OBIT: Freeman SHOCKEY, 1931, Greenville Twp., Somerset County, PA

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FREEMAN SHOCKEY

  Freeman Shockey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shockey, of Greenville Township, 
died in Canton, Ohio, on Friday morning, June 19th, at 9 a.m., at the age of 19 
years, 4 months and 21 days.
  He was born and reared in Greenville Township.  At an early age he started to 
suffer from epilepsy which it was thought was brought on by a fall or a severe 
shock of some kind.  On June 1st he was taken to Canton where he was receiving 
treatments from a famous nerve specialist and seemed to show decided 
improvement.  But on the morning of the 19th, he suffered another epileptic 
attack which proved fatal.  His death appears to have been caused by smothering.
  His body was brought here Saturday morning by Undertaker J. L. Tressler who 
drove out in his funeral car to take charge of the remains.  Funeral services 
were conducted on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Greenville Lutheran 
Church by Rev. S. D. Sigler, of Salisbury, pastor of the Greenville Lutheran 
Church.  Burial was made in the Greenville Cemetery by Undertaker Tressler.
  Freeman Shockey became a member of the Greenville Lutheran Church about five 
years ago.  He was a regular member in the Sunday school and attended the church 
services, at all times, regardless of his illness.  Only one Sunday was he 
unable to attend Sunday school.  He prayed constantly to be relieved from his 
sufferings and felt that some time his prayers would be answered.  He was a very 
upright and moral young man.  
  Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters and five brothers, Verda, 
Pearl, Leonard, Roy and Harold, at home, Charlotte and Edison in Akron, Ohio, 
and Carl at Hancock, Md.

Meyersdale Republican, June 25, 1931