John H. VanCleve

1917-2007

John Henry VanCleve, 89, of Berkeley Springs, died Sunday, September 2, 2007, at the Morgan County War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs.

Born December 9, 1917, in Fulton County, Pa., he was the son of the late John Hess and Carrie Francis Humbert VanCleve.

He graduated from West Lampeter High School, Lancaster, Pa., in 1939, then attended Atlantic Union College in Lancaster, and Columbia Union College.

He attended Berkeley Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church.

He was employed as a quality control inspector with Cincinnati Millicron in Worester, Mass. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII.

He is survived by Josephine Taylor VanCleve; three daughters, Joycelyn Perrone, Berkeley Springs, Juanita Mayes, Hagerstown, Md., and Jacqueline Foy, Detroit, Mich.; two sons, John VanCleve, Cortez, Colo., and Jerome VanCleve, Grand Junction, Colo.; three sisters, Florence Williams, Vero Beach, Fla., Esther Ford, Willow Street, Pa. and Alice Little, Loma Linda, Calif.; one brother, Raymond VanCleve, New Providence, Pa.; 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 6, at the Berkeley Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church, with Pastor Hal Butman officiating. Interment will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Berkeley Springs Seventh-day Adventist School, 3606 Valley Road, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411.