Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....H. P. (Percy) WHITTAKER, July 19, 1968
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The Cumberland News - July 22, 1968

TERRA ALTA—H. P. (Percy)Whittaker, 72, of State .Avenue,died Friday in 
University Hospital, Morgantown, following a brief illness. Born in Tunnelton, 
he was a son of the late John W. and Mary J. (Hebb) Whittaker. Mr. Whittaker 
was the owner of an insurance agency which was affiliated with mutual life
insurance companies and the Kemper Insurance Group.  He attended Terra Alta 
High School and was a graduate of Mountain State Business College, 
Parkersburg.  Mr. Whittaker was a member of Terra Alt Methodist Church, and a 
member of its official board; the Terra Alta Rotary Club, of which he was a 
director and past president; Terra Alta Post 154, American Legion; Terra Alta 
Lodge 1395, LOOM Moose, in which he was a life member and held a fellowship;
Terra Alta Volunteer Fire Company,of which he was a charter,member and past 
assistant chief, and the Terra Alta Development Credit Corporation of which he 
was a director.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs Nelle (Shaffer) Whittaker; two sons, Harrison P. 
Whittaker Jr. Canton, Ohio, and Richard S Whittaker, Franklin; two daughters, 
Mrs. Paul Vickers, St. Albans, and Mrs. Ison White, Terra Alta; two brothers, 
Paul H Whittaker, Kingwood, and John W. Whittaker, Fullerton, Calif, two 
sisters, Mrs. Marie -Storer Terra Alta, and Mrs. Betty Parsons, Ames, Iowa; 11 
grandchildren and a great-grandchild. 
The body is at the Fike-Watson Funeral Home. Services will be conducted today 
at 2 p.m.. at Terra Alta Methodist Church by Rev.William Trowbridge and 
interment will be in Terra Alta Cemetery.  The body will be taken to the 
church at noon. The family asks that memorials take the form of contributions 
to the Preston County Tuberculosis and Health Association.


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