OBIT: Earl F. GLOCK, 1943, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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EARL F. GLOCK

Untimely Death of Swank Hardware Co. President

Earl F. Glock Stricken At Age of 53 - Succeeded By His Brother, Robert J. Glock 
as Head of Co.

  Earl F. Glock, president of the Swank Hardware Company and one of Johnstown's 
most prominent businessmen, passed away in Memorial Hospital at 1:13 a.m. last 
Thanksgiving Day at the untimely age of 53.
  His death was due to a complication of diseases, but was unexpected, as he had 
been active and apparently well until a month preceding his demise.  He entered 
the hospital on Oct. 26 - one day before his birthday - and had been under an 
oxygen tent since admission.

Active Career As A Leader

  His death ended a period of 31 years' association with the Swank Hardware 
Company and brought to a close an active career as a church and civic club and 
business leader.
  Mr. Glock was a deacon of the First Lutheran Church, president of the 
Johnstown Credit Exchange, and past president of the Johnstown Lions Club, a 
director of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Cambria Lodge No. 278, 
F. & A.M.; the Advertising Club and Rifle Club of Johnstown, Sunnehanna Country 
Club and the Bachelors Club.
  He was born in Johnstown on Oct. 27, 1890, a son of the late Charles R. Glock, 
widely known Johnstown businessman, who died in 1924, and of Mrs. Etta (Swank) 
Glock, who resides in Westmont.
  Following his graduation from Penn State College in 1912, he became affiliated 
with the Swank Hardware Company.  In 1924 he became general manager and vice 
president, succeeding his father, and in 1938 was named general manager and 
president.

Devoted Family Man

  Mr. Glock and the former Claire McNeelis were united in marriage in 1917.
  In addition to his wife and his mother, he left five children - Charles R. 
Glock 2nd, Westmont; Cpl. Edward Thomas Glock, with the U.S. Army Engineers at 
Ft. Belvoir, Va.; Pvt. Earl F. Glock Jr., enrolled in the Army specialized 
training program at the University of Alabama, and Helen and Alma Claire Glock, 
both at home.  One grandson, John Conrad Glock, also survives.

Well Known in Meyersdale

  Mr. Glock was well known in and a frequent visitor to Meyersdale, owing to the 
affiliation of the P. J. Cover & Son hardware and furniture store here, which is 
a branch of Swank's of Johnstown.
  W. A. Allshouse, manager of the P. J. Cover & Son store and his entire staff, 
nine in all, went to Johnstown together on Friday evening, preceding the 
funeral, to show their respect for their revered chief, and to have their last 
look at his familiar face, as his body lay in state in John Henderson's mortuary 
where the funeral was held on the following afternoon.  As a further mark of 
respect the Cover store closed at noon, the last Saturday in November, and 
remained closed until the following Monday morning.

Successor Chosen

  Since President Glock's death, the Swank Hardware Co. has been reorganized by 
the election of Robert J. Glock, a younger brother of Earl F., as president; 
Louis A. Wuench as general manager, and Dallas Heim as manager of the furniture 
department.  Mr. Heim was manager of Swank's Meyersdale branch before Mr. 
Allshouse was named as his successor.

Meyersdale Republican, December 9, 1943