Obituary

The Sun, Springfield, Ohio; Monday, 12 May 1958

Funeral services for Robert Lamar Shockey, 35, of 620 Portage Path, who died at work in the former Crowell-Collier Bldg. Saturday night, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Richards Memorial Home. Burial will be in Soldiers Mound, Fercliff Cemetery.

Mr. Shockey, a relief operating engineer at the Crowell-Collier plant, was found lying lifeless across steam pipes at 10:15 p.m. Saturday by Clement Bowser, 818 Riverside Dr., the plant's operating engineer. Mr. Bowser made an investigation when Mr. Shockey failed to make his 10 p.m. report. Mr. Shockey had been scheduled to work the 3 to 11 p.m. trick.

The emergency squad of the Fire Division responded to a call, but Mr. Shockey was dead on arrival. Death was presumed to have occurred around 9:50 p.m.

Mr. Shockey was born in Clark County Dec. 28, 1922, a son of Omer and Ometa Hyser Shockey, and had lived all his life in the county.

He was a veteran of World War II.

He was an employe of the Donnelly Co., of Chicago.

Survivors inclue his widow, Pearl; one son, Michael and a foster-daughter, Terry Marlatta, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Ometa Shockey of New Carlisle, Route 3; a brother, Harry of New Carlisle, Route 3; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Smith and Miss Dorothy Shockey, both of Dayton, Mrs. Ross Wilson of Springfield and Mrs. Katherine Dunepace of Pemberville, O.