James John Wherry
JAMES JOHN WHERRY, 85, of Imperial (Findlay Township), died Tuesday morning, September 26, 2017 in Ohio Valley Hospital, McKees Rocks.
Born October 8, 1931, in Clinton, he was the son of the late Joseph and Sylvia (Kelly) Wherry. John was a U.S. Army veteran and a retired groomer and horse trainer for local sulky racehorse owners.
Surviving are his sister, Anna Mae Miller of Clinton and her late husband, Joseph, and numerous nieces and nephews who will miss him dearly.
In addition to his parents and brother-in-law, he was preceded in death by sisters, Grace Wherry, Ethel and the late James Gardner, Goldie and the late George Ross, and brothers, Walter Wherry, William Wherry, Howard “Shorty” and the late Barb Wherry, Joseph “Buck” and the late Eva Wherry, and David Wherry.
Friends will be received Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. in the MOODY FUNERAL HOME, Route 30, PO Box 157, Clinton, PA where services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Laura Strauss, of the Clinton Presbyterian Church officiating.
Interment will follow in Hopewell-Hebron Cemetery.