Glenna Grim gives year of death as 1938, as does Lillian Ayers Dodd.528,431

William was enumerated in the 1900 census of Center Dist., Calhoun Co., WV, #155 with his wife of 11 years.431

Death Certificate
Name: William Whipkey
Date/Place of death: March 4, 1928, Grantsville, Calhoun Co., WV
Residence: Grantsville, Center Dist., Calhoun Co., WV
male, white, married
Spouse: Margerette Whipkey
Date/Place of birth: Oct. 1, 1865, Marshall Co., WV
Age: 71y 5m 3d
Father: Martin Whipkey, b. PA
Mother: Diana Earlywine, b. WV
Informant: Margerette Whipkey
Cause of death: arteriosclerosis, hypertrophy of prostate
Date/Place of burial: March 6, 1938, Bethlehem Cemetery