OBIT: Vernon Dale "Buck" WHIPKEY, 2007, Boswell, Somerset County, PA

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WHIPKEY, Vernon Dale "Buck"

Vernon Dale, "Buck" Whipkey, 70, Boswell, went home to be with his Lord, Jan. 3, 
2007, at Regional Hospice at Windber with his wife Gloria and family present. 
Born Oct. 16, 1936, in Indian Head. Son of Vernon Elwood and Armitta Beatrice 
(Nedrow) Whipkey. Preceded in death by parents and sisters, Edith Jean Whipkey, 
Jo Ellison Flick and Fay Catherine Beener. Survived by wife, the former Gloria 
J. (Krupper) Thomas and these children Susan M., wife of Douglas Spangler, 
Stoystown; John D., married to the former Marcia Friedline, Boswell; and stepson 
Robert B. Thomas, Jenners. Grandchildren: Jesse and Brent Spangler, and 
Benjamin, Jacob, and Anna Whipkey. Great-grandchildren: Tyler and Levi Whipkey 
and Catherine Spangler. Also sisters Delores, wife of William Meyers, St. Paris, 
Ohio; Carol Lane and spouse Charles Stern, Somerset; and Jennie Friedline, 
Johnstown. Brothers: William N., married to the former Gabriel Wirtz, Eugene L. 
married to the former Dianna Miller, Somerset and Mark A., married to the former 
Anita Faulhaber, S.C. Buck was employed through Rolling Rock Farms and Club for 
42 years, between 1952 through April of 1994 in Ligonier. He worked 20 years at 
the farms and then 22 years as the Department Head of the Landscape Department 
at Rolling Rock Club. He was also a fine carpenter who built one of his own 
homes. At Bucks requests there will be no viewing or visitation, a memorial 
service will be held at a later date, burial at Beams Cemetery, Gray. Memorials 
may be directed to Mrs. Vernon D. Whipkey, P.O. Box 415 Jennerstown, PA 15547. 
Arrangements by Meek & Dalla Valle Funeral Home Inc., Windber.

Daily American, January 4, 2007