Norma Irene Jinkens
Aug 5, 2008
Norma Irene Jinkens, 85, of Washington, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008, in Southmont, of Presbyterian Senior Care, following a lingering illness. Born June 1, 1923, in Washington, she was the only daughter of Harold and Clara Hull Miller. Mrs. Jinkens graduated from Washington High School in 1941. She worked at the Jessop Steel Company for three years during World War...
Alta Belle Dornan
Aug 4, 2008
Alta Belle Dornan, 92, of Washington, died Monday, August 4, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, following a two-year illness. She was born September 18, 1915, in Cecil, a daughter of Herbert B. and Anna Howe Caster Russell. Mrs. Dornan worked as a clerk at J. C. Penney. She was a member of Chartier’s Crossroads United Presbyterian Church, where she...
Mark Wayne Mccracken
Aug 4, 2008
Mark Wayne McCracken, Sr., 49, of Washington, died Monday, August 4, 2008, in Donnell House. He was born September 23, 1958, in Washington, a son of Mary Emma Burnette McCracken, of Washington, and the late Willis “Pete” McCracken. Mr. McCracken attended Washington Schools and was a member of Wolfdale Bible Chapel. He worked at Ruscello Auto Body for many years...
Charles William Stoneking
Jul 30, 2008
Charles William Stoneking, 70, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, in Washington County Health Center following a lengthy illness. He was born February 19, 1938, in Greene County, a son of the late William Howard and Irene Gump Stoneking. Mr. Stoneking graduated from Waynesburg High School in 1958. Protestant by faith, he always had a kind and generous heart,...
Arthur M. Wier
Jul 26, 2008
Arthur M. Wier, 86, of Claysville, died Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Oakland Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born December 25, 1921, in Graysville, a son of Jesse and Estella Michaels Wier. Mr. Wier was a veteran of the United States Navy. For 27 years, Mr. Wier worked as a truck driver for Interstate Systems. He was a member...
Howard Irwin Mckinney
Jul 26, 2008
Jessop Steel employee was ordained minister. Howard Irwin "Babe" McKinney, 78, of Washington, died Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born May 26, 1930, in Washington, a son of Willard and Alberta Birch McKinney. Mr. McKinney was a 1949 graduate of Trinity High School and was employed by Jessop Steel for 36 years....
Mae E. Beckwith Ankrom
Jul 26, 2008
Mae Elizabeth Beckwith-Ankrom, 90, of Eighty-Four, died Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Presbyterian Senior Care, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 20, 1918, in Tarentum, a daughter of the late Albert and Ethel Foster-Beckwith. Mrs. Ankrom worked at the Montgomery Ward catalog store and the American Cancer Society in Washington. She was a member of the Eighty-Four Get-Together...
Mary Belle Chadwick
Jul 25, 2008
Mary Belle Chadwick, 65, of South Franklin Township, died Friday, July 25, 2008, in Donnell House, following a seven-month illness. She was born December 8, 1942, in McMechen, West Virginia, a daughter of the late James and Helen V. Grall Ealy. Mrs. Chadwick graduated from Trinity High School in 1960. For 25 years, she worked at Washington Area Teachers Credit...
Randy Pausch
Jul 25, 2008
This guest book will be provided to the Pausch family. 'Last Lecture' professor, Randy Pausch, dies at 47 By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor who became a YouTube phenomenon with his "Last Lecture," died Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. He died at his home in southern Virginia. Pausch told USA TODAY...
Robert Louis Meeker, Sr.
Jul 25, 2008
Robert Louis Meeker, Sr., 77, of Amity, died Friday, July 25, 2008, in Jeannette Hospital. He was born March 10, 1931, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a son of James Mitchell and Amanda Lenora Junkins Meeker. Mr. Meeker was a diesel mechanic at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel for 35 years. He was a member of Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church in Prosperity. Mr....
Janet E. Grimm
Jul 24, 2008
Janet E. Grimm, 77, of Washington, died Thursday, July 24, 2008, in her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Washington on June 23, 1931, a daughter of Charles Dorsey and Emma Hughes Morris. She had attended Washington Schools and worked for more than twenty years at the Brownson House through the Easter Seals Society. Mrs. Grimm was...
Kenneth Elwood Miles
Jul 23, 2008
Kenneth Elwood Miles, 60, of Claysville, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in Donnell House, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 5, 1948, in Washington, a son of Alice Marie McMasters DePaoli of Washington and the late Elwood Kenneth Miles. Mr. Miles was a graduate of Trinity High School. He was a Marine Corps. Veteran, having served in Vietnam...
Donald Edward Cundall
Jul 20, 2008
WWII Navy vet was avid golfer. Donald Edward Cundall, 88, of South Minster, died at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2008, in UPMC-Presbyterian hospital, Pittsburgh. He had been in declining health for the past five years. He was born April 1, 1920, in Washington, the eldest son of Edward Mandille and Clara Tiny Spence Cundall. Mr. Cundall was a veteran...
Samuel Thompson Dille
Jul 20, 2008
Samuel T. Dille, 88, of Washington, died Sunday, July 20, 2008, following a four-year illness.. He was born June 29, 1920, in Prosperity, a son of Harley P. and Mildred Mae Cole Dille. Mr. Dille was a 1939 graduate of Morris Township High School. During World War II and the Korean Conflict, he served in the United States Air Force...
Frank M. Schaffold
Jul 17, 2008
Frank M. Schaffold, 58, of Washington, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 in his residence. He was born December 12, 1949, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late William G. and Patricia M. Williams Schaffold. Mr. Schaffold was a graduate of Langley High School. He served in the United States Army from January 15, 1968 until his honorable discharge as a...
Norman Joseph Megyesy
Jul 15, 2008
Norman Joseph Megyesy, 79, of Washington, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in his home, following a two-year illness He was born January 14, 1929, in Washington, a son of John and Ida Brown Megyesy. In 1947, he graduated from Trinity High School and was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church. On April 12, 1951 he entered the U.S....
Cora M. Miller
Jul 14, 2008
50-year dairy farmer. Trinity Grad Class of 1944 Cora M. Miller, 81, of Washington, died Monday, July 14, 2008, in her home. She was born January 20, 1927, in Somerset Township, Washington County, a daughter of John Everett and Dessie Della Garrett Vester. She was a graduate of Trinity High School in 1944 and a member of North Buffalo United...
Lloyd Allen Ross
Jul 13, 2008
Lloyd Allen Ross, 70, of Waynesburg, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, after a lengthy illness. He was born August 5, 1937, in Marianna, a son of William E. and Margaret Swihart Ross. Mr. Ross was a laborer for the Franklin Township Road Department. He enjoyed playing cards, farming and buying and selling at auctions. Mr. Ross was Methodist. Surviving are...
William A. Craig
Jul 8, 2008
William A. “Bill” Craig, 85, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in his son and daughter-in-law’s home in Unionville, Tennessee. He had been in failing health for the last several years. He was born November 5, 1922, in Wolfdale, a son of Melvin L. and Iva Canan Craig. Mr. Craig graduated from Trinity High School in 1940 and was employed for...
Alice V. Mitchell
Jul 8, 2008
Alice Victoria Mitchell, 79, of Washington, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in The Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 2, 1928, in Matewan, West Virginia, a daughter of Marritt and Lydia Belle Payne Cook. Mrs. Mitchell was a homemaker and member of Trinity Bible Fellowship. On December 26, 1942, she married John Mitchell, who died December...
