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Carol Lindberg
Jun 8, 2013
Carol Berry Lindberg 69 of Amity died Saturday June 8, 2013 in the Washington Hospital She was born in Washington on September 15, 1943 a daughter of John and Georgetta Berry. She was a 1961 graduate of Washington High School. She worked as a secretary most of her life until retiring from Clover Hill Foods in 2005. Carol was a...
Geraldine Hightower
May 28, 2013
Geraldine V. Hightower, 91 of Marianna, died Tuesday May 28, 2013 in Presbyterian Senior Care. She was born February 28, 1922, in Prudence WV the daughter of the late Goldie and Edward Higginbotham. Also deceased are her husband James Hightower, a son Robert, as well as her siblings, Rose, Mary, Edna, Aubrey, and Louis. Surviving are her children William "Sickle"...
Margaret Watkins
May 26, 2013
Margaret Rose Watkins, 88, of Washington, PA, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Washington Hospital. She was born January 8, 1925, in Grafton West Virginia, the daughter of the late Richard G. and Josephine Bailey Watkins. Ms. Watkins was a 1945 graduate of Washington High School. She was a beautician and caregiver all her life. Ms. Watkins was a member...
Nellie Devore
May 7, 2013
Devoted Church and Grange Member Nellie Hart Devore 91 of Amwell Twp died Tuesday May 7, 2013 in her home. She was born on June 7, 1921 in Amwell Twp on the family farm, a daughter of the late George and Bessie Fetherlin Hart. She was a 1938 graduate of Trinity High School. She was a homemaker and farmer at...
Anna Grace Yarusinsky
May 6, 2013
Anna Grace Yarusinsky 86 of Humber Lane Personal Care Home formerly of Lone Pine died Monday May 6, 2013. She was born in Washington on June 17, 1926 a daughter of Lucido and Stella Lucirn Aloia. She was a 1944 graduate of Washington High School. She worked as a homemaker as well as at various other jobs throughout her life....
Jim Sheehan
Apr 30, 2013
On Tuesday April 30, at the age of 58, Jim Sheehan fell into an eternal sleep with his wife Sabra's hands in his. Jim leaves behind his wife Sabra, and the children that were the joy of his life, Corey Sheehan, Katera Luzadder and her husband Chad, his granddaughter Ella James, and his son Cullen Sheehan. Jim is survived by...
Alyssa Long
Apr 6, 2013
Alyssa Nicole Long, 6 years old went to heaven to be with the Lord on April 6, 2013 at Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA following an accident. She was born on November 28, 2006 in Washington, the lovely daughter of Kenneth Dale Long and Christy Lynne Shipe Long. Alyssa was the light in any room she walked into. Her blue eyes...
John "Little John" Kovach
Mar 27, 2013
John E. "Little John" Kovach 59 of Marianna died Wednesday March 27, 2013 in the Washington Hospital. He was born on July 19, 1953 in Brownsville, a son of the late John and Virginia Krebs Kovach. He was a graduate of Bethlehem Center High School. John worked construction. He was a social member of American Legion Post 744 of Marianna....
Anna Kempa
Mar 22, 2013
Anna Barto Kempa, 97, of Pittsburgh, PA died Friday, March 22, 2013 in the Wexford House Nursing Center, Wexford, PA. She was born September 19, 1915, in Slovan, PA, daughter of the late Paul and Lukeria Sederoff Barto. She was a long-time member of the St. Nicholas Old Believers Russian Church in Marianna, PA. Surviving are three grand-children and four...
William E Reese
Mar 20, 2013
William E. Reese 82 of Washington died Wednesday March 20, 2013 in Cranberry Place, Cranberry. He was born in Cambria County, on June 10, 1930 a son of the late Stanley G. and Caroline Servis Reese. He was a 1956 graduate of Penn State University. He served in the United States Army in Korea with the 31st infantry 3rd battalion...
Lucille Redd
Mar 15, 2013
Lucille Redd, 61, of Washington, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Washington County Health Center. Born August 25, 1951 to John H. and the late Faye R. Redd, Lucille was a lifelong resident of Redd Run Road. She was raised on a dairy farm, the second of five children: Linda Joyce (Higgins) of Washington, Pa., John Douglas,...
James (Ernie) Gatten
Mar 9, 2013
SCENERY HILL NORMANDY VETERAN James E. (Ernie) Gatten 90, of Scenery Hill. Died Saturday March 9, 2013 at his home. He was born in Washington, PA on May 7, 1922, a son of Bert T. and Lucy Liming Gatten. He was a member of North Ten Mile Baptist Church and American Legion Post #897. In 1984 he retired from Brockway...
Marjorie B. Mccrory
Feb 28, 2013
Marjorie B. McCrory of Wichita Kansas formerly of Washington died February 28, 2013 in Wichita. She was born in Beallsville on April 28, 1918, a daughter of the late Aaron C. and Maude Bristor Bonnell. She lived in the Washington area most of her life, and then resided in the Tampa Bay area for 35 years and most recently in...
Clinton R.V. Guthrie Jr.
Feb 19, 2013
Clinton R.V. "Night Flyer" Gurthrie Jr.84 of Amherst, Ohio formerly of Lone Pine died Tuesday February 19 2013 in Oak Hills Nursing center, Ohio He was born July 9, 1928 in Washington, a son of the late Clinton Guthrie Sr. and Alice Stephens Guthrie Ballard. He attended Sowers school. Mr. Guthrie worked for BF Goodrich for over 35 years from...
Edward Larson
Feb 19, 2013
Edward W. Larson 72 of Washington died Tuesday February 19 2013 in the Donnell House, Washington. He was born on August 13, 1940 in McKees Rocks, a son of William and Dorothy Robertson Larson. He served in the United States Army and Air National Guard. Mr. Larson was self employed business owner of Larson's Wood heat, LLC. He was a...
Opal Williams
Feb 15, 2013
Opal M. Williams 77 of Marianna died Friday February 15, 2013 in the Donnell House Washington. She was born February 18, 1935 in Beallsville a daughter of Sheldon and Stella Swihart Matthews. She was a 1953 graduate of Ellsworth school. She enjoyed bowling, watching Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy, soap operas as well as watching Steelers games. On July 3,...
Mae Jean Guza
Feb 11, 2013
Mae Jean Guza 87 of Dunbar died Monday February 11, 2013 in UPMC-Presbyterian . She was born July 24, 1925 in Washington County a daughter of the late Donald and Zelma Sowers Elliott. She is survived by four children Michael Guza of North Carolina, Patti Logan of Snowmass, Colorado, John Guza of Gardener, Mass, Mark Guza of Bentleyville, two sisters...
Louis A Dykstra
Feb 8, 2013
Louis A. Dykstra 87 of Marianna died Friday February 8, 2013 at County Home Personal Care Home in Bentleyville. He was born December 1, 1925 in Peters Township a son of Louis Dykstra Sr. and Kathryn Caraffi Dykstra. Mr. Dykstra was a graduate of East Washington High School and Lock Haven State Teachers College in 1950. His first teaching job...
Otis Friend Jr.
Feb 7, 2013
Otis "Junior" Ira Friend Jr. 84 of Marianna died Thursday February 7, 2013 in the Washington County Health Center. He was born November 21, 1928 in Dutch Glory, Washington County, a son of the late Otis Ira and May Bowie Friend. He worked as a contractor for Merle Smith for several years as well as John Gayman before working for...
Maxine Mae Barker
Jan 30, 2013
Maxine Mae Briggs Barker 85 Of Eighty Four died Wednesday January 30, 2013 in Country Meadows of South Hills, Bridgeville. She was born September 26, 1927 in Lone Pine, a daughter of Ray and Mary Crile Briggs. She was a member of Memory Chapel on Vanceville Rd in Eighty Four. Maxine enjoyed refinishing furniture, gardening, canning, helping others, and spending...
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