OBIT: Ida (SHUMATE) BOCKES, 1974, Garrett, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ IDA BOCKES Mrs. Ida Bockes, 86, of Garrett, died March 25, 1974, at her residence. Born April 29, 1887, in Meyersdale, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Eliza (Schrock) Shumate. She was preceded in death by her husband, Washington, in 1944. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Erma Wagner, Salisbury; Miss Eliza Bockes and Mrs. Roy Bush, Garrett; also six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held this Thursday afternoon at two o'clock in Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, with Rev. Richard duPont and Rev. Robert Burns officiating. Interment in Salisbury Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, March 28, 1974 [B1904]