Russell C. Shockey
MARION LINEMAN KILLED ON TOUCHING ‘HOT’ WIRE
RUSSELL C. SHOCKEY, 43, of 274 Forest St., a lineman for the Ohio Edison Co., was electrocuted early this morning when he accidentally touched a 4,160 volt electric line on N. Main St.
He had climbed to near the top of an electric pole about 7:30 a.m. and was working near the high-voltage line when he touched the wire and was apparently killed almost instantly.
A safety belt held the body to the top of the pole until a fellow lineman, who saw the accident, climbed the pole and lowered the body to the ground while another called the fire department inhalator squad.
Firemen attempted to revive Mr. Shockey for about 15 minutes but were unsuccessful.
Company officials reported he and the other linemen were engaged in routine work changing a 2,400 volt line to 4,160 volts.
He had joined the Ohio Edison Co. as a lineman in November, 1945.
Mr. Shockey was born July 5, 1910, in Barbour County, West Va., a son of Garnet and Madge Sharp Shockey. March 29, 1934, at Clarksburg, W. Va., he married Dorothy Alexandre. A resident of Marion since 1945, he came here from Clarksburg, and was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church here and of K of C.
A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, he entered service in 1941 at New Brighton, Pa., and served as a fireman first class in the Navy compass office with duty at New Orleans, La., DeMoines, la., and Norfolk, Va. Surviving are his widow, his father who lives at Sagerstown, Pa., and children, Mrs. Donna Sayre of W. Columbia St., and Barbara Jean, David, Jeffrey, John and Richard Shockey, two grandchildren, a brother, Arvey Shockey of Masury, O., and a sister, Mrs. William Seckman of Clarksburg.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary Church. The pastor, Very Rev. William J. Spickerman, V.F., will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery. Friends may call at the L. A. Axe and Son Funeral Home on Mt. Vernon Ave. after 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Marion Star Newspaper – Marion, Marion Co., Ohio – Friday, August 7, 1953
