OBIT: Joseph R. SPIKER, 1972, Markleton RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOSEPH R. SPIKER
  
    Joseph R. Spiker, 71, Markleton RD 1, died Jan. 28, in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born July 12, 1900, in Bedford, he was the son
  of Jacob and Elizabeth (Berkebile) Spiker.  He was preceded in death
  by his first wife, the former Anna J. Gardner; two sons, Paul and
  Richard, a daughter, Agnes; two sisters and five brothers.
    He is survived by his widow, the former Ethel May and these
  children: Frieda, wife of Robert Turner, Hooversville RD 1; Pauline,
  wife of Arthur Yost, Boswell; Anna, wife of Peter Moskey, Jenners;
  Robert D., married to the former Evelyn Weimer, Palm Bay, Fla.; and
  Louise, wife of Robert Berkey, Boswell RD 1; 11 grandchildren and
  four great-grandchildren; also two brothers, Charles Spiker,
  Hollsopple, and the Rev. Thomas Spiker, of College Park, Md.
    He was a member of the Jerome Local 1113, UMW of A, and Somerset
  Fraternal Order of Eagles.
    Funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon in Joseph Hoffman and
  Sons Funeral Home, Boswell, with the Rev. James F. Hoffmeyer
  officiating.  Interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, February 3, 1972
  
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