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Charles Raymond Rockey
 Lancaster, OH
20 Nov 1942 - 8 Feb 1957

Cause of Local Boy’s Death Not Determined Yet

     Charles Raymond Rockey, 14, son of M. and Mrs. Herman F. Rockey, 124 S. Cherry St., died at 4:30 a.m. today in Children’s Hospital, Columbus.  Cause of the boy’s death had not yet been determined.
     The boy was rushed to Children’s Hospital yesterday around 1 p.m. after Fire Department emergency squadmen here treated him twice in the morning and he was taken to Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital.
     Charles was a freshman at Lancaster High School and a member of St. Mary’s Church.  He was a member of the L.H.S. Marching Band and the Symphonic Band.
     Surviving besides his parents are: one sister, Sally, of the home; two grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. “Doc” Sowers; and three great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wasch, of Barberton, O., and Mrs. Dana Sowers, of Circleville.
     Arrangements for services and burial will be announced later by the Frank E. Smith Funeral Home.

Rockey Rites 10 A.M. Monday, At St. Mary’s

     Requiem high mass for Charles Raymond Rockey, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Rockey, 124 S. Cherry St., will be held Monday, 10 a.m., in St. Mary’s Church.  Interment is to be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
     The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Frank E. Smith Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
     Charles, a freshman at Lancaster High School, died at 4:30 a.m. yesterday in Children’s Hospital.  Doctors at the hospital said death was caused by an intracranial hemorrhage.

Rockey, Charles Raymond