William W. Aggers
William W. Aggers, 97, of Houston, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2021, in The Donnell House, Washington. He was born December 24, 1923, a son of the late Joseph W. and Mary Ann Williams Aggers of Snowden Township.
He was a loving and caring father and husband who enjoyed fishing and hunting. He made several hunting trips to Colorado and Idaho for elk and mule deer, to Quebec for caribou, to Ontario for bear and locally hunted for deer and turkey until the age of 94. He also enjoyed watching the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates. When his sons were young, he coached both little league and pony league baseball.
He served in the Army from 1943 to 1946 in the 764 Railway Shop Battalion as a locomotive machinist stationed in Northern France during the European African Middle Eastern Campaign of World War II.
After the Army he worked many years at the former Western State School and Hospital as the stationery engineer supervisor at the boiler plant. He also sold tools for the Anderson Tool Company of New Castle. He was a 50+ year member of the Masons, the Shriners, the local 191 Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, and a member of the Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church.
He will be greatly missed by his four children, Joseph (Gayle) Aggers, Diane (James) Anderson, Kenneth (Robin) Aggers and Keith (Doris) Aggers; his 12 grandchildren, Jennifer, Joseph, Matthew, Timothy, Benjamin, Rebecca, Kimberly, Michael, Danielle, Kenneth Jr., Leslie and Steven; his 11 great-grandchildren, Hannah, Hayden, Kaiya, Noah, Wyatt, Amber, Zachary, Braydon, Hailey, Alex and Rylie; his two great-great-grandchildren Aiden and Greyson, nieces Cheryl Robinson, Freda Christman and Debra Conrad; and nephew Howard Aggers; along with great-nieces, nephews and cousins; and stepchildren James Nuccetelli and Linda Benedetti.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Elizabeth Grimm Aggers, married January 31, 1948; a son, William David Aggers of Springfield, Ill.; his second wife, Theresa Nuccetelli Aggers, married May 26, 1990; four siblings, George Aggers, Agnes Finley, Jennie Thornhauer, Howard “Hud” Aggers.
Funeral arrangements by Beinhauers. Family and friends will be received at 2828 Washington Road, McMurray, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23. Additional visitation will be held from 10 until the 11 a.m. hour of service Wednesday, March 24, in the funeral home. Interment will follow with full military honors at Forest Lawn Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, donations in William’s name may be made to the Donnell House, Washington, the Houston Fire Department, Canonsburg 191 Ambulance Association, or the Disabled Veterans Association.
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