Richard Chamberlain
Oct 14, 2014
Richard L. "Rich" Chamberlain 66 of Marianna, died Tuesday October 14, 2014 in his home. He was born on February 16, 1948 in Wellsville, NY, a son of Alfred L. and Isma Mae Chamberlain. He worked as a logger in Potter County , and then as a truck driver for Atlas Services in Eighty Four for 17 years before his...
Nancy Lee Jessee
Sep 20, 2014
Nancy Lee Jessee 83 of Washington died Saturday September 20, 2014 in Presbyterian Senior Care-Southmont. She was born in Washington on April 24, 1931, a daughter of the late Robert and Wilma Bigler Cope. She attended Trinity High School. Nancy worked for Olan Mills Photography in both Florida and Pennsylvania for many years. Afterwards she worked for ARS group homes...
Anetta Perry
Sep 15, 2014
Anetta Jane Kesman Perry, 80 of Marianna died Monday September 15, 2014 in her home. She was born on Marianna on March 8, 1934 a daughter of John and Margaret Potisek Kesman. She was a 1952 graduate of West Bethlehem High School. On February 8, 1954 she married Mitchell Perry who died August 20, 2014. She is survived by four...
Garnet Nelson
Sep 11, 2014
Garnet Alene Nelson, 81, of Marianna died Thursday, September 11, 2014 in her home. She was born on January 30, 1933, a daughter of William and Lula Jenkins Bradshaw. She attended Decatur High School in Decatur, Ohio, graduating in 1951. She worked as a seamstress at Flushing Shirt Manufacturing in Jefferson, PA, before retiring in 2001.Mrs. Nelson was an active...
Clare "Jean" Miles
Sep 9, 2014
Clare "Jean" Miles 80 of Canton Twp, Washington died Tuesday September 9, 2014 in Kindred Hospital, Oakdale. She was born on March 9, 1934, a daughter of Roy and Alice Theakston McCoy. She attended Washington High School and later graduated from Trinity High School. She worked as a cashier for Giant Eagle until her retirement in 1999. Mrs. Miles was...
Richard Zaharoff
Sep 7, 2014
Richard P. Zaharoff Lifelong Golfer and gardener Richard P. Zaharoff 71 of Marianna died Sunday September 7, 2014 in Washington Healthsystems. He was born on April 29, 1943, a son of the late Gloria M. and Peter J. Zaharoff. He was a 1965 graduate of Bethlehem Center High School, graduate of George Washington University in Washington D.C. as well as...
Elizabeth Moore
Sep 4, 2014
Elizabeth Moore, 80 of Marianna died Thursday September 4, 2014 in her home. She was born in Marianna on September 19, 1933 a daughter of Alexander and Irene Collins McBurnie. She was a 1951 graduate of West Bethlehem High School. She was a homemaker who spent some of her early years working for Hazlett's Grocery Store, People's Bank in Marianna,...
Richard D. Cox
Aug 29, 2014
Richard Duane Cox 78 of Washington died Friday August 29, 2014 in Washington Health Systems following a brief illness. He was born in West Bethlehem township on May 21, 1936 a son of the late John N. and Bertha Mae Allen Cox. He attended Trinity schools. Mr. Cox worked at J& L steel and retired from Trinity Area School District...
William Cass
Aug 26, 2014
William Howard "Fuzzy" Cass 74 of Washington died Tuesday August 26 2014 in his home. He was born in Washington on August 28, 1939 a son of the late William Howard and Edith P. Fisher Cass. He attended Chartiers Schools. Fuzzy worked many years as a journeyman operator for Brockway Glass until its closing. He enjoyed throwing pigeons, loved old...
Opal M. Driehorst
Aug 22, 2014
Opal M. Driehorst 85 of Washington died Friday August 22, 2014 in Southmont. She was born in Washington on June 15, 1929 a daughter of Harrison and Mamie Adams Porter. She was a Baptist and worked as an Avon representative for40 years. On October 5, 1947 she married James K. Driehorst with whom she has shared over 66 years of...
Mitchell Perry
Aug 20, 2014
Mitchell Perry 80 of Marianna died Wednesday August 20, 2014 in the Donnell House, Washington. He was born in Mather on November 8, 1934, a son of the late Anthony and Julie Hollis Perry. He attended Mather schools. Mr. Perry worked as a steel worker at J&L and L.T.V. in Aliquippa until his retirement in 1984. He served in the...
Raymond "Bud" Gaus
Jul 27, 2014
Raymond K. "Bud" Gaus 90 of Amity passed away at his home Sunday July 27, 2014. He was born in Amity on December 13, 1923, a son of the late Troal C. and Kathryn Wiley Gaus. He attended Trinity High School and was awarded his high school diploma in 2002 at a graduation ceremony held for World War II veterans....
A. Max Knestrick
Jul 27, 2014
A Max Knestrick, 90, of Washington, PA formerly of Amity, PA, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014, in his home. He was born July 22, 1924 in Lone Pine, a son of Arthur Moninger Knestrick and Freeda Miller Knestrick. Mr. Knestrick attended Amity grade school and Trinity High School. He was awarded his high school diploma in 2002 at a...
Wilma Sonoga
Jul 16, 2014
Wilma Matyk Sonoga passed away in Auburn, AL Wednesday, July 16, 2014 after a brief illness. She was born August 1, 1919 in Rices Landing, PA the daughter of Barbara & Andrew Matyk. She married John Paul Sonoga in 1942 and lived in Marianna, PA for over 65 years. She is preceded in death by her husband John Paul Sonoga...
Betty J Grash
Jul 11, 2014
Betty J. Grash, 71, of Waynesburg, died unexpectedly Friday, July 11, 2014. She was born June 29, 1943, in Centerville, PA, a daughter of the late Charles and Gladys Bates Piatt. A 1961 graduate of Jefferson-Morgan High School, she worked for a number of years as a housemother at the old Waynesburg Youth Development Center (YDC) and then later as...
George Pochiba
Jul 9, 2014
George Pochiba, 90, of Scenery Hill disappeared from his home on June 10th and was found Wednesday, July 9,2014 on a neighboring property. He was born August 24, 1923 in Hendersonville, a son of Steve and Mary Halvonik Pochiba. He began his career as a farmer. Later he became the owner of a trucking company and retired as a self-employed...
J. Homer Acklin
Jun 28, 2014
J. Homer Acklin 83 of Washington died Saturday June 28 2014 in the Washington Hospital, Washington Healthsystems. He was born in Lone Pine on September 21 1930 a son of the late William Arthur and Harriett Lane Evans Acklin He was a 1949 graduate of Trinity High School. After graduation he worked for Asplundh Tree Company, then for Jessop Steel...
Marjorie Kisner
Jun 22, 2014
Marjorie L. Kisner 87 of Washington died Sunday June 22, 014 in Rolling Meadows, Waynesburg. She was born in Deemston on August 7, 1926 a daughter of Thomas and Lillian Crumrine Wilson. She attended Somerset schools. She enjoyed cooking, her family, watching westerns, and listening to gospel music. On January 18, 1952 she married Homer Kisner, who died in 1980....
Howard "Bud" Fisher
Jun 9, 2014
Howard F. "Bud" Fisher 82 of Washington died Monday June 9, 2014 in Washington Health Systems. He was born in Washington on August 22, 1931 a son of the late Howard C. and Olive Auld Fisher. He worked for Brockway Glass Plant 7 for many years until his retirement in 1984. He also was a farmer, raising cattle and enjoying...
Chester Wilson
Jun 5, 2014
Chester Paul Wilson 81 of Washington, died Thursday June 5, 2014 in the Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Twp. He was born in Washington on March 29, 1933 a son of the late Arthur and Mildred Porter Wilson. He was a 1950 graduate of Trinity High School and then went on to join the United States Navy in which he...
