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Virginia Ruth Goughenour

Virginia Ruth Goughenour

Dec 6, 2012

Virginia Ruth Goughenour 80 of Amity died Thursday December 6, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Donnell House. She was born on September 6, 1932 in Fairmont, WV a daughter of Milton and Linda Mae Tennett Morris. She attended Fairmont schools. She worked for Brockway glass and also at the manor of Washington. Was an avid Pittsburgh Pirates, and Steelers...

Ronald L Smith

Ronald L Smith

Dec 5, 2012

Ronald L. "Smitty" Smith 53 of Washington died Wednesday December 5, 2012 in his home. He was born on October 2, 1959 in Washington, a son of Donald L. Smith, and the late Freda Bell Thomas Smith. He was a 1977 graduate of Trinity High School and then went on to Rosedale Technical College in Pittsburgh to become an auto...

Charles W Townsend

Charles W Townsend

Dec 5, 2012

Charles W. Townsend 66 of Washington died December 5,2012 in his home. He was born in Georgetown Delaware a son of Wallace P. and June Glanding Townsend. He was a 1974 graduate of Georgetown High School. He worked as a horse trainer for Steve LaBlanc and Robert Keep. Mr. Townsend enjoyed horses, sports, and collecting coins. On October 7, 1989...

Cynthia Poland

Cynthia Poland

Dec 4, 2012

Cynthia R. Poland 58 of Washington died Wednesday December 4, 2012 in the Washington Hospital. She was born on December 4, 1954, a daughter of John and Donna McFarland Kumer. She attended Fort Cherry schools. Cynthia worked as a nurses aide at Hixenbaugh's Personal Care home in Claysville as well as a cook. She was baptized catholic. She enjoyed playing...

Milo Briggs

Milo Briggs

Nov 24, 2012

Milo "Mike" Briggs Sr., 80 of Washington died Saturday November 24, 2012 in his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Washington on January 5, 1932 a son of the late Ray and Mary Crile Briggs. He attended Trinity Schools. Mr. Briggs served in the United States Army during the Korean War. After the war he was stationed...

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Nov 16, 2012

Michael Patrick Byrne 52 of Marianna died Friday November 16 2012 at home in his wife's arms after fighting a short battle with cancer. He was born In Washington on September 17, 1960 a son of Robert Charles Byrne and Gloria Jean Irey Byrne. He grew up with his mother and brothers in Marianna. Michael was a 1978 graduate of...

Donald E. Loar

Donald E. Loar

Nov 15, 2012

Donald E. Loar 65 of Fredericktown died Thursday November 15, 2012 in VA hospital Pittsburgh. He was born in Washington on June 09, 1947 a son of the late Cleve and Wilda Shuman Loar. He was a 1965 graduate of Trinity High School. Mr. Loar then went on to join the United States Army where he served in Vietnam. He...

Joseph Yusko

Joseph Yusko

Nov 2, 2012

Enjoyed spending time with daughter Joseph P. "Joe" Yusko, 33, of Bentleyville, died unexpectedly Friday, November 2, 2012, in his home. He was born July 14, 1979, in Washington, a son of Patricia L. (Puskas) Yusko of Marianna and the late John Yusko. Mr. Yusko was a 1997 graduate of Bethlehem-Center High School. He was Catholic. Mr. Yusko worked for...

Kathleen Jessee

Kathleen Jessee

Nov 1, 2012

Kathleen S. Jessee 62 of Washington died Thursday November 1, 2012 in Humbert Lane Nursing Home. She was born on April 29, 1950 in Washington a daughter of Charles H. and Nancy L. Cope Jessee. She grew up in Marianna, moved to Florida and then returned to Marianna where she was a 1968 graduate of Bethlehem Center High School. She...

George Plutch

George Plutch

Oct 28, 2012

George W. Plutch 70 of Marianna died Sunday October 28 2012 in the Washington Hospital. He was born on April 15, 1942 in Marianna a son of the late Peter F. and Helen Bercosky Plutch. He served as township supervisor for West Bethlehem Township. Mr. Plutch was a member of Marianna Christian Church. He loved to hunt, watch football and...

Floyd Chase

Floyd Chase

Oct 20, 2012

Floyd W. Chase 75 of Washington died in his home on Saturday October 20 2012. He was bron on July 18, 1937 in South Franklin Township a son of the late Harry and Helen Crile Chase. He was a 1955 graduate of Claysville High School. Mr. Chase served in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps reserves. He was...

Harry L Mankey

Harry L Mankey

Oct 19, 2012

Harry L. Mankey 88 of Washington died Friday October 19, 2012 in Presbyterian Senior Care-Southmont. He was born a son of Roy O. and Cathrine Phillips Mankey on September 6, 1924 in Amwell Township. He worked for over 40 years at Tygart Valley which later became Brockway glass. He proudly served in the US Army during World WAR II in...

Richard Randall

Richard Randall

Oct 2, 2012

Richard J. "Rick" Randall 58 of Amwell Township - Washington, PA peacefully went to be with the Lord Tuesday, October 2, 2012. He died from a sudden stroke of 2 days in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. He was born July 25, 1954 in the Washington Hospital - Washington, PA a son of the late Arthur...

Delberta D. Stevens

Delberta D. Stevens

Oct 1, 2012

Delberta D. Stevens , 51 of Washington died Monday, October 1, 2012 in the Donnell House. She was born in Washington on April 27, 1961, a daughter of the late Delbert and Ethel Kaufer Marshall. She attended Washington High School and was a homemaker. Delberta is survived by her husband, Anthony W. Stevens, SR. of Washington, a son Anthony W....

Elbin Dale Ashmore

Elbin Dale Ashmore

Sep 27, 2012

Elbin Dale Ashmore 85 of Washington formerly of Taylorstown died Thursday September 27, 2012 at his home. He was born on September 5, 1927 in Buffalo Township a son of the late Andrew and Elma Jackson Ashmore. Mr. Ashmore worked for the B & O Railroad, Washington County Bridge Department, U.S. Postal Service, several contractors in the Pittsburgh area and...

Louise Mankey

Louise Mankey

Sep 22, 2012

Louise G. Mankey 94 of Amity died Sunday September 22, 2012 in Presbyterian Medical Center-Southmont. She was born on June 19, 1918 in Amity a daughter of T.C. and Katherine Faye Wiley Gaus. She attended Swarts School and Trinity High School. Louise worked at JC Penney for many years and Greenway shirt Company before retiring as assistant postmaster at the...

Mary Mccarty Frederick

Mary Mccarty Frederick

Sep 19, 2012

Mary McCarty Frederick , 91 of Marianna died Wednesday, September 19, 2012 in the Washington County Health Center. She was born in Deemston on October 10, 1920, a daughter of the late Vernon "Mac" and Anna Bigler McCarty. She attended Marianna Borough Elementary and graduate from West Beth High School in 1939. Mary was a seventy-eight year member of the...

Garnet Sabula

Garnet Sabula

Sep 19, 2012

Garnet D. Sabula 61 of Republic died Wednesday September 19 2012 in UPMC-Presbyterian. She was born in Waynesburg on May 1, 1951 a daughter of the late Elmer Jacob and Janet Gail Reese Kint. She was a 1969 graduate of Bethlehem center High School. She worked as a nurses aide on 3A at the Washington Hospital for many years. Garnet...

Ellen Martin

Ellen Martin

Sep 13, 2012

Red passed away peacefully in her sleep September 13, 2012 at the Washington hospital. She was born October 12, 1927 in Pleasant Grove, PA to the late Ethel Gregg Moriarty and Roy Moriarty. She graduated from Trinity High School in 1945 where she was an outstanding member of the girls basketball team. After high school, she attended the Canonsburg School...

Donald Fiester

Donald Fiester

Sep 11, 2012

Donald Edward Fiester, 88, formerly of Evansville, IN passed away Tuesday September 11, 2012 in Washington, PA. Don was born in Evansville on October 12, 1923. He attended Central High School and Mechanic Arts then served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He spent most of his career at Sears Roebuck & Co. He and his late wife, Edith loved...

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