This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Graham, Clopp Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2dB.2ACI/2686 Message Board Post: The Ligonier, PA "Echo" issue of 8 April 1960, p. 8, col. 4 IRENE GRAHAM CLOPP Irene Graham Clopp, 77, wife of J. Wilbert Clopp, died at 1 p.m. Wednesday in McGinnis Hospital. A life-long resident of Ligonier, she was born Oct. 1, 1882, the daughter of the late I.M. and Maria McKlveen Graham. Her father was owner and publisher of the Ligonier Echo for many years. Mrs. Clopp was a past president and charter member of the Woman's Club of Ligonier, and the last surviving charter member of the Lady St. Clair Rebekah Lodge. Her lodge activities included the office of past noble grand, past district deputy and treasurer for 35 years. She was one of the founders of the Ligonier Valley Library and served several terms as a director. A member of the Presbyterian Church, she was active in various church organizations. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a nephew, Albert C. Graham; and three nieces, Mrs. Phay H. Graham, Mrs. H.E. Vance, Jr., and Mrs. J. Albert Bracken, all of Ligonier. Friends are being received at her late residence, 120 N. St. Clair St., where services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday by Rev. George H. Wright, her pastor. Burial will be in Ligonier Valley Cemetery. __________________________________________