OBIT: Richard W. BERKEY, 1983, Somerset RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BERKEY
  
    Richard W. Berkey, 65, Somerset RD 2, died Aug. 9, 1983, in the Eye and
  Ear Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born Jan. 15, 1918, in Johnstown, a son of Edna
  (Shaffer) Berkey of Jennerstown and the late Atley Berkey.  Survived by his
  wife, Dorothy (Sicheri) Berkey, and two sons:  Lt. Col. Richard D. married
  to the former Sharon Gorham, Springfield, Va.; and Robert W., married to
  the former Janet Smith, Gettysburg; also 5 grandchildren.  He was a member
  of Hopewell United Methodist Church, Somerset VFW, Post 554, Samuel Crouse
  Post 181, American Legion, Pennsylvania Association of Retired State
  Employees, Republican Century Club, Mountain Field and Stream Club and
  Jennerstown Volunteer Fire Department.  He was a veteran of World War II
  and a retired employee of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  Friends will be
  received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday (today) in Robert H. Halverson
  Funeral Home, where services will be conducted Friday 10:30 a.m. with the
  Rev. Walter Willey officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.
  Jennerstown Volunteer Fire Department will conduct memorial services 7:30
  p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
  
  Daily American, August 11, 1983
  
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