Worthington High School

Worthington-West Franklin
High School

Worthington, PA

1933 - 1984

 
James Gordon Claypoole

James Gordon Claypoole, 62, of RD 3, Kittanning, Pa., died Wednesday, September
17, 1986, at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, East Franklin Township,
Kittanning, Pa.

Born August 15, 1924, in West-Franklin Township (Armstrong County), Worthington,
he was the son of Jerry and Marybelle (Weaver) Claypoole.

He was a 1942 graduate of Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington,
Pa.

Mr. Claypoole has been the local Agway (formerly Eastern State) representative
for 33 years.

He was a member of Franklin Union Baptist Church of RD., Worthington.

He was a member of Ford City Eagles, Ford City, Pa.

Survivors include his wife, Lucille (Henry) Claypoole, to whom he was married to
for 37 years; one son, James Barry Claypoole of Worthington; two daughters, Mrs.
Robert (Karen Anne) Bothell of Cowansville, Pa., and Mrs. Harry (Sally Jean)
Breski of Kittanning; two brothers, Henry W. Claypoole of Worthington, and
Harold Malcolm Claypoole of Tunkhannock, Pa.; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Randal H. Claypoole who
died April 6, 1952.

Friends of James Gordon Claypoole, 62, of RD 3, Kittanning, Pa., who died
Wednesday, September 17, 1986, will be received at the F. Duane Snyder Funeral
Home, Worthington, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, September 18, and 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. Friday, September 19. Services will be held Saturday, September 20, 1986,
at 11 a.m. at Franklin Union Baptist Church, RD., Worthington. Officiating will
be the Rev. William Scarle.

Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Memorial Estates, Worthington, Pa.

Contributions may be made to Franklin Union Baptist Church, RD., Worthington;
The Heart and Lung Association or the Worthington Civic Center.

Arrangements by F. Duane Snyder Funeral Home, Worthington, Pa.