Biography

01/18/1874 - 02/29/1940

FOCKLER, George Sheridan, a Representative from Cambria County; born, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., on January 18, 1874; educated, Johnstown public schools; elected, city council, Johnstown (4 years); elected, Board of Education, Johnstown (12 years); secretary and treasurer, The McCloskey Company, Incorporated; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1924; reelected and served 2 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1930); died, February 29, 1940 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; interred, Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.