Biography

03/31/1887 - 12/07/1972

ZOOK, Simon F., a Representative for Berks County; born in Curryville, Blair County, Pa., March 31, 1887; attended, Juniata College; teacher (4 terms); traveling salesman (4 years); cattle farmer and breeder; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1919, 1921, and 1923 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1925 term; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1926); died, December 7, 1972 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; interred, Diehl’s Crossroads Brethren Church, Henrietta, Blair County, Pennsylvania.