OBIT: Joseph C. BURKETT, 1977, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BURKETT
  
    Joseph C. Burkett, 67, of South Park Avenue, Somerset, died April
  29, 1977 in Somerset Community Hospital.  Born Feb. 21, 1910 in
  Somerset, a son of Harry and Maggie (Burkett) Burkett.  Preceded in
  death by parents; two brothers and one step-sister; and three
  step-brothers.  Survived by his wife, Ruth (Pritts) Burkett; one son,
  Ward L. of Bedford; and a granddaughter, Eunice J. of Harrisburg;
  these step-sisters: Mrs. Daisy Fisher, Johnstown; Mrs. Iva Emert,
  Somerset; and Mrs. Twila Sevits, Berlin RD; these sisters: Mrs. Hazel
  Showman, Somerset; Mrs. Amanda Bowman, Meyersdale; Mrs. Evelyn Ash,
  Somerset RD 6; Mrs. Thelma Neveling, Garrett; Mabel Burkett,
  Somerset; and Mrs. Martha Cramer, Somerset RD 3.  He was a retired B
  & O Railroad employee; member of Railroad of Brotherhood of Carmen
  and FOE, Somerset Lodge 1801.  Friends will be received after 7 p.m.
  Saturday (today) and Sunday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in the Robert H.
  Halverson Funeral Home where services will be conducted Monday at
  1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Paul P. Weber officiating.  Interment, St.
  John's Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, April 30, 1977
  
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