OBIT: Karl R. VOLK, 1943, formerly of Boswell, Somerset County, PA

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KARL R. VOLK

  Boswell - Karl R. Volk, 48, veteran of World War I and former Boswell 
postmaster, died Wednesday evening, August 4, at the home of his son, Karl R. 
Volk, Jr., Staten Island, New York.  He had been in failing health for six 
months.  He was admitted to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia three months 
ago and only recently was taken from that institution to the home of his son.
  Prior to his illness, Mr. Volk had been employed by the York Safe and Lock 
Company in York.
  He is survived by his wife, the former Mary R. Hoffman, daughter of the late 
L. G. Hoffman, former Boswell mortician, and three sons - Karl R. Jr., a member 
of the Coast Guard, stationed at New London, Conn.; Richard, with the U.S. Army 
at Camp Lee, and David, New York City.  He was a brother of Herbert J. Volk and 
Gertrude Volk, both of Boswell; Mrs. Irma Walker, Jenners, and Mrs. John 
McSweeney, Detroit, Mich.
  Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Boswell Lutheran Church.  
Rev. E. L. Houser, of Bedford, a former pastor at Boswell officiated.
  Interment in the Jenner Crossroads Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, August 12, 1943