Dr. C Marlin Shope, D.D.S

Inscription: 78 years old, son of Errol F. and Olivia Stengel Shope, widower of Trude "Snooky" Cooper Shope

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C. Marlin Shope, D.D.S., of 309 First Street, Campmeeting (Mt. Gretna, PA), died at age 78 on Oct. 20. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and Temple Dental School, he was a retired children’s dentist, practicing in the local area, including the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, for many years. A World War II veteran who received the Purple Heart and three battle stars, he fought in Normandy, France and the Rhineland, where he became a prisoner of war. He was the husband of the late Trude “Snooky” Cooper Shope and is survived by daughter Marla, wife of Charles Pitt, D.D.S., of Mount Gretna; son Mark C., husband of Leonida Shope of Annville; brother Errol Shope of Middletown; two grandchildren; and a nephew. He had been a member of Mount Gretna’s United Methodist Church for 50 years.