OBIT: Althea (SHOCKEY) HOKE, 1999, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOKE
  
    Althea Hoke, 88, of Meyersdale, died Jan. 30, 1999, at Meyersdale
  Manor.  Born March 1, 1910, in (Sand Patch) Meyersdale.  A daughter of the
  late Howard and Estella (Beal) Shockey.  Also preceded in death by her
  husband, Dr. Samuel E. Hoke; her son, Samuel E. Hoke II; her daughter, Mary
  Estelle Brant, and brothers: James and Leo Shockey.  Surviving are four
  grandchildren: Samuel E. Hoke III, Michael and Chris Bengivengo, and
  Kimberly McGee.  Five great-grandchildren: Christopher Aaron Bengivengo,
  Richard, Matthew, Robert and Andrew McGee; also a number of nieces and
  nephews.  Althea lived a very active life prior to her admission to
  Meyersdale Manor in January 1988.  While in Meadville, Pa., where she and
  her family resided many years ago, she served as regent of the local
  chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.  She was very proud of her
  heritage and was the family historian.  After her husband's death, she
  served as head housemother and acting dean of women at Bloomsburg State
  College for 15 years.  She returned to Meyersdale to be a companion and
  caregiver to two aunts, Mrs. George Benford and Mrs. John Bittner, until
  their deaths.  She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Meyersdale;
  Trinity Chapter 138, O.E.S., and a faithful patron of many charitable
  organizations.  Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the
  Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, with Pastor Randall Marburger
  officiating.  Friends will be received from noon until time of service. 
  Interment, Salisbury Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 2, 1999
  
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