OBIT: Clyde L. SHIPLEY, 2008, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHIPLEY, Clyde L. 08/19/08 Daily American
  
   Clyde L. Shipley, 82, Somerset, died Aug. 16, 2008, in Raleigh General Hospital,
  Beckley,W.Va. Born Jan. 26, 1926,in Mill Run, the son of the late Charles C. and
  Katherine (Hawk) Shipley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six
  brothers, Kenneth, Walter, Delbert, Carl, Howard and Elmer Shipley; and one sister, Emma
  Jean Fullem. He is survived by his wife, Loretta Shawley Shipley, his children Terry
  Shipley and wife, Lois, Mill Run; Tamara Shroyer and husband, Roger, Mill Run;Tryinia
  Pierno and husband, Mark, Mill Run; Joanie Pritts and husband, Matt, Crofton, Md.; his
  stepchildren, Warren Tressler and Selena, Mill Run; Wayne Tressler and wife, Jeannie,
  Champion; Dane Tressler and wife, Karen, Normalville; Dale Tressler, Mill Run; Richard
  Clevenger, Philadelphia; Brenda Keslar and Bill Keslar, Jacksonville, Fla.; Vicki Barkley
  and husband, Jim, Rockwood; Maxine Fulton and husband, Matthew, Connellsville; Eileen May,
  Mill Run; Barbara Dugan, Somerset; 22 grandchildren; Heather Hayman, Janine Keslar,
  Heath and Nathan Barkley, Kyle and Austin Fulton, Terry Shipley, Brandi Black, Tara
  Shipley, Dylan and Zachary Tressler, Kayla Sherbondy, Kana Fabian, Kara Shroyer, Cody,
  Andrea and Ryan Pierno, Nikki Davis, Amy Shaffer, Toni Porterfield, Tammy Marshall and
  Tiffany Clark; and 20 great-grandchildren. He was a retired welder for the B&O and later
  C&O Railroad. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during World War II. He was a
  member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and the Indian Creek Baptist Church.
  Clyde was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was a wonderful husband,
  father and grandfather, and he loved attending Bluegrass festivals, family gatherings,
  traveling and listening to Pastor Sam on the radio. Friends will be received from 7 to 9
  p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Clyde Brooks Funeral
  Home Inc., Route 711, Melcroft, where service will be held 11 a.m.Thursday. Sam
  Coughenour, pastor, officiating. Interment, with full military rites, will follow in the
  Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery, Mill Run. To sign the guest registry, please visit
  www.brooksfuneralhomes.com.