All Obituaries

Stephen Gross, Jr., age 90, of Eighty-Four, PA, formerly of Clairton, PA, passed away on May 21, 2019 in Bridgeville Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by his family.  He retired from Westinghouse and AEG/Bombardier where he was a dedicated employee for over 40 years. Truly, his greatest treasure in life was his family and his greatest pleasure was to make people happy and share a smile. He was a member of St. Benedict the Abbot Parish in McMurray, PA and a former long-time...

Thomas Marchwinski, 77, of Washington passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday May 14, 2019 in Washington Hospital. He was born August 8, 1941 in Beaver Falls, the son of the late Joseph and Anna Marchwinski. Mr. Marchwinski was a graduate of Beaver Falls High School Class of 1959. Jessop Steel employed him as a Serviceman for forty years. He was a member of St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church in Washington where he married Rose Reda on June 2, 1962. Mr. Marchwinski was an Usher at St. Hilary...

Barbara L. Porter, 83, of Canonsburg passed away at peace with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday May 7, 2018 surrounded by her loving family in Paramount Senior Living in Peters Township. She was born December 14, 1935 in Cape May, NJ the daughter of the late Eugene and Louvinia McDonel Dorn. Mrs. Porter was a homemaker who enjoyed reading and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of the Central Assembly of God Church in Houston. On June 12, 1954 in Norfolk, VA she married...

Margaret Ann Dino, 62, of Canonsburg passed away unexpectedly on Monday April 29, 2019 in her home. She was born October 7, 1956 in Houston the daughter of the late AD and Lillian Hete Pilkington. Mrs. Dino was a graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School Class of 1974.  She attended Penn Commercial and received her degree in business administration and then became employed by Penn Commercial for eight years as an administrative assistant and Office Manager for until her...

Thomas Robert Waggett, 64, of Daisytown, formerly of Washington, passed away peacefully and went to be with the Lord on Thursday April 25, 2019. He was born in Greene County December 4, 1954 to the late Ronald and Dorothy Rumble Waggett. He was a 1973 graduate of Washington High School.  Mr. Waggett retired from Pompeii Paving and had previously worked at Washington Cemetery.  An excellent artist, he did many paintings and murals throughout the Washington Area and enjoyed working...

Dorothy L. Verno Giaquinto, 89, a lifelong resident of Canonsburg passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 10, 2019 in North Strabane Retirement Village. She was born April 23, 1929 in Washington the daughter of the late Joseph and Irene Milligan Verno. Mrs. Giaquinto was a graduate of Canonsburg High School Class of 1947. During her working career, she was employed by RCA, Forbes Steel and later by Canon McMillan School District as a Library Aid at South Central School and Canon...

Dolores J. Centore, 82, of Canonsburg passed away Wednesday April 10, 2019 in Washington Hospital surrounded by family. She was born January 30, 1937 in Cleveland, OH the daughter of Joseph and Anna C. (Weimer) Schildkamp. A graduate of St. Xavier Academy, she also belonged to Sodality at St. Bartholomew. Mrs. Centore was employed for twenty-one years at Mayview State Hospital.  She was an active volunteer at St. Patrick Church in Canonsburg in choir, as Eucharistic Minister, lector...

Arthur Francis "Native Son" Torrance, 69, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Canonsburg, PA.  Born on July 6th, 1949 in Lake Placid, he was the son of Loren and Dorice (Wescott) Torrance. Arti was educated in local schools (of which he was too cool for) and lived in and out of Lake Placid his entire life.  Arti was a lover of Jeopardy (which he used to love to watch with his mom), vanilla ice cream cones, The Miracle on Ice, The Rolling Stones and his...

Theodore, J. Mathis, Sr., 78, of Washington passed away Sunday March 31, 2019 at 5:20 a.m. in Transitions in Washington. He was born May 13, 1940 in Manifold the son of the late Adam and Beatrice Carson Mathis.  He was a graduate of Washington High School.  He served in the United States Navy on the USS Independence and was honorably discharged as a Petty Officer Third Class in 1959.   Mr. Mathis retired from Consolidated Coal having worked for more than thirty years,...

PLEASE Daniel Edward Mikuta   Daniel Edward Mikuta, 65, passed away unexpectedly on Friday March 22, 2019 in his home in Pittsburgh. He was born April 7, 1953 in Washington the son of the late Stanley R. and Marjorie Lawrence Mikuta. Dan graduated from Canon-McMillan High School in 1971, He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in biology at Clarion University, and then graduated from Washington Hospital School of Nursing.  He later continued his education at Washington...