OBIT: George BOCKEL, 1881, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Death of George Bockel.

  Mr. George Bockel, whose death occurred on Sunday last at 11:30 
o'clock at his residence on Fifth avenue, between Nineteenth and 
Twentieth streets, after a protracted illness from consumption, was an 
employe of the company in the machine shops.  Mr. Bockel was born 
November 16, 1840 in Wickenrode province, Hessen Cassel, of the German 
Empire, and was consequently in the 41st year of her [sic] age.  He was 
trained in the locksmith's trade in Hamburg.  Finishing his trade he 
went to Australia, where he remained seven years.  He then returned to 
his native land, but soon tired of living there, concluded to emigrate 
to this country and took up his residence in this city, where he has 
remained ever since, a skilled and faithful artisan in the service of 
the company.  He was a member of Rising Sun Circle, No. 59, Brotherhood 
of the Union, which organization will attend the funeral in a body.  An 
invitation has also been extended to Bethany Circle to join their 
brethren in attendance of the funeral.  
  The deceased was a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 
where appropriate services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, May 24, 1881