Charles Benjamin Shoemaker

Charles B., son of Joseph S. and Elizabeth Brubaker Shoemaker, was born near Freeport, Ill., Feb. 2, 1890; died at Frick Community Hospital, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Sept. 23, 1967; aged 77 y. 7 m. 21 d. In 1921 he was married to Cora Miller, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Elizabeth and Evelyn-Mrs. C. Nevin Miller), 3 grandchildren, and 2 sisters (Stella-Mrs. A. E. Kreider and Mrs. Louella Sanders). He was an employee of the Mennonite Publishing House for 42 years. In 1926 he was ordained deacon of the Scottdale Church. He was preceded in death by 4 sisters (Cora-Mrs. A. L. Buzzard, Bertha Sieber, Elta M. Unzicker, and Fannie E. Mumaw) and 2 brothers (Edwin B. and Arthur C.). He was a member of the Scottdale Church, where funeral services were held Sept. 26, with Gerald C. Studer and A. J. Metzler officiating. Inscription: "I am the ressurection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead yet he shall live." John 11:25