Keith Johnson
Nov 24, 2008
WWII vet, POW was avid traveler, storyteller. Keith Johnson, 82, of Washington, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in Humbert Lane Personal Care Home, South Strabane Township, following a three-month illness. He died peacefully, with his devoted and loving daughters at his bedside. He was born February 13, 1926, in Williamstown, W.Va., a son of Omer Dale and Lillian Alta Sweeney...
Geneva J. Ware
Nov 24, 2008
Geneva J. Ware, 84, of Washington, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in her residence. She was born October 20, 1924, in Putnam, Tennessee, a daughter of Lester and Ethel Swafford Johnson. Mrs. Ware had worked as an expediter at RCA-Washington for 20 years. She was Protestant by faith, and enjoyed her family. On May 29, 1943, she married Gordon L....
Warren Knowles Killen, Sr.
Nov 24, 2008
WWII Army veteran Warren Knowles Killen Sr., 88, of Washington, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township, following a brief illness. He was born February 18, 1920, in Washington, a son of Harry Edward Killen Sr. and Alma Robena Knowles Killen. Mr. Killen graduated from Washington High School in January 1939 and then attended Washington...
Susan Nowlin Sawyer
Nov 24, 2008
Enjoyed reading, cooking and gardening Susan Nowlin Sawyer, 57, of Avella, died Monday, November 24, 2008, in Donnell House, Washington. Mrs. Sawyer was born March 17, 1951, in Washington, Mo., a daughter of the late Maurice and Marie L. Nowlin. She graduated from Trinity High School in 1969, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, West Virginia Northern College and West Liberty State...
Virginia Ilene White
Nov 23, 2008
Homemaker enjoyed crafts, quilting, baking Virginia Ilene White, 69, of Washington, died Sunday, November 23, 2008, in Washington Hospital. She was born November 30, 1938, in Taylorstown, a daughter of Henry and Georgia Fields Crowe. Mrs. White graduated from Claysville High School. A homemaker, she enjoyed crafts, quilting, baking and spending time with her family and grandchildren. She was a...
Peggy Ann Jeffries
Nov 21, 2008
Peggy Ann Jeffries, 79, of Somerset Township, died Friday, November 21, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. She was born May 13, 1929, in Washington, a daughter of Wray Grayson and Lydia May Roach Patterson. Mrs. Jeffries attended school in Wayne, Michigan. She worked as a quality control supervisor at Bobbie Brooks for 19 ½ years and last worked as a...
Helen Doudna
Nov 21, 2008
Helen Felecia Kelley Doudna, 101, of Washington, died Friday, November 21, 2008, in Humbert Lane Personal Care Home. She was born September 28, 1907, in Footdale, Fayette County, a daughter of Robert Harry and Eva Reckner Kelley. She was a beautician who had her own shop in the Washington Trust Building. Until her death, she was the oldest member of...
Eugene Stephen Breese, Jr.
Nov 20, 2008
Eugene Stephen Breese, Jr., 60, of Washington, died Thursday, November 20, 2008, in The Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born August 20, 1948, in Washington, a son of Shirley Barker Breese, of Washington, and the late Eugene S. Breese, Sr. Mr. Breese was a high school graduate. He served in the Army Reserves and received an honorable...
Lisa Anne (Williamson) Reeder
Nov 19, 2008
Lisa Anne Williamson Reeder, 47, of Claysville, died unexpectedly, Wednesday, November 19, 2008, in her home. She was born August 8, 1961, in Washington, a daughter of Harvey Williamson of Smithville, West Virginia and Jacqueline Williamson-Sensky of Canonsburg. Mrs. Reeder graduated from Canon-McMillan High School in 1979, and received her nursing degree from Duquesne University in 1983 and her master’s...
Jack G. Gatten
Nov 17, 2008
Jack G. Gatten, 74, of Washington, died Monday, November 17, 2008, in his residence, following a two-year illness. He was born February 11, 1934, in Washington, a son of Clarance Thomas Gatten and Dorothy Veiock Gatten. For over 50 years, Mr. Gatten was an ironworker and member of Local #3 in Pittsburgh. He was a member of Church of Christ,...
Barbara Ellen Clemens
Nov 17, 2008
Barbara Ellen Clemens, 65, of Claysville, died Monday, November 17, 2008, in her residence, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 18, 1943, in Washington, a daughter of Henry and Mary Dailey Whiteman. Mrs. Clemens was a homemaker who enjoyed taking care of her children and grandchildren. She was Protestant. On September 22, 1984, she married Floyd C. Clemens,...
William Arthur Ritter
Nov 14, 2008
Longtime coal miner was disc jockey William Arthur Ritter Sr., 58, of Washington, died Friday, November 14, 2008, in his home. He was born March 14, 1950, in Washington, a son of the late Ralph Alfred and Mildred Dale Comstock Ritter. Mr. Ritter graduated from Trinity High School in 1968. He worked as a coal miner at Marianna Mine/Consol for...
Sandra (Sandy) K. Appleby
Nov 13, 2008
Sandra (Sandy) K. Appleby, 57, of Washington, died Thursday, November 13, 2008, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born May 6, 1951, in Washington, a daughter of Theodore R. and Evelyn Briggs Appleby. Ms. Appleby graduated from Trinity High School in 1969. Her faith was Protestant. For twenty-five years, she worked at St. Francis Hospital, in Pittsburgh,...
Scott Edward Dague
Nov 11, 2008
Scott Edward Dague, 46, of Plantation, Florida, died Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at the home of his parents, in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. He was born November 19, 1961, in Washington, the son of Roger and Patricia Frederick Dague. Mr. Dague graduated from Spotsylvania High School in Virginia. He was a truck driver for R & L Carriers for eleven years....
Paul H. Brookman
Nov 7, 2008
Paul H, Brookman, 84, of Washington, died on Friday, November 7, 2008, in the Washington Hospital Emergency Room, after a 19-month illness. He was born July 15, 1924, in Mercer, PA, a son of Linn and Mariah Wolf Brookman. Mr. Brookman was a graduate of Taylor-Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, PA. He was a World War II veteran, having served...
Rose Ann Mlecsko
Nov 5, 2008
Rose Ann Mlecsko, 77, of Washington, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 29, 1931, in Moon Run, a daughter of William and Agnes Osbourne Darnley. Mrs. Mlecsko was a homemaker who enjoyed playing cards, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was Protestant. Her husband of 59...
Helen E. Biss
Nov 5, 2008
Helen E. Biss, 91, of Canton Township, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008, in the Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born October 30, 1917, in Toledo, Ohio, a daughter of Ignatz and Mary Urbanik Karoleski. Mrs. Biss was a member of Holy Trinity National Catholic Church and its Ladies Altar Society, and the Washington Senior Citizens Center. She...
James Lewis Houston
Nov 5, 2008
U.S. Air Force retiree, First Lutheran Church member James L. Houston, 89, of Washington, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008, in Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, Tenn., following a two-week illness. He was born December 13, 1918, in Washington, a son of James A. and Nellie Mae Paul Houston. Mr. Houston graduated from Washington High School in 1936. He was a...
Thomas Stanley Laurine
Nov 4, 2008
Thomas Stanley Laurine, 84, of Canton Township, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008, in Standish Assisted Living, Amwell Township. He was born March 10, 1924, in Wyano, Westmoreland County, the fifth of six children born to Joseph and Sophie Michalek Laurine. Mr. Laurine resided in Washington since 1925, and attended Wolfdale and Washington Schools. He worked at Tygart Valley and Brockway...
