OBIT: Ada (SCHOCKEY) KEEFER, 1947, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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ADA SHOCKEY KEEFER

  Mrs. Ada (Shockey) Keefer, wife of Simon Keefer, of Canton, Ohio, died 
Thursday morning, July 10, in Aultman Hospital, Canton, after an illness of 
several weeks.  She was 64 years of age, and was the daughter of the late Israel 
and Sarah (Shultz) Shockey, of Greenville Township, Somerset County.
  Mrs. Keefer was a life member of the Lutheran Church and a faithful member of 
the Sunday School and missionary society of the Canton Trinity Lutheran Church.  
She was also a member of the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary.
  Besides her husband, she leaves two sons, Earl F. Keefer and Elbert E. Keefer, 
and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Burkett of Canton; also two sisters, Mrs. William 
Wasmuth, Mrs. P. W. White, and one brother, Irwin Shockey, all of Meyersdale, 
and eight grandchildren.
  Rev. Williard I. Hackenberg conducted the funeral services Friday at 1:30 p.m. 
in the Schneeberger Funeral Home.  Interment was made in the Northdawn Cemetery, 
Canton.
  Among those attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wasmuth, Mr. and 
Mrs. 
Irvin Shockey, Mrs. P. W. White, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest White, and Mr. and Mrs. 
Marling Shockey and children, Meyersdale, and Mr. and Mrs. John Werner and Mrs. 
Mae Shockey, Finzel, Md.

Meyersdale Republican, July 17, 1947