Merlin Ashmore
Jul 8, 2008
Merlin Ashmore, 82, of Washington, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in The Washington Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born September 25, 1925, in Buffalo Township, a son of Thomas A. and Anne B. Woodward Ashmore. Mr. Ashmore was an honors graduate of Trinity High School and had attended the University of Chicago. During World War II, he served...
Andrew Kotora
Jul 7, 2008
Andrew Kotora, 87, of Washington, died Monday, July 7, 2008, in his home. He was born October 5, 1920, in Van Voorhis, a son of Michael and Barbara Matay Kotora, and grew up in Monessen with two brothers and three sisters. Mr. Kotora was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College. During World War II, he served in the Army...
George Raymond Coffey
Jul 6, 2008
George Raymond Coffey, 81, of Washington, died Sunday, July 6, 2008, in Washington County Health Center. He had been ill since April 2007. He was born July 1, 1927, in Washington, a son of George Clark Coffey and Elsie Marie Wilson Coffey. When young, Mr. Coffey resided at Coffey’s Crossing. He was a 1946 graduate of Washington High School and...
W. Louise Gray
Jul 5, 2008
W. Louise Gray, 77, of Washington, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, in her home with her family members by her side. She was born in Pittsburgh on January 12, 1931, a daughter of Lester A. and Lenore Elizabeth Weidelt Myers. On November 27, 1952, which was Thanksgiving, she married Eugene L. (Beanie) Gray. Thanksgiving Day marriage has been a long...
Margaret Doman Byers
Jul 5, 2008
Margaret Doman Byers, 93, of Washington, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, in her residence. She was born February 13, 1915, in Washington County, a daughter of William and Anna Blayney Eckles. After the death of her parents when she was twelve years old, she and her twin George were raised by Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Atkinson in Ohio County,...
Maxine Lucile Johns
Jul 3, 2008
Maxine Lucile Johns, 83, of Washington, died Thursday, July 3, 2008. She was born February 7, 1925, in Kunhtown, a daughter of Carson Leroy and Ida P. Wise Stewart. Mrs. Johns worked as a clerk at Wal-Mart for 15 years. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church and enjoyed playing the piano and sewing. On October 4, 1951, she...
Sophia Pauline Junko
Jul 3, 2008
Sophia Pauline Junko, 92, of Washington, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Washington County Health Center. She had been in declining health for the last three years. Mrs. Junko was born December 19, 1915, in Collinsville, Oklahoma, a daughter of Samuel and Pauline Burcyk Chmiel. She worked at Union Camp as a machine operator for thirty years. Mrs. Junko was...
Kenneth Eugene Ammons, Sr.
Jul 3, 2008
Kenneth Eugene Ammons, Sr., 85, of Claysville, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in The Washington Hospital. He had been ill since January. He was born May 14, 1923, in Claysville, a son of Carl and Della Meadville Ammons. For 25 years, Mr. Ammons worked for the Claysville Water Company as a plant operator. He enjoyed gardening and the outdoors. On...
Richard Christman
Jun 24, 2008
Richard Christman, 86, of Washington, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in Presbyterian Senior Care. He was born March 11, 1922, in Washington, a son of Paul and Hazel Burroughs Christman. Mr. Christman graduated from Washington High School in 1940. On August 21, 1943, he entered the United States Army, serving in the European Theater with the 251st Engineering Company of...
Alfred Maryanski
Jun 22, 2008
Alfred Maryanski, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and decorated World War II veteran, died on Sunday, June 22, 2008, at the Donnell House in Washington. Mr. Maryanski fought cancer for ten months prior to his death. He was 87. He was born October 8, 1920, in Moundsville, WV, a son of Stanley J. and Catherine Astemborowski Maryanski. He was the fourth...
Wm. Kellar Oldfield
Jun 21, 2008
Kellar Oldfield, 87, of Uniontown, formerly of Washington, died Saturday, June 21, 2008, in The Marquis House following a one year illness. He was born in St. Mary’s, West Virginia, on December 22, 1920, a son of William and Jessie Kellar Oldfield. Mr. Oldfield was a Veteran of the United States Army, 2nd Division, 9th Regiment, K- Company, having received...
Gertrude Nichols
Jun 19, 2008
Gertrude Nichols, 103, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Country Meadows Nursing Home, Bridgeville. She was born July 16, 1904, in Mill Run, Fayette County, a daughter of Ross V. and Mary Eliza Cox Marietta. Mrs. Nichols was a 1922 graduate of Connellsville High School. For 34 years, she was an accountant with the FDIC, and also worked for five...
Rodney Harold Yerger
Jun 19, 2008
Rodney Harold Yerger, of Washington, died unexpectedly, Thursday, June 19, 2008, in his residence. He was born December 31, 1948, in Allentown, a son of Harold and Anna Mae Butterwick Yerger. Mr. Yerger was a machinist gunsmith and had worked at Federal Firearms for five years. He enjoyed fly-fishing and owned and operated a fly-tying business. Mr. Yerger was Catholic...
Merrill A. Baumgartner
Jun 19, 2008
Retired from W&J College. Merrill A. Baumgartner, 78, of Washington, died Thursday, June 19, 2008. She was born January 22, 1930, in Wheeling, W.Va., a daughter of Lucille Wilson. Mrs. Baumgartner graduated from Waynesburg High School. She was retired from Washington & Jefferson College, where she worked as a manager of the snack bar for 20 years. Mrs. Baumgartner was...
James Jay Ullom, Sr.
Jun 19, 2008
James Jay Ullom, Sr., 78, of Washington, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in his home, following an eight-year illness. He was born April 23, 1930, in Chartiers Township, a son of Harry Kibe, Sr. and Alice Grimes Ullom. On March 31, 1948, he entered the U.S. Navy, and served as a Ship's Serviceman Seaman, aboard the USS Krishna. He received...
Clara Greene
Jun 18, 2008
Clara Almedia Greene, 88, of Washington, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in her residence. She was born November 14, 1919, in Washington, a daughter of Roy and Evelyn Baumgardner Cummings. Mrs. Greene owned New York Café in downtown Washington. She enjoyed crafts and making baby dolls and was a former member of LOOM, where she had played dart ball. Mrs....
Charles Albert Gallaer
Jun 17, 2008
Charles Albert Gallaer, 85, of Upper St. Clair, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in Canonsburg General Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born July 30, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York, a son of Charles Walker and Clara Dooley Gallaer. He grew up in New York City, where he graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School. He then graduated first in...
Dolores Gloria Bell
Jun 15, 2008
Homemaker was Fountain of Life Church member. Dolores Gloria Bell, 80, of Washington, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, in Washington Hospital. She had been in declining health for nine months. She was born February 18, 1928, in Canonsburg, a daughter of David and Angelina Amaistadi Bazzoli. A homemaker, Mrs. Bell was an avid reader and enjoyed crossword puzzles. She was...
William ( Bill ) Henry Murray
Jun 14, 2008
William Henry Murray Performance Products foreman enjoyed country music William Henry (Bill) Murray, 49, of Washington, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Canonsburg General Hospital emergency room, after becoming ill at work. He was born April 18, 1959, in Washington, a son of Betty E. Knox Murray of Washington and the late Clyde R. Murray. Mr. Murray graduated from Chartiers-Houston...
George Earl Harris
Jun 14, 2008
George E. Harris, 87, of Washington, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Christopher’s Personal Care Home, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Washington, on January 9, 1921, a son of Esther Amon Harris. He attended Washington Schools and was a World War II Veteran having served in the United States Army. For many years, he worked at Brockway...
