Espyville, Pennsylvania - Robert Matthew Claypoole, age 73, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was born on January 19, 1951, in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Dorothy Madeline (Campbell) and Clarence Neale Claypoole. Bob grew up in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Kiski Area Senior High School in 1970. High School sweethearts, Bob married Kathy Ann Snyder on September 4, 1971. For twenty-seven years, he was a forklift operator and truck driver for Tel-O-Post of Linesville, Pennsylvania, before working for Excalibur Machine of Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania until he retired in 2011.Bob was an outdoorsman. It began at the family camp his father built in 1947, in the hills of the Alleghany mountain, starting his love of fishing and hunting. He was a longtime member of the Sportsman Club of Marienville, Pennsylvania, and enjoyed his rides on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.On July 11, 1985, the love of his life Kathy, and his young son, Robert, were tragica

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