OBIT: Shirley Ann (Burkett) BISHOP, 2006, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BISHOP, Shirley Ann 05/03/06 Daily American 
  
   Shirley Ann Bishop, 67, Somerset, died May 1, 2006, at Somerset
  Hospital, Somerset. Born May 20, 1938, in Somerset, the daughter of Franklin
  Sylvester and Leora Mae (Koontz) Burkett Sr. Preceded in death by parents; 
  brothers, Merle, Melvin and Edward Burkett; and sisters, Marie Shaffer and 
  Katherine Burkett. Survived by husband, John Charles Bishop, to whom she
  was married 49 years; daughters, Mrs. David (Debra Kay) Griffith,
  Gaithersburg, Md. Mrs. Terry (Pam) Knepper, Somerset; Mrs. Tony (Sandra) 
  Pingatore, Adamstown, Md.; grandsons, Chad, Corbin and Ethan Griffith, T.J.
  and Taylor Knepper, Nick, John and Sam Pingatore; granddaughter, Alex
  Knepper; brothers and sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Cline, Largo, Fla.; James
  Burkett and Kenneth I. Burkett, both of Somerset; Frank S. Burkett Jr. and
  wife, Barbara, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Ms. Leora Peters, Virginia Beach, 
  Va. She is a 1956 graduate of Somerset High School. Member of Somerset
  Alliance Church where she was a part of the Keenagers. She also was a part
  of the knitting club, and she had worked as co-owner/operator of Bishop's
  Mobile Homes retiring in 2004 with 40 years of service. Shirley was very 
  active and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. Friends received 2
  to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the church with a service immediately following. The
  Rev. James E. Vandervort officiating. Interment St. John's Cemetery.
  Contributions may be given to the Somerset Alliance Church, 703 Stoystown
  Road, Somerset, PA 15501, or Loving Hands, P. O. Box 4, Somerset, PA 15501.
  Arrangements by the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset.