Mary P. Mirto
Oct 2, 2008
Mary Pollock Mirto, 92, of Washington, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 in the Washington County Health Center, following brief illness. She was born August 8, 1916, in Marguerite, a daughter of Mike and Julie Kopcho Pollock. During World War II, Mrs. Mirto worked at Duncan Miller, and later, as a housekeeper at First Christian Church. She was a member of...
Geraldine L. Piatt
Oct 2, 2008
Geraldine Little Piatt, 82, of Washington, died Thursday, October 2, 2008, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born June 26, 1926, in Littleton, West Virginia, a daughter of Arthur William and Frances Poland Little. Mrs. Piatt graduated from Trinity High School in 1945, and had worked as a selector-packer at Brockway #7. She was...
Walter M. Dille
Oct 2, 2008
Walter Minton Dille, 82, of Washington, died Thursday, October 2, 2008, in the Washington Hospital. He was born June 15, 1926 in the Washington, a son of Walter E. and Della Jordan Dille. He graduated from Washington High School in 1944. Mr. Dille joined the Army Air Forces on December 19, 1945. He served as a military policeman during the...
Mary Ann Elias
Oct 2, 2008
Mary Ann Elias, 82, of Washington, died Thursday, October 2, 2008, in her residence. She was born January 1, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of Frank and Frances Zaccari Gualteri. Mrs. Elias worked as a packer and painter at Hazel Atlas. She was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church and enjoyed spending time with her family. On January...
Donald Edward Mcclain
Sep 29, 2008
Donald Edward McClain, 71, of Washington, died Monday, September 29, 2008, in Donnell House following a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 24, 1937, in Kiger, a son of Sheldon and Lula Fusle McClain. For many years, Mr. McClain was a self-employed produce vendor. On November 23, 1957, he married Patricia Wilkins, who survives. Also surviving...
John A. Manning
Sep 28, 2008
Former City of Washington Fire Chief and former city councilman Jack Manning passed away September 28, 2008, in the Donnell House, following a brief illness. He was born July 10, 1928, a son of Nellie Manning and grandson of Michael Manning and Susan Manning. He served with the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean conflict and was awarded...
Charlotte Helen Barber
Sep 28, 2008
Charlotte Helen Barber, 90, of Amwell Township, formerly of Chicago, Illinois and Edison, New Jersey, died Sunday, September 28, 2008, in her residence. She was born October 21, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of George and Fern Biddle Senger. Mrs. Barber was a homemaker and loved to read. She was Protestant. On August 20, 1938, she married Robert Milton...
James William Hodgens
Sep 28, 2008
James William Hodgens, 73, of Washington, died Sunday, September 28, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a brief illness. He was born October 23, 1934, in Taylorstown, a son of Verne O. and Margaret Elizabeth Rush Hodgens. He graduated from Claysville High School and was a member of Fourth United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hodgens enjoyed family and friends, cars,...
Grayson H. Davenport
Sep 27, 2008
Grayson H. Davenport, 74, of Washington, died at 11:36 a.m., Saturday, September 27, 2008, in his residence, after a 10-year illness. He was born on January 28, 1934, in Monongahela, PA, a son of Herschel and Myrtle Phillips Davenport. Mr. Davenport worked for 33 years as a steelworker at Washington Steel Corporation. He was a member of John Wesley United...
Howard Henderson
Sep 27, 2008
Howard Henderson, 94, of Washington, died Saturday, September 27, 2008, in Donnell House. He was born September 8, 1914, in Washington, a son of Clyde G. and Mary Buchanan Henderson. From 1933 until 1957, Mr. Henderson worked as an inspector at Hazel Atlas, from 1957 until 1963, he worked as a supervisor in quality control at Continental Can, and, from...
Ronald L. Hancher, Sr.
Sep 26, 2008
Ronald L. Hancher, Sr., 57, of Washington, died Friday, September 26, 2008. He was born November 8, 1950, in Washington, a son of the late Paul and Charlotte Adams Hancher. Mr. Hancher worked as a laborer and driver for Camalloy. He was a member of Central Assembly of God Church, Houston, and the Elm Grove Civics Group. Mr. Hancher was...
Louis Mitchell, Jr.
Sep 24, 2008
Louis Mitchell, Jr., 72, of Washington, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. He was born February 8, 1936, in the Lincoln Hill area of Washington, a son of Louis Mitchell, Sr. and Mable Green Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell had worked as a school van driver for D and W Bus Company. On July 17, 1975,...
Donald Roy Wise
Sep 24, 2008
Donald Roy Wise, 77, of Washington, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, in his residence. He was born April 30, 1931, in Enon, Greene County, a son of Harleigh and Blanche Elizabeth Goodwin Wise. Mr. Wise graduated from Richhill High School. On October 30, 1952, he entered the United States Army and served as a Private First Class in the Military...
John F. Ferguson
Sep 22, 2008
John F. Ferguson, 67, of Washington, formerly of Butler, died at 7:55 a.m. Monday, September 22, 2008, in the Forbes Hospice Center, Oakland, following a one-year illness. He was born November 30, 1940, in Connellsville, a son of the late John and Myrtle Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was an active member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In his free...
Dorothy Mae Mcmullen
Sep 22, 2008
Dorothy Mae McMullen, 89, of Washington, died Monday, September 22, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a lengthy illness. She was born August 11, 1919, in Snowden Township, Allegheny County, a daughter of George A. and Sarah Frances Beam Hall. Mrs. McMullen was a homemaker who enjoyed flowers as well as cooking, baking, sewing, solving crossword puzzles and reading...
Agnes Cecelia Hennick
Sep 20, 2008
Agnes Cecelia Hennick, 87, of Washington, died September 20, 2008, in Hillsview Nursing Home. She was born February 7 1921, in Indiana County, a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Galciovich Harkeli. She was Catholic by Faith. She was a former member of the Ladies Auxillary for the American Legion, Edwin Scott Linton Post # 175. She enjoyed baking,...
Janet Ruth Mazza
Sep 17, 2008
Janet Ruth Mazza, 57, of Washington, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on August 1, 1951, a daughter of the late Roy T. and Ruth Brownlee Blacka. Mrs. Mazza was a graduate of Washington High School and worked more than twenty years as an insurance agent for the...
Robert Earl Ellis
Sep 16, 2008
Robert Earl “Moo Moo” Ellis, 73, of Washington, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008, in The Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born June 15, 1935, in Washington, a son of Edgar V. and Olive Dowdle Ellis. Mr. Ellis was employed for many years in the maintenance department of Famous Supply. He enjoyed working with his hands. On July...
Philip Felix Marcin
Sep 16, 2008
Philip Felix Marcin, 94, of Washington, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008, in his residence at Hawthorne Woods. He was born November 12, 1913, in Shamokin, a son of Matthew and Frances Sharolis Marcin. Mr. Marcin was very mechanical and worked in the plastics industry for more than 40 years. He enjoyed gardening and growing pumpkins and gourds, and one of...
Shirley Ann Mathot
Sep 15, 2008
Shirley Ann Mathot, 64, of Washington, died September 15, 2008, in her home. She had been ill since October 2006. She was born May 17, 1944, in Washington, a daughter of the late William George Woods and Lillian M. Stenger. Mrs. Mathot graduated from Washington High School and was a member of Houston United Methodist Church. She was very active...
