This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clopp, Withrow Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2dB.2ACI/2687 Message Board Post: The Ligonier, PA "Echo" issue of 3 September 1969, p. 16, col. 1 John W. Clopp John Wilbert "Bert" Clopp of 120 N. St. Clair Street, Ligonier, died Sunday in Latrobe Area Hospital at the age of 84. A retired assistant cashier of Mellon National Bank's Ligonier Office, he had been treasurer of Ligonier Borough for 30 years and of Covenant United Presbyterian Church for 45 years, retiring from both positions last January. Rev. George H. Wright will conduct funeral services this afternoon (Wednesday) at 2 o'clock in Covenant Church; and interment, under the direction of Sibel-Wolford Funeral Home, will be in Ligonier Valley Cemetery. The son of John & Lucy Withrow Clopp was born February 15, 1885, in Ligonier Township and had lived in the Valley all his life. He graduated from Actual Business College, Pittsburgh, in 1904, taught at the college for a year, served as freight agent for Ligonier Valley Rail Road Co. from 1905 to 1917 when he entered the banking business. He served two terms on Ligonier Borough Council (1940-48), was a former register of vital statistics for the Ligonier District in addition to his duties as municipal treasurer. He had been a member of Latrobe Odd Fellows Lodge 541 for more than 60 years. In 1919 he was married to Irene Graham of Ligonier who died nine years ago. __________________________________________ Ligonier Valley Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co. PA Photographed and Transcribed 14 October 2002 by Michael S. Caldwell CLOPP JOHN WILBERT / 1885 - 1969 IRENE GRAHAM / 1882 - 1960 __________________________________________