Clayt Dovey Jr.
Clayton Cresswell Dovey Jr., 84, died Nov. 5, 2008. Born in Johnstown, PA. on July 28, 1924, son of the late Clayton Cresswell Dovey and Alice K. (Reynolds) Dovey.
Preceded in death by son, Clayton Cresswell Dovey III; twins, Christine and Christopher Dovey; brother, John M. Dovey; and sister, Eleanor Viegel.
Survived by loving wife of 62 years, the former Adele Podolka; daughter, Laurie Lee Dovey, married to James Crisp; granddaughter, Alexis Nicole Dovey; sister-in-law, Wanda Janet, ; and nephews and nieces.
Graduate of Westmont High School, Johnstown, PA.
 World War II veteran with the Army Air Corps, as a captain, serving as a bombardier/navigator. Flew 75 missions out of Italy in B-17s and A-20s. Received the Distinguished Flying Cross (left) and Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters. Member of the Sons of the American Revolution.
A magna cum laude graduate of Gettysburg College; Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa inductee. He returned to Johnstown where his business interests included Cambria Fuel Company, Mary Carter Stores and Sportrails International.
His banking career included president of Dale National Bank and chairman of CenWest Bank. Board of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and American Bankers Association.
Also served on the board of Memorial Medical Center (49 years), Crichton Center, Gettysburg College Board of Fellows, War Memorial and Junior Chamber of Commerce. Recipient of numerous community and national awards for business achievement and volunteer service, including the Conemaugh Health Systems Distinguished Service Award and selection as a member of the Chapel of Four Chaplains.
He was an outdoor newspaper columnist, and co-producer, with wife Adele, of “Clayt and Adele Dovey Outdoors,” which aired for more than 20 years on NBC affiliate WJAC-TV. He was a cornerstone member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association, and members of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association.
Member of the Westmont Presbyterian Church, Johnstown, PA.
 For the past 60 years, he was never without his pug dogs.
He was laid to rest on Nov. 8, 2008 at Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, PA. where military rites were held.
The family requests that Memorial donations
be made to Conemaugh Health Foundation, 1086 Franklin St., Johnstown, PA or the Professional Outdoor Media Association Endowment Trust, P.O. Box 1569, Johnstown, PA 15905.
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In the Beginning
The Great B-17 and the bombardier's seat in the nose.
Gettysburg College
Three Generations
CCD, LLD, AND
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Clayton C. Dovey, Jr.
Allied Health-School of Nursing Scholarship
Annual awards for college juniors or seniors enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. Students must demonstrate financial need, academic achievement, citizenship, and enter the allied health or nursing field. Applicants must be graduates of Conemaugh Health System's Allied Health or School of Nursing program. Due date, number of awards and award amount may vary. Web site: www.upj.pitt.edu |
Bombardier's Oath
Mindful of the secret trust about to be
placed in me by my Commander in Chief,
the President of the United States, by whose
direction I have been chosen for bombardier
training...and mindful of the fact that I am
to become guardian of one of my country's
most priceless military assets, the American
bombsight...I do here, in the presence of
Almighty God, swear by the Bombardier's
Code of Honor to keep inviolate the secrecy
of any and all confidential information
revealed to me, and further to uphold
the honor and integrity of the Army
Air Forces, if need be, with my life itself.
Taking the oath before seeing the Norden Bombsight
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