Rudolph Victor Stolfer
Jul 22, 2002
Former Washington High School teacher Rudolph Victor Stolfer, 83, of Washington, died Monday, July 22, 2002, in Carrington Park, Ashtabula, Ohio, following a 22-month illness. He was born January 24, 1919, in Washington, a son of Rudolph C. and Anna Lackvitch Stolfer. Mr. Stolfer was a member of First Lutheran Church in Washington. He was a 1939 graduate of Washington...
Aaron Leroy Rugg
Jul 19, 2002
Retired inspector for Jessop Steel Aaron LeRoy Rugg, 67, of Washington, died at 4:35 p.m. Friday, July 19, 2002, in his home following a lengthy illness. He was born March 29, 1935, in Confluence, a son of Aaron J. and Hannah Mae Johnson Rugg. Mr. Rugg was Protestant. He was employed as an inspector by Jessop Steel, retiring in 1979...
Leslie Ann Rowe
Jul 10, 2002
Washington homemaker born in W.Va. Leslie Ann Rowe, 42, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 10, 2002, in her home. She was born November 7, 1959, in Fairmont, W.Va., a daughter of Jack Rowe of Asheville, N.C., and the late Willie Kay Roop Rowe. Miss Rowe graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey, and received a bachelor's degree in history...
Dorothy Mae Polan
Jul 10, 2002
Manager for United Dairy Farm Dorothy Mae Polan, 61, of Washington, died at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2002, in her home, following a nine-year illness. She was born July 12, 1940, in Washington, a daughter of the Rev. Helen Beach Harrington of Washington and the late Rev. Harry Thomas Harrington. Mrs. Polan attended Trinity schools and was a former...
Barbara L. Rinehart
Jul 8, 2002
Chairman of Washington Hospital Auxiliary Barbara L. Rinehart, 64, of Washington, died Monday, July 8, 2002, in Donnell House, Washington. She was born May 16, 1938, in Marianna, a daughter of the late Alexander and Dorothy Eugenia Cain McBurnie. Mrs. Rinehart was a homemaker and a graduate of West Bethlehem High School. She volunteered with Washington Hospital Auxiliary, which she...
John A. Woloszyn
Jul 7, 2002
Member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church John Alexander Woloszyn, 88, of Washington, died Sunday, July 7, 2002, in Canonsburg General Hospital, following a one-month illness. He was born February 8, 1914, in Washington, a son of Anthony and Nellie Tabor Woloszyn. Mr. Woloszyn was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church and Pulaski Club. He was employed by...
Roy Joseph Mantia
Jul 5, 2002
Served in the Coast Guard during World War II Roy Joseph Mantia, 87, of Washington, formerly of Wolfdale, died at 11:45 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2002, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness. He was born December 10, 1914, in Washington, a son of Sam and Mary Battaglia Mantia. Mr. Mantia was Catholic. He was employed as an administrative officer...
Lawrence E. Kerns
Jul 4, 2002
Truck driver for Blacktop Paving Lawrence E. Kerns, 58, of Claysville, died Thursday, July 4, 2002, in Washington Hospital, following a three-month illness. He was born August 14, 1943, in Washington County, a son of the late Thomas and Ada Kennedy Kerns. Mr. Kerns was Baptist. He worked for more than 20 years as a truck driver for Blacktop Paving....
Evelyn Ruscello Rogers
Jul 2, 2002
Washington Hospital housekeeper Evelyn Ruscello Rogers, 71, of Washington, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2002, in Donnell House, Washington, after a one-month illness. She was born October 21, 1930, in Canonsburg, a daughter of Joseph and Concetta DeNardo Ruscello. Mrs. Rogers was a housekeeper at Washington Hospital and had worked at Hazel Atlas Plant 1 and Brockway Glass...
Albert B. Donley
Jul 2, 2002
35-year employee of Washington Hospital Albert Barnard "Buster" Donley Sr., 66, of Washington, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at his home after a brief illness. He was born October 7, 1935, in Washington, a son of Brady and Ruth Moore Donley. Mr. Donley worker for 35 years as a maintenance engineer for Washington Hospital. He attended Washington...
Patricia L. Willison
Jul 2, 2002
Member of Third United Presbyterian Church Patricia L. Willison, 66, of Washington, died at 7:03 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2002, in Washington Hospital. She had been ill since February 2001. She was born October 29, 1935, in Washington, a daughter of Ruth T. Dornberger Harris of Washington and the late Harold G. Harris. Mrs. Willison was a member of Third...
Frank M. Grimm
Jun 27, 2002
West Washington United Methodist Church member Frank Grimm, 86, of Washington, died Thursday, June 27, 2002, in Washington Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born February 12, 1916, a son of Joseph and Etta Carol Grimm. Mr. Grimm was a member of West Washington United Methodist Church. Surviving are a brother, David Grimm of Myrtle Beach S.C.; and a...
Lucy E. Montgomery
Jun 26, 2002
Attended Washington schools Lucy E. Montgomery, 64, of Washington, died Wednesday, June 26, 2002, in Washington County Health Center, Washington, following a three-year illness. She was born August 20, 1937, in Washington, a daughter of the late William Dewey and Hannah Rebecca Schrader Montgomery. She attended Washington schools and was Methodist. She had previously worked for DD Ranch, Herds Drug...
William " Punching Postman " Beck
Jun 25, 2002
"Punching Postman" William R. Beck, 55, of Amwell Township, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born June 19, 1947, in Brooklyn, N.Y., a son of the late William R. Beck Sr. and Gladys M. Bryant Beck. Mr. Beck was a postal employee who worked at Carnegie Post Office for the past 14...
Roger E. Sprowls
Jun 22, 2002
Member of Church of the Covenant, Washington Roger E. Sprowls, 64, of Washington, died at 9:10 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2002, in the Washington Hospital emergency room. He was born February 14, 1938, in Washington, a son of the late Homer and Margaret Carroll Sprowls. Mr. Sprowls was a member of Church of the Covenant, Washington, where he was a...
Nell G. Herron
Jun 22, 2002
Former worker at Krause's Antiques in Washington Nell G. Herron, 84, of Washington, died Saturday, June 22, 2002, in Donnell House, Washington, following a brief illness. She was born April 11, 1918, in Church Fork, W.Va., a daughter of Harry Benton and Ada Gail Fender Butcher. Mrs. Herron had worked at S.A. Mayer Co. and Krause's Antiques, both in Washington....
Leo Ankrom, Jr.
Jun 18, 2002
I. Richman Co. retiree Leo Ankrom Jr., 63, of Latrobe, died at 10:28 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2002, in Washington Hospital. He had been ill since 1984. He was born November 4, 1938, in Hays (Pittsburgh), a son of the late Leo Sr. and Violet Edna Link Ankrom. Mr. Ankrom was a graduate of Avella High School and served in...
Olympia M. Pisarcik
Jun 15, 2002
Waitress at Union Grill for 50 years Olympia M. (Libby) Pisarcik, 84, of Washington, died Saturday, June 15, 2002, in Washington Hospital. She was born November 12, 1917, in Gallatin, a daughter of Anna Faini and Peter Ciotti. She was a waitress at the Union Grill restaurant in Washington for 50 years and a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Washington,...
Rodney A. Cowden
Jun 15, 2002
Vietnam veteran was diesel mechanic Rodney A. Cowden, 51, of Crafton, died Saturday, June 15, 2002, in Aspinwall Veterans Hospital, following a two-year illness. He was born July 11, 1950, a son of Robert R. and Lois Lee Cowden of Avella. Mr. Cowden was a 1969 graduate of Avella Area High School. He served in U.S. Army during Vietnam and...
Donald L. Nelson
Jun 12, 2002
Retired ironworker from Avella Donald L. Nelson, 65, of Avella, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2002, in the Washington Hospital emergency room. He was born June 29, 1936, in Bristoria (Greene County), a son of James L. and Dora M. Hughes Nelson. Mr. Nelson was an ironworker for 35 years before retiring in 1993, having last worked for...
