OBIT: Chester Dale WHIPKEY, 2005, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  Whipkey, Chester Dale  09/15/05  Daily American
  
  Chester Dale Whipkey, 77, Ligonier, formerly of Jenner Township, died Sept. 13,
  2005, at Latrobe Area Hospital. Born Oct. 19, 1927, in Jenner Township, son of
  Henry N. and Lillian E. Whipkey. Preceded in death by parents; an infant
  daughter; and brothers, Samuel, Vernon, Merle and Eugene. Survived by wife of
  55 years, the former Joylene Ream; children, Jimmy D., married to Robin
  Campbell, Richmond, Va.; Keith A.; Wanda W. Hill; and Lori B., married to Keith
  Keslar, all of Ligonier; and grandchildren, Jason and Cristie Whipkey; Jenny and
  Christopher Hill; Brandon Strayer and Anthony Keslar. Brother of Howard, married
  to Catherine Nedrow, Jenner Township, and Thelma Bell-Welsh, and husband William
  Welsh, Ky. Also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. Member of
  Laurel Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jennerstown, and the Jenner
  Sportsmen Club. Retired game department manager for the Rolling Rock Club,
  Ligonier for over 40 years. Enjoyed woodworking since his retirement and was an
  avid lifelong hunter. Viewing from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the
  Hoffman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Main Street, Boswell, where a
  service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Jacquelyn S. Ahern
  officiating. Interment, Lutheran Cemetery, Jennerstown. Memorials may be given
  to the National Parkinson's Foundation, Pittsburgh, Chapter, 6507 Wilkens Ave.,
  Pittsburgh, PA 15217.