OBIT: Rev. Clarence E. WHETSTONE, 1973, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  CLARENCE E. WHETSTONE
  
    Rev. Clarence E. Whetstone, 80, of Bedford, a minister for over 37
  years, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 1973, at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home in
  Bedford County, where he had been a patient since Nov. 1972.
    Born June 28, 1893, in Friends Cove, he was a son of the late Simon
  F. and Sarah (Koontz) Whetstone.  On Aug. 1, 1918, he married the
  former Helen Koontz, who survives.  Their marriage ceremony was
  performed in the Cove United Church of Christ, where he delivered the
  first sermon of his long years in the ministry. 
    Rev. Whetstone attended the Biddle School of Friends Cove and after
  engaging in farming for several years, studied for three years at
  Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster.  He was graduated in May
  1928 from Central Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
    During the more than 30 years in which he was active in the
  ministry, he served in Clear Spring, Md.; Grace Church, Newton, N.C.;
  First Church, Palmerton, Pa.; New Berlin Charge, Pa.; Gladeland
  Charge, in Manns Choice; and in 1958 retired from Wilhelm Charge on
  Meyersdale RD 1.
    Following his retirement, he was called upon to serve once more and
  spent four years as pastor of Everett Yellow Creek Charge, followed by
  three years at Dunning Creek Charge, from which he retired in 1967.
    On Aug. 19, 1967, he was honored with the title of Pastor Emeritus
  of the former Dunning Creek Charge.  He was currently a director of
  the Everett Cash Mutual Fire Insurance Company and an honorary
  director of Lake Erie Bible Conference.
    Surviving are his wife, Helen; two sons, Rev. Ross E. Whetstone,
  Nashville, Tenn.; and Clarence E. Jr., Bedford RD 4; five
  grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; also a brother, B. Frank
  Whetstone of Everett; and two sisters, Mrs. Laura Schauer,
  Coatesville, Pa.; and Mrs. Bertha Shaffer, Friends Cove, Pa.  Four
  brothers preceded him in death.
    Funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon in Friends Cove United
  Church of Christ.  Officiating clergy included Rev. Emmett Cleveland,
  of St. Luke's Reformed Church of Fishertown; Rev. John MacRae,
  Dunning Creek Church; Rev. Stephen Robertson, Friends Cove United
  Church of Christ; and Rev. Paul Westcoat, president of Penn West
  Conference of the United Church of Christ.
    Burial was in Friends Cove United Church of Christ Cemetery, under
  the direction of Roland S. Keller Funeral Home of Bedford.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, August 6, 1973
  
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