OBIT: Dwight Rayman WHIPKEY, 1995, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  WHIPKEY
  
    Dwight Rayman Whipkey, 63, of 132 Minteer Rd., Butler, Pa.,
  formerly of Rockwood, died early Monday morning, April 10, 1995, at
  the Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center of amyotrophic lateral
  sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.  He was born
  May 3, 1931, in Barronvale, Somerset County.  Son of Harry E. Whipkey
  and Melda G. (Rayman) Whipkey Weyand.  Graduate of Somerset High
  School.  He had been a self-employed insurance agent for 25 years
  before retiring in 1994.  He was a member of the Center Church of the
  Brethren in Champion and a member of the Blazing Star Coachman Club,
  Chapter 28.  He served three years in Company C, 110th Infantry
  Division, U.S. Army, where he attained the rank of sergeant.  He also
  served in the 28th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard.  Surviving
  are his wife Martha E. (Pritts) Whipkey, whom he married July 11,
  1954; three sons: Kenneth W. Whipkey of Prospect, Keith E. Whipkey of
  Prospect and Kevin T. Whipkey, at home; a daughter, Kelly L. Whipkey,
  at home; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd (Ethel) Shaffer of Somerset; a brother,
  Harry E. Whipkey of Harrisburg; and three grandchildren.  Preceded in
  death by a granddaughter.  Friends will be received at the Jay Bryan
  Funeral Home in Prospect from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.  Viewing also
  from 1 p.m. until time of service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Center
  Church of the Brethren, Champion, the Rev. Jay Shaffer officiating. 
  Burial will be in the Barron Cemetery, Rockwood.
  
  Daily American, April 11, 1995
  
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