Obit: Schock, Peter (1879 - 1962)

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Surnames: Schock, Smith, Breit, Westlake

----- Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 08/09/1962

----- Schock, Peter (28 MAY 1879 - 5 AUG 1962)

Peter Schock, 83, of Packwaukee, and formerly of Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.), He had been in ill health for the past five weeks.

Funeral services were held Wednesday (today) at the Myre funeral home with Rev. Paul Doering, pastor of the Loyal Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Loyal Cemetery.

Mr. Schock was born May 28, 1879 at Loyal. His first marriage was to Augusta Smith on Nov. 4, 1904, at Loyal. She died in June 1912. In December of 1917 he was married at Packwaukee to Maude Westlake, who died Nov. 21, 1961.

He was a farmer in the town of Beaver until twelve years ago, when he moved to Packwaukee. He was also a logger.

One daughter, Miss Lilas Schock of Packwaukee, survives him; also a brother Frank Schock of Wausau; one sister, Mrs. Nick (Anna) Breit of Hartford and several nieces and nephews in the Loyal area. Three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.