Dwight Rayman Whipkey

Collection: Social Security Death Index; Birth Date: May 3, 1931; Death Date: Apr 10, 1995; Age: 63; First Known Location: PA; Last Known Residence: Butler, PA; Source: Social Security Administration

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OBIT: Dwight Rayman WHIPKEY, 1995, native of Somerset County, PA

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 WHIPKEY

   Dwight Rayman Whipkey, 63, of 132 Minteer Rd., Butler, Pa.,

 formerly of Rockwood, died early Monday morning, April 10, 1995, at

 the Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center of amyotrophic lateral

 sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.  He was born

 May 3, 1931, in Barronvale, Somerset County.  Son of Harry E. Whipkey

 and Melda G. (Rayman) Whipkey Weyand.  Graduate of Somerset High

 School.  He had been a self-employed insurance agent for 25 years

 before retiring in 1994.  He was a member of the Center Church of the

 Brethren in Champion and a member of the Blazing Star Coachman Club,

 Chapter 28.  He served three years in Company C, 110th Infantry

 Division, U.S. Army, where he attained the rank of sergeant.  He also

 served in the 28th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard.  Surviving

 are his wife Martha E. (Pritts) Whipkey, whom he married July 11,

 1954; three sons: Kenneth W. Whipkey of Prospect, Keith E. Whipkey of

 Prospect and Kevin T. Whipkey, at home; a daughter, Kelly L. Whipkey,

 at home; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd (Ethel) Shaffer of Somerset; a brother,

 Harry E. Whipkey of Harrisburg; and three grandchildren.  Preceded in

 death by a granddaughter.  Friends will be received at the Jay Bryan

 Funeral Home in Prospect from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.  Viewing also

 from 1 p.m. until time of service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Center

 Church of the Brethren, Champion, the Rev. Jay Shaffer officiating. 

 Burial will be in the Barron Cemetery, Rockwood.

 Daily American, April 11, 1995