Nathan Michael Burnfield
Nov 4, 2008
Nathaniel Michael Burnfield, 27, of Canton Township, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008, as a result of being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70. He was born February 12, 1981, in Washington, a son of Ricky and Debra Kosey Burnfield of Washington. Mr. Burnfield attended Wylandville Elementary School and, in 1999, graduated from Canon-McMillan High School, where he played for...
Alfred L. Pinkerton
Nov 3, 2008
Alfred L. Pinkerton, 62, of Canton Township, died unexpectedly, Monday, November 3, 2008, in the Washington Hospital. He was born December 9, 1945, in Claysville, a son of Carl and Virginia Wilson Pinkerton. Mr. Pinkerton was a graduate of McGuffey High School and was a member of Friendship Community Church. Since 1974, he dedicated his life to the growth of...
Francis W. Aitken
Nov 3, 2008
Francis W. Aitken, 88, of Washington, died Monday, Novembr 3, 2008, in Canonsburg General Hospital. He was born September 15, 1920, in Hackett, a son of Thomas and Leona Bayne Aitken. On July 30, 1942, he entered the U.S. Army, receiving the European African Middle Eastern Theater of Operations Medal and the Good Conduct Medal and attaining the rank of...
Janet E. Headley
Nov 3, 2008
Janet E. Headley, 85, of Washington, died November 3, 2008, in Washington County Heath Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born February 12, 1923, in Washington, the daughter of Dore O. and Nora Pearle Dentzer Headley. Ms. Headley graduated from Washington High School in 1941. She worked for the Community Chest, Washington County Insurance Company, Washington office of Celina...
Dena Jones
Oct 31, 2008
Dena Jones, 92, of Washington, died Friday, October 31, 2008, in Humbert Lane Personal Care Center. She had been in declining health for the past five years. She was born August 12, 1916, in Ellsworth, a daughter of Vinchenzo and Nunciata Fedance. Mrs. Jones was a member of the Church of the Covenant. She was a homemaker and for many...
Richard L. Arbogast
Oct 31, 2008
Richard Linn Arbogast, 44, of Claysville, died Friday, October 31, 2008, in his residence. He was born March 21, 1964, in Washington, a son of Betty Barale and the late Clifford J. Arbogast. Mr. Arbogast attended Washington High School. He had been a crane operator for General Alloys for the past five years, and had previously worked at Auto Supermarket...
William Bradford Mawhinney
Oct 30, 2008
William Bradford Mawhinney, 90, of Thomas Campbell Apartments, died Thursday, October 30, 2008, in the Donnell House, following a one-month illness. He was born March 1, 1918, in Canonsburg, a son of Charles Henry and Emma Jane Weaver Mawhinney. Mr. Mawhinney attended Clark School and Washington High School. He also attended the State Police Academy in Hershey. He was a...
George Franklin Chase
Oct 28, 2008
Millcraft Industries retiree served in WWII George Franklin Chase, 86, of Amity, died Monday, October 28, 2008, in his home. He was born October 9, 1922, in Washington, a son of Harry and Helen Crile Chase. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. He was awarded the World War II Victory Medal. Mr. Chase retired from Millcraft...
Betty Lou Gusic Bentz
Oct 26, 2008
Betty Lou Gusic Bentz, 83, of Prosperity, died Sunday, October 26, 2008, in her residence. She was born December 19, 1924, in Weston, West Virginia, a daughter of Herbert and Pearl Olive Black Hersman. Mrs. Bentz was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, baking, shopping and country music. She also enjoyed baby sitting for kids in Prosperity. She was Presbyterian. Surviving...
Frank Wray Harris
Oct 25, 2008
Frank Wray Harris, 79, of Amwell Township, died Saturday, October 25, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. He was born December 26, 1928, in Washington, a son of Russell Matthew and Alberta Johnson Harris. Mr. Harris was a truck driver for Judson Wiley and Sons for 40 years. He was a member of Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Company, where he was...
Joseph A. Pikulski
Oct 25, 2008
Joseph A. Pikulski, 91, of Washington, died peacefully surrounded by his immediate family and caregivers, on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at Southminster Place assisted living facility of Presbyterian Senior Care. He was born November 2, 1916, in Carnegie, a son of George and Sophia Delamata Pikulski. His childhood years were spent in the Burgettstown area. On February 7, 1942, he...
Betty Jane Mcfeely
Oct 25, 2008
Betty Jane McFeely, 89, of Washington, died Saturday, October 25, 2008, in Evergreen Assisted Living. She was born November 18, 1918, in Claysville, a daughter of Wallace L. and Margaret Clemens. Mrs. McFeely had worked for 13 years at the Washington Hospital in the central supply department. She was a member of Third United Presbyterian Church for 60 years. She...
Evelyn Kassouf
Oct 25, 2008
Evelyn Kassouf, 86, of Prosperity, formerly of Cheswick, died Saturday, October 25, 2008, in the Washington Hospital. She was born October 24, 1922, in Eau Clair, Venango County, a daughter of William Ellis and Lillian Lockard Williams. Mrs. Kassouf was a graduate Slippery Rock University. A retired schoolteacher, she taught third grade in the Allegheny Valley School District for more...
Ethel M. Kelley
Oct 25, 2008
Ethel Toland Kelley, 82, of Auburn, Washington, died at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, October 25, 2008, in her home, surrounded by her family. She was born January 1, 1926, in Washington, PA., a daughter of Walter Clinton Toland and Anna Marie Campbell. Ethel is best known to her close friends as “Punky”. This nickname was handed down in the family from...
Charles Lee Spence
Oct 24, 2008
Charles Lee Spence, 80, of Washington, died Friday, October 24, 2008, in the Washington County Health Center, following a lengthy illness. He was born February 29, 1928, in Washington, a son of Clarence Wayne and Veronica Kerrigan Spence. Mr. Spence attended Immaculate Conception High School. He worked as a painter for Joe Falvo Painting and Spence Painting for 30 years....
Robert Ira Leech, Sr.
Oct 23, 2008
Robert Ira Leech, Sr., 73, of Washington, died Thursday, October 23, 2008, in his residence. He was born August 5, 1935, in Washington, a son of Ira White Leech and Margaret Becker Leech. Mr. Leech was a 1953 graduate of Trinity High School and attended Waynesburg College. For 41 years, he was employed at Washington Steel Corporation as a millwright....
Marjorie Lee Kotora
Oct 23, 2008
Marjorie Lee Kotora, 82, of Washington, died Thursday, October 23, 2008, in her residence, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 10, 1926, in Manatee, Florida, a daughter of Earl and Lulu Mae Owen Sweat. Mrs. Kotora was an administrative assistant at Union National Bank for 18 years. She was a member of Church of Christ, where she helped...
Ralph Edward Szydlowski
Oct 23, 2008
Ralph Edward Szydlowski, 84, of Washington, died Thursday, October 23, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. He was born September 5, 1924, in Joffre, a son of Stanley Edward and Anne Durco Szydlowski. Mr. Szydlowski was employed in the maintenance department of Penn Central and Conrail for a total of 43 years. He was a member of Brotherhood of Maintenance of...
Dorothy Ann Plymire
Oct 22, 2008
Dorothy Ann Plymire, 76, of Washington, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008, in the Washington Hospital, with her loving family at her side. She was born February 21, 1931, in Washington, a daughter of Robert and Dorothy Hart Amon. Mrs. Plymire was a 1948 graduate of Washington High School. For 20 years, she worked in the Trinity High School cafeteria. Mrs....
Wodea Solomon Williamson
Oct 21, 2008
Wodea Solomon Williamson, 91, of Washington, died on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at her residence, in the loving arms of her adopted daughter, Nora Edgar. She had been in declining health She was born on August 25, 1917, in Waynesburg, PA, a daughter of Charles and Julia A. Deeb Solomon. Mrs. Williamson worked for 18 years as the secretary in...
