OBIT: Mrs. Lydia WALTER BURK, 1932, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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LYDIA WALTER BURK

  Lydia Walter Burk, who had been staying with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Poland, 
in Rockwood for the last several years and had been ill for the past year, died 
on Tuesday from internal ailments.  She was twice married.  Her first husband 
was Wesley Walter who died many years ago.  To them the following named children 
were born:  Ella, wife of William Bockes, of Garrett; Anna, wife of Joseph 
Poland, and Irvin and Arthur, who live beyond Pittsburgh.  She next married John 
Burk many years after the death of her first husband.  After the death of her 
second husband she and her son, Arthur, remained in their home in Garrett until 
a few years ago when the son left on account of being employed elsewhere.  After 
being left alone she sold her home to John Stafford and went to Rockwood to make 
her home with her daughter, Mrs. Poland, where she was kindly treated until she 
passed away.  She was 70 years old.  She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Joseph 
Fullerton, of Garrett, and Mrs. Emmet Sullivan, of Rockwood.  Her remains were 
brought to Garrett on Friday where interment was made in the old Ridge View 
Cemetery.  The funeral was largely attended.

Meyersdale Republican, October 27, 1932