet. He was an avid sports fan, especially of the Steelers. Surviving are two daughters, Dawn (Larry) Maddox...
Christopher Michael Montgomery
Aug 4, 2020
Christopher Michael Montgomery, 35, of West Alexander, died Tuesday, August 4, 2020. He was born June 29, 1985, in Washington, a son of Brenda Clutter of West Alexander and the late James Getz. Mr. Montgomery attended Trinity High School and worked in construction for G&D Erectors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing cards, and spending time with friends and family. Surviving,...
Sean E. Ross
Aug 4, 2020
Sean E. Ross, 38, of Lexington, Kentucky, formerly of Bentleyville, died unexpectedly Tuesday, August 4, 2020. He was born August 17, 1981, in Washington, a son of David A. Ross of Bentleyville and Barbara Waltl Ross of Washington. Sean graduated in 2000 from Bentworth High School with numerous athletic awards and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business...
Vincent E. King, Jr.
Aug 4, 2020
Vincent E. “Vince” King, Jr., 69, of Washington, died Tuesday, August 4, 2020, in Premier Washington Health Center. He was born September 26, 1950, in Claysville, a son of the late Vincent E. King and Mary Hartzog King. Mr. King enjoyed spending time with and taking long walks with his wife, Ruth. On March 11, 1982, he married Ruth Ann...
Esther Anna Gamble
Aug 3, 2020
Esther Anna Gamble died on her 103rd birthday, August 3, 2020, in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born August 3, 1917, in Washington, a daughter of Wilbur and Lena Hatfield Hallam. Mrs. Gamble worked in the laundry at The Washington Hospital for many years as well as at the snack bar at the Washington County Health Center. During retirement, she...
William J. Kazakewicz
Aug 3, 2020
William J. “Kaz” Kazakewicz, 86, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died Monday, August 3, 2020, in his home after a lengthy illness. He was born February 25, 1934, in Washington, a son of the late Francis and Anna Pikunas Kazakewicz. Kaz was a 1952 graduate of Immaculate Conception High School. In November of 1952, he enlisted in the Navy, eventually...
Andrèe Mauricette Riley
Aug 2, 2020
Andrèe Mauricette Riley, 93 of Washington, died Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Premier Health Care. She was born August 2, 1927 in Ligugè, France, the daughter of the late Robert Lezay and Olga Carreau Lezay. After graduating high school, she attended trade school in France to be a seamstress. Crocheting and Bingo were her passions in life. On January 14,...
Richard Lee Kraeer
Aug 1, 2020
Richard Lee Kraeer, 75, of Washington, died Saturday, August 1, 2020 at home. He was born May 9, 1945, in McDonald, the son of the late Howard Johnston Kraeer and Emma L. Finimore Kraeer. Richard was a graduate of East Washington High School and served in the U.S. Army. He received awards and decorations include, the Legion of Merit (a...
