Donna Jean Griffin
Nov 23, 2022
Donna Jean Griffin, 78, of Washington, died November 23, 2022, in her home. She was born December 14, 1943, in Burgettstown, the daughter of the late Joseph and Alma Biengel Sarnicke. A graduate of Union High School, Burgettstown, Donna was a homemaker and did administrative work for the family business. She was a member of the South Hills Bible Chapel....
Connie J. Shrader
Nov 22, 2022
Connie J. Shrader, 72, of Amity, died on November 22, 2022, in Canonsburg Hospital. She was born on April 21, 1950, in Amity, a daughter of the late Jacob Bedillion and Dorothy Yeager. Connie attended Trinity School District, and was retired from Premier Washington Health Center, where she worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant. She enjoyed watching Westerns, and going...
Juanita R. Miller
Nov 21, 2022
Juanita R. Miller, 80, of Washington, died on November 21, 2022 in her home. She was born on March 14, 1942, in Warren, Ohio, a daughter of the late Clarence Franklin and Alice Roberta Parks Whyte. Juanita retired from the United States Postal Service, where she worked as a rural mail carrier and GG&C, where she worked as a children’s...
Charles Edwin Lemley
Nov 21, 2022
Charles Edwin Lemley, 83, of Washington, died November 21, 2022, in the Donnell House. He was born March 12, 1939, in Old Concord, the son of the late Charles and Martha McCormick Lemley. A 1957 graduate of Trinity High School, he was proud to work on the Trinity High School Reunion Committee. Charles worked for McGraw-Edison, now known as Cooper...
Phyllis Ann Cimino
Nov 19, 2022
Phyllis Ann Cimino, 80, of Washington, died November 19, 2022, in Strabane Trails Village, Washington. She was born April 8, 1942, in Washington, the daughter of the late Walter and Esther Cole Viehmann. A graduate of Washington High School, she attended Bethany College. Phyllis was a secretary for Trinity School District and a member of Fairhill Manor Christian Church. She...
George Edward Gilmore, Jr.
Nov 17, 2022
George Edward Gilmore, Jr., 91, of Washington, died November 17, 2022, in the Donnell House. He was born August 3, 1931, in Lone Pine, the son of the late George Edward and Romaine Sylvia Kelly Gilmore. George attended Trinity High School and worked as a bartender at Normaine Hotel for many years. His past times included drawing, coin collecting, and...
John Samuel Solomon
Nov 17, 2022
John “Chico” Samuel Solomon, 61, of Bentleyville, died November 17, 2022. He was born July 21, 1961, in New Brighton, the son of Patricia Ann Fazio, and the late Samuel John Solomon. A 1979 graduate of Washington High School, where he was a member of the rifle team and cross-country team. He continued his education earning a master’s degree in...
Dennis Andrew Koman
Nov 16, 2022
Dennis Andrew Koman, 79, of Washington, died Wednesday, November 16, 2022, in the Donnell House. He was born August 26, 1943, a son of the late Andrew and Julie Lazorchak Koman. Dennis graduated from Canon-McMillan High School, a member of the Class of 1962. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and earned his Associates Degree in Engineering, as well as...
Marie Naser
Nov 15, 2022
Marie Naser October 10, 1932 ~ November 15, 2022 Marie Naser, 90, of Washington, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, surrounded by family. She was born on October 10, 1932, in Washington, a daughter of the late Albert Hatfield and Grace Hatfield Thompson. Marie graduated from Washington High School and attended First Christian Church for more than sixty...
James W. Gratz
Nov 14, 2022
James W. Gratz, 87, of Clarksville, passed away November 14, 2022. He was born February 27, 1935, in Washington, a son of the late Clyde and Pearl Gratz. James worked at Jessop Steel for 37 years as an expediter, retiring in 1996. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his two grandsons. On March 31, 1959, he married...
Bobby Buford Riffee
Nov 14, 2022
Bobby “Bob” Buford Riffee, 81, of Washington, went to be with the Lord, Monday, November 14, 2022, in Washington Hospital. Bob was born May 12, 1941, in Pickens, West Virginia, the son of the late Buford Ryvers Riffee and Reta Mae Jackson Riffee. Bob graduated from Smithville Western High School, Ohio, in 1959. Bob enlisted in the United States Air...
Claire Suzanne Robertson
Nov 13, 2022
Claire Suzanne “Sue” Robertson, 77, of South Strabane Township, died Sunday, November 13, 2022, in her home after a nine-month battle with endometrial cancer. Sue was born August 3, 1945, in Chicago, Ill., the youngest of Arthur and Jean Lauterbach’s four children. On November 23, 1963, Sue married Thomas H. Robertson, who survives. They would have celebrated 59 years of...
Walter Reed Gilmore
Nov 13, 2022
Walter Reed Gilmore, 93, of Washington, died November 13, 2022, in The Washington Hospital. He was born May 3, 1929, in Lone Pine, eldest son of the late George Gilmore and Romaine Kelly Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore was a veteran of the Army, serving from March 21, 1951, until his honorable discharge on March 14, 1953, with the rank of Corporal....
Herbert "Junior" William Davis, Jr.
Nov 13, 2022
Herbert William “Junior” Davis, Jr., 88, of Washington, died on November 13, 2022, in Transitions Healthcare. He was born on February 8, 1934, in Uniontown, a son of the late Herbert W. Davis, Sr. and Nellie King Davis. A hard working man, Mr. Davis worked for much of his life as a coal miner, before finishing his working career as...
John M. Burnette, Jr.
Nov 11, 2022
John M. Burnette, Jr., 42, of Washington, passed away peacefully in his home on November 11, 2022. He was born on September 26, 1980, in Washington, a son of John M. (Donna) Burnette, of Prosperity and Rebecca Ann (Dave) Zelenka Cecchine, of Washington. A 1998 graduate of Trinity High School, he graduated Cum Laude in 2002, with a degree in...
Robert Wayne Wheeler
Nov 7, 2022
Robert Wayne “Bobby” Wheeler, Jr., 40, of Washington, passed away November 7, 2022. He was born March 30, 1982, in Washington, the son of Robert Wayne and Pearl R. Prosser Wheeler, of Blaine Township. Mr. Wheeler was a graduate of McGuffey High School and earned a welding certification from Penn Commercial. He worked as a roofer. Bobby was a member...
Charles Lindley Kleinhans
Nov 6, 2022
Charles Lindley Kleinhans, 84, of Prosperity, died November 6, 2022, in his home. He was born May 21, 1938, in Clairton, the son of the late Lindley and Laverne Henderson Kleinhans. A graduate of Clairton High School, Charles worked as a small engine mechanic for many years. His hobbies included trapping animals and coin collecting. Mr. Kleinhans served in the...
Joan Patience Naylor
Nov 5, 2022
Joan Patience Naylor, 71, of Washington died November 5, 2022, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born August 13, 1951, in Washington, the daughter of the late Glen E. and Dorothy Margaret MacKey Renz. A graduate of Trinity High School, Joan made her career helping others as a nurse’s aide. Joan is survived by her son, James Naylor; stepson,...
Alice Sue Patterson
Nov 1, 2022
Alice Sue Allen Patterson, 61, of Washington, died November 1, 2022, in Cambria Care Center, Ebensburg. She was born September 20, 1961, in Washington, the daughter of the late Robert and Betty Chase Allen. A graduate of McGuffey High School, she worked at Shop ‘n Save, 7-Eleven, and the Doghouse Diner. She was a talented pool player and enjoyed crocheting....
Betty M. Watson
Oct 31, 2022
Betty M. Watson, 88, of Claysville, died October 31, 2022, in Washington Hospital. She was born March 14, 1934, in Washington, the daughter of the late William and Leanna Ealy Jackson. A graduate of Claysville High School, she was a homemaker. Betty loved doing word search puzzles, mowing the lawn, and cooking. She especially loved spending time with friends and...
