Note: Though all obituaries say Fred was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, his death certificate states he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Trevorton.
Fred Raker, 42, of Tharptown, died 30 Apr 1942 at Geisinger Memorial Hospital after being fatally wounded in a coal mining accident while working in a mine at Colonial Colliery, near Marion Heights.
A resident of the Tharptown area for several years, Fred was born in Augustaville April 20, 1900, and was a son of the late Emory and Anna (Dockey) Raker. He was educated in the rural schools, and after completion of his educational career took up farming with his father. He later engaged in coal mining, having been employed at the Colonial Collieries Company mine for several years.
Surviving are his widow, the former Florence A. Warmkessel, two sons, Jack and William, his mother, grandfather, Elias Dockey, of Sunbury, and three brothers, Walter, of Tharptown; Elwood, serving with the United States Army in the Hawaiian Islands, and Russel, at home.
Fred Raker, 42, of Tharptown, died 30 Apr 1942 at Geisinger Memorial Hospital after being fatally wounded in a coal mining accident while working in a mine at Colonial Colliery, near Marion Heights.
A resident of the Tharptown area for several years, Fred was born in Augustaville April 20, 1900, and was a son of the late Emory and Anna (Dockey) Raker. He was educated in the rural schools, and after completion of his educational career took up farming with his father. He later engaged in coal mining, having been employed at the Colonial Collieries Company mine for several years.
Surviving are his widow, the former Florence A. Warmkessel, two sons, Jack and William, his mother, grandfather, Elias Dockey, of Sunbury, and three brothers, Walter, of Tharptown; Elwood, serving with the United States Army in the Hawaiian Islands, and Russel, at home.
Note: Though all obituaries say Fred was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, his death certificate states he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Trevorton.
Fred Raker, 42, of Tharptown, died 30 Apr 1942 at Geisinger Memorial Hospital after being fatally wounded in a coal mining accident while working in a mine at Colonial Colliery, near Marion Heights.
A resident of the Tharptown area for several years, Fred was born in Augustaville April 20, 1900, and was a son of the late Emory and Anna (Dockey) Raker. He was educated in the rural schools, and after completion of his educational career took up farming with his father. He later engaged in coal mining, having been employed at the Colonial Collieries Company mine for several years.
Surviving are his widow, the former Florence A. Warmkessel, two sons, Jack and William, his mother, grandfather, Elias Dockey, of Sunbury, and three brothers, Walter, of Tharptown; Elwood, serving with the United States Army in the Hawaiian Islands, and Russel, at home.
Fred Raker, 42, of Tharptown, died 30 Apr 1942 at Geisinger Memorial Hospital after being fatally wounded in a coal mining accident while working in a mine at Colonial Colliery, near Marion Heights.
A resident of the Tharptown area for several years, Fred was born in Augustaville April 20, 1900, and was a son of the late Emory and Anna (Dockey) Raker. He was educated in the rural schools, and after completion of his educational career took up farming with his father. He later engaged in coal mining, having been employed at the Colonial Collieries Company mine for several years.
Surviving are his widow, the former Florence A. Warmkessel, two sons, Jack and William, his mother, grandfather, Elias Dockey, of Sunbury, and three brothers, Walter, of Tharptown; Elwood, serving with the United States Army in the Hawaiian Islands, and Russel, at home.
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