Obituary

Florence Emerson Shockey, 91, died December 14 at Kethley House, Benjamin Rose Place in Cleveland, Ohio.

She was the daughter of Florence T. and Sam W. Emerson, president of the Sam W. Emerson Co., leaders in construction in northeastern Ohio. At the time of Mr. Emerson's death in January, 1968, the Plain Dealer stated, "The metropolitan landscape is dotted with monuments to Mr. Emerson and his way of doing business." Her maternal grandfather was William Dean Taylor, president of the George Washington Company from 1911 until his death in 1929.

Mrs. Shockey was a 1928 graduate of Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights and a 1932 graduate of Mather College at Western Reserve University. She taught second grade at Park School in Cleveland for several years.

Mrs. Shockey married Lovell Shockey in 1935. She has been a widow for thirty years.

Mrs. Shockey was an active volunteer at Highland View Hospital, the Shaker Heights Neighborhood Guild and Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights. At Plymouth Church she served on many committees and groups such as the Pastoral Search Committee, the Board of Deacons and the Women's Association, of which she was President. She was named Woman of the Year at the Church in 1976(?????).

A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 5 at 2 p.m. at Plymouth Church, Drexmore and Weymouth Roads, Shaker Heights.

Memorial gifts can be made on Hathaway Brown School, 19600 North Park Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio, 44122 or Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio, 44120-2200 or The Shockey Foundation c/o The Cleveland Foundation, 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1400, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115-2001.

Survivors include her son, Terry L. Shockey and his wife Barbara of Cleveland Heights, her daughter Kate Shockey Lafrance and her husband Jean of Kiawah Island, SC, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Prepared by Kate Lafrance, 843.768.3343 or [email protected]