Drops Dead. Daily Telegram. Clarksburg, WV. Tues., May 20, 1913.
Excerpt -- George Gocke, manager of Rosemont Coal Company's store in Rosemont, dropped dead on the steps of the Rutter boarding house in Rosemont at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday morning as he was going from his bedroom in the store to the boarding house for breakfast. Heart trouble caused his sudden death. News of his death came as a shock to his friends and family, as he had been in the best of health. Mr. Gocke was 54 years old and is survived by three sons and three daughters. His wife died about three months ago. Several brothers and sisters also survive. The brothers are Thomas W., of Piedmont, J. B. of Zanesville, Oh., Vincent E. a well known and successful coal operator residing here; his sisters are Mrs. J. E. Mattingly, of Morgantown, Mrs. Mary A. Walter, of Grafton, and Mrs. Katherine Riley, of Milan, Oh. The funeral and burial will be at Mr. Gocke's former home at Howesville, but the time depends on word from J. B. Gocke, a brother, who is now in California on business.
Excerpt -- George Gocke, manager of Rosemont Coal Company's store in Rosemont, dropped dead on the steps of the Rutter boarding house in Rosemont at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday morning as he was going from his bedroom in the store to the boarding house for breakfast. Heart trouble caused his sudden death. News of his death came as a shock to his friends and family, as he had been in the best of health. Mr. Gocke was 54 years old and is survived by three sons and three daughters. His wife died about three months ago. Several brothers and sisters also survive. The brothers are Thomas W., of Piedmont, J. B. of Zanesville, Oh., Vincent E. a well known and successful coal operator residing here; his sisters are Mrs. J. E. Mattingly, of Morgantown, Mrs. Mary A. Walter, of Grafton, and Mrs. Katherine Riley, of Milan, Oh. The funeral and burial will be at Mr. Gocke's former home at Howesville, but the time depends on word from J. B. Gocke, a brother, who is now in California on business.
Drops Dead. Daily Telegram. Clarksburg, WV. Tues., May 20, 1913.
Excerpt -- George Gocke, manager of Rosemont Coal Company's store in Rosemont, dropped dead on the steps of the Rutter boarding house in Rosemont at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday morning as he was going from his bedroom in the store to the boarding house for breakfast. Heart trouble caused his sudden death. News of his death came as a shock to his friends and family, as he had been in the best of health. Mr. Gocke was 54 years old and is survived by three sons and three daughters. His wife died about three months ago. Several brothers and sisters also survive. The brothers are Thomas W., of Piedmont, J. B. of Zanesville, Oh., Vincent E. a well known and successful coal operator residing here; his sisters are Mrs. J. E. Mattingly, of Morgantown, Mrs. Mary A. Walter, of Grafton, and Mrs. Katherine Riley, of Milan, Oh. The funeral and burial will be at Mr. Gocke's former home at Howesville, but the time depends on word from J. B. Gocke, a brother, who is now in California on business.
Excerpt -- George Gocke, manager of Rosemont Coal Company's store in Rosemont, dropped dead on the steps of the Rutter boarding house in Rosemont at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday morning as he was going from his bedroom in the store to the boarding house for breakfast. Heart trouble caused his sudden death. News of his death came as a shock to his friends and family, as he had been in the best of health. Mr. Gocke was 54 years old and is survived by three sons and three daughters. His wife died about three months ago. Several brothers and sisters also survive. The brothers are Thomas W., of Piedmont, J. B. of Zanesville, Oh., Vincent E. a well known and successful coal operator residing here; his sisters are Mrs. J. E. Mattingly, of Morgantown, Mrs. Mary A. Walter, of Grafton, and Mrs. Katherine Riley, of Milan, Oh. The funeral and burial will be at Mr. Gocke's former home at Howesville, but the time depends on word from J. B. Gocke, a brother, who is now in California on business.
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