OBIT: Ralph I. SHOCKEY, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  REV. RALPH SHOCKEY
  July 15, 1915 - June 14, 2001
  
    The Rev. Ralph I. Shockey, 85, Moorestown, N.J., died June 14,
  2001. 
    He was born July 15, 1915, in Meyersdale.  He was preceded in death
  by a daughter, Ann Shockey Pulliam.
    He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy A. Dietle Shockey;
  a son, David; a daughter, Bonnie; and three grandchildren.
    He graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, which
  later awarded him an honorary doctorate of divinity.  He received his
  bachelor's of divinity degree from Gettysburg Theological Seminary and
  a master's degree of sacred theology from Mount Airy Lutheran
  Theological Seminar in Philadelphia.
    As a Lutheran clergyman, he was pastor of the First Lutheran Church
  of Windber, then St. John's Lutheran Church in Westville before
  serving at the Lutheran Home of Moorestown.
    He was a past president of the Moorestown Rotary Club, New Jersey
  Homes for the Aged, the Lutheran Ministerial Association of Camden,
  N.J., and the Westville (N.J.) Ministerial Association.  He was the
  founder of the Moorestown Historical Society.
     Funeral services were held at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. 
  Interment, Greenville Lutheran Cemetery. 
    Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
  318 Chester Ave., Moorestown, NJ 08057; to the Lutheran Home of
  Moorestown, 255 E. Main St., Moorestown, NJ, 08057; or to the
  Historical Society of Moorestown, 12 High St., Moorestown, NJ 08057.
  
  The New Republic, June 28, 2001
  
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