OBIT: Richard Harry "Dick" BOCK, 2002, Hooversville, Somerset County, PA 
 
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  BOCK
  
  Richard Harry "Dick" Bock, 81, of Hooversville died June 14, 2002 at
  Memorial Medical Center.  Born Feb. 26, 1921 in Lehighton, son of the
  late Harry Franklin and Mayme (Christman) Bock.  Survived by his wife
  the former Evalyn June Shoup whom he married on May 2, 1947, and
  these children:  June Kathryn married to David E. Irwin of Champaign,
  Ill.; Lawrence Richard married to the former Dianna Lynne Robertson of
  Huntingdon; and David Emmett married to the former Shelly Snyder of
  Hooversville; and two granddaughters:  Anne Catherine Bock of
  Pittsburgh and Laura Elizabeth Bock of Huntingdon.  Also survived by
  a sister Kathryn Bock Niehoff of Jim Thorpe, a brother Emmett of Cape
  May, N.J. and also Lacee.  Dick graduated from Lehighton High School
  in 1939.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army after the outbreak of World
  War II and served in the Army's 1st Division (the Big Red One) in
  North Africa in the battle of the Kasserine Pass and then during the
  Italian campaign from the invasion of Anzio until the end of the
  war.  He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries received during
  the battle of Civitivecchia, outside Rome.  After the war, he
  enrolled at the Pennsylvania State University, where he nurtured the
  beginnings of a lifelong passion for Nittany Lion football.  He
  graduated in 1948.  After brief stints as a teacher and state
  government employee, he became an accountant with U.S. Steel in
  Johnstown in 1951, when he and his family moved to Hooversville.  He
  retired from U.S. Steel in 1983 as general supervisor of
  accounting.  He was a member and past president of the Hooversville
  Lions Club, a member and past president of the Forbes and later North
  Star school boards, and he served for many years on the Hooversville
  borough council, the Hooversville water authority, and the council of
  the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hooversville, where he was also the
  financial secretary.  Family will received friends from 2 to 4 and 7
  to 9 p.m. Sunday at Deaner Funeral Home, 976 Barn St.,
  Hooversville.  Service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity
  Lutheran Church, Hooversville.  No viewing at the church.  Rev.
  Gerald L. Myers officiating.  Interment P.O.S. of A. Cemetery,
  Hooversville.  In lieu of flowers donations may be made to
  Spay/Neuter Clinic, 804 Fronheiser St., Johnstown, Pa. 15902, or
  Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, Hooversville, Pa. 15936
  
  Daily American, June 15, 2002
  
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