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Gerald Cloy Lettie
Rescuing Dog Beneath Camper...
Teacher at Worthington Accidentally Electrocuted
A 45-year-old Worthington High School biology, chemistry and general science
teacher, Gerald C. Lettie, was electrocuted last night when he crawled beneath
an electrified camper parked at the rear of his Dayton home.
Armstrong County Coroner John R. "Jack" Kennedy said Lettie had apparently
crawled under the 19-foot camper-trailer to recover his dog which also had been
electrocuted.
The coroner said he believed the camper had become charged due to an improperly
grounded outdoor extension hookup to the house garage which made use of
athree-way plug adapter. The camper, Kennedy said, was rain-soaked as wereLettie
and the dog.
Lettie reportedly lived at home with his parents, Cloy Clinton and Kathleen I.
(Travis) Lettie. He was out walking his dog before the incident.
Kennedy said the victim was dead-on-arrival at Armstrong County Memorial
Hospital, Kittanning at 1:15 a.m. He approximated the time of death to have
been around 9 p.m.
Lettie had been discovered by his brother, Barry L. Lettie at 11:50 p.m. when
the family had become concerned as to his whereabouts.
Kennedy said state police and West Penn Power officials also participated in the
investigation of the incident throughout the night.
Lettie had been employed by the Armstrong School District as a teacher at
Worthington for 19 years. He had previously taught at Marion Center.
He had received his bachelor of science degree from Pennsylvania State
University in 1950 and had completed graduate work at the University of
Pittsburgh.
Obituary:
Gerald Cloy Lettie, 45, of Dayton, Pa. died at 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 1973,
near his home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Armstrong County Memorial
Hospital, Kittanning, Pa.
Mr. Lettie was employed by Armstrong School District for approximately 20 years
as a biology and chemistry teacher at Worthington-West Franklin High School,
Worthington, Pa.
A graduate of Penn State University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he
served in the Navy during World War II. A Dayton, Pa., resident for the past 36
years, he was a member of Dayton-Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, American
Legion (Dayton Memorial Post), Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge of Indiana, Pa.
and Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Born April 29, 1927 in Porter, Pa. (Jefferson County), he was a son of Cloy C.
and Kathleen I (Travis) Lettie.
In addition to his parents, surviving are a brother, Barry L. Lettie of RR 1,
Dayton; his grandmother, Mrs. Mary G. Lettie of Porter, Pa.
Friends of Gerald Cloy Lettie, who died April 17, 1973, will be received at the
Frank O. Bly Funeral Home, Dayton. Visitation hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Private service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, conducted by his
pastor the Rev. Francis E. Stetler.
Burial will be in Glade Run Cemetery, Dayton, Pa.
A public memorial service will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Dayton-Glade Run United
Presbyterian Church.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Glade Run Memorial Fund.
Arrangements by Frank O. Bly Funeral Home, Dayton, Pa..
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