OBIT: Clark Ernest PYLE, 1943, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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CLARK ERNEST PYLE

  One of Rockwood's best-known and beloved citizens, Clark Ernest Pyle, passed 
away at 5:40 a.m., Thursday, Mar. 25.  For many years he was prominent in 
Somerset County and Pittsburgh music circles, having received recognition for 
his talent as a pianist and for his contributions as a composer.  While it was 
generally known that Mr. Pyle had been suffering ill health the past year or 
more, his death came as a severe shock to a host of friends.
  Clark Ernest Pyle was a son of Cyrus M. Pyle and the late Catherine Snyder 
Pyle and was in his 48th year.  His mother passed away eleven years ago.  In 
early life Clark Ernest, as he was familiarly known to his many friends, taught 
school in Middlecreek Township and pursued the study of music.  Following World 
War I, of which he was a veteran he again took up his studies and graduated from 
the Mt. Pleasant Institute of Music.  Later he enrolled at the Carnegie 
Institute of Technology and specialized in the pipe organ.
  For many years Mr. Pyle conducted a studio in his Main Street home where he 
instructed students in piano, organ and voice.  He has been organist at the 
Rockwood Lutheran Church for a number of years until ill health forced him to 
retire.  His natural talent for music was recognized by all who knew him.
  He is survived only by his father mentioned above.  A sister, Mrs. Carrie 
Whipkey, preceded him to the grave.
  Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock in St. Luke's 
Lutheran Church where the body lay in state from 1:00 to 3 o'clock.  The 
services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. H. G. Hohman.  Interment was made in 
the New Centerville Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, April 1, 1943