OBIT: Martha V. (JOHNSON) BOCKES, 1980, Somerset, 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/ _______________________________________________ MARTHA V. BOCKES Martha V. Bockes, 82, Somerset RD 5, died Dec. 16, 1980, in Somerset Community Hospital. She was born Dec. 10, 1898, in Somerset County, a daughter of Ira and Susan (Frickey) Johnson. She was preceded in death by husband, John H. Bockes, two children and two sisters. She is survived by these children: Clova, wife of McGriff Weiss, Somerset; Evelyn Lafferty, Somerset RD 5; and Shirley, wife of Dillard Nicholson, Otto, N.C.; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by these brothers and sisters: Ollie Burkholder, Hyndman; Mary Brant and Milton Johnson, both of Meyersdale RD 1; Clarence Johnson, Berlin; and one half-brother, John Schrock, Summit Mills. Friends were received in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home where services were conducted with the Rev. John C. Cox officiating. Interment, Highland Cemetery, Garrett. The Republic, December 25, 1980 [B1908]