OBIT: Blanche (McKENZIE) SHOCKEY, 1976, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BLANCHE SHOCKEY
  
    Mrs. Blanche Shockey, 60, of Finzel, died Sept. 17 at Sacred Heart
  Hospital, where she had been admitted August 29.  She had been in
  failing health the past two months.
    Born in Finzel, she was a daughter of the late James and Oma
  (Caton) McKenzie.
    Mrs. Shockey was employed as head cook for the Senior Citizens Hot
  Meals program.  She was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church,
  Route 40, the United Methodist Women and East Garrett County Volunteer
  Fire Company Auxiliary.
    Surviving are her husband, Leonard Shockey; three daughters, Mrs.
  Alice Snyder, RD 2, Frostburg, Md.; Mrs. Nancy Barmoy, RD 3,
  Meyersdale, and Miss Faye Shockey, at home; a son, Gerald Shockey, RD
  2, Frostburg, Md.; three sisters, Mrs. Edna Raley, Baltimore, Md.;
  Mrs. Helen Weimer, Mrs. Mary Hartman, Cumberland, Md.; three
  brothers, James Cobey McKenzie, William McKenzie, RD 2 and Jack
  McKenzie, Baltimore, Md.; and five grandchildren.
    The body was at the Durst Funeral Home, where friends were received.
    A service was conducted there Sept. 18, with Rev. John Kraybill
  officiating.  Interment in Springs Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, September 23, 1976
  
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