OBIT: Dorothy Irene (BURLEY) PIRKEY, 1988, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ DOROTHY I. PIRKEY Dorothy Irene Pirkey, 66, of 403 Beall Street, Cumberland, Md., died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1987, in Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1, 1921 in Hyndman, daughter of the late William N. and Blanche O. (Madden) Burley. She was a former employee of the Celanese Corporation and was a member of Cook's Mill Chapel Church, Hyndman. Her husband was the late Kenneth H. Pirkey. Survivors include one son, Arthur K. Hoy, Hyndman; three brothers: George W. Burley, Hyndman RD 1; Clyde A. Burley, Corriganville, Md.; and Kenneth L. Burley, Ellerslie, Md.; two sisters: Edna M. McCray, Mount Savage RD 1, Md.; and Miss Charlotte Burley, Hyndman RD 1; and numerous nieces and Friends were received in the Scarpelli Funeral Home, where services were conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. Joseph Stains. Interment, Merest Burial Park. The Republic, January 7, 1988 [P0614]