OBIT: George HOCKING, 1941, native of Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE HOCKING

  George Hocking, a former resident of Meyersdale and a veteran of the World 
War, died Tuesday in the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he has 
been a patient for several months.  He was a son of George and Nellie M. 
(Collins) Hocking and was born in Meyersdale.  During the World War he served in 
France with the American forces.  In addition to his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth 
(Miller) Hocking, he leaves two children, George and Caroline, all of State 
College, and these sisters and brother: Mrs. Evelyn Sturgess, Oakland, Md.; Mrs. 
Covell Parsons, Beaver; Mrs. Frank Seibert, Houston, Tex.; Miss Lulu Hocking, 
and John Hocking, both of Meyersdale.
  Funeral services were conducted Thursday in Washington.  Burial was in the 
Arlington National Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, September 4, 1941