Emma Caroline Shelleman

Woman Leaves 97 Survivors

Mrs. Emma Caroline Shelleman, 85, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomas, New Oxford R. 1, Reading township, Sunday morning at 4:50 o'clock from a complication of diseases.

She was a native of Adams county and had lived in the Hampton community for the last 35 years and with her daughter since August. Mrs. Shelleman broke a hip in a fall in October and had been bedfast since that time.

A daughter of the late Jacob and Ann Arndt (sic-Arendt) Mickley, she was a member of the Hampton Lutheran church. There are 97 survivors in her immediate family.

The list includes four sons: W. H. Shelleman, Thomasville, George Gettysburg R. D.; Ernest, East Berlin, and Guy, Hampton; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Fink, New Oxford; Mrs. Albert Thomas, New Oxford R. 1, and Mrs. Virgie Jacobs, East Berlin R. 2; four sisters, Mrs. Ella Bufford (sic-Burford), of Illinois; Mrs. Rebecca Funt, Gettysburg R. D; Mrs. Minnie Dallmyer, York, and Mrs. Lillie Miller, Waynesboro; 34 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Pittenturf funeral home in York Springs with her pastor, the Rev. Samuel Clarke, officiating. Interment in the New Oxford cemetery.

News Comet (East Berlin), December 21, 1951, pg 16. Transcribed by Ginger Meyer

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via father Jacob M Mickley by SmartCopy: May 30 2015, 1:11:07 UTC

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Gettysburg Times 12/22/1951 Mrs. Emma Caroline Shelleman. 85, died at the home of her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomas, New Oxford B. 1. Reading township, Sunday morning at 4:50 o'clock from a complication uf diseases. She was a native of Adams county and had lived in the Hampton community for the lest 35 years and with her daughter since August Mrs. Shelleman broke a hip in a fall in October and had been bedfast since that time. A daughter of the late Jacob and Ann Arndt Mickley. she was a member of the Hampton Lutheran church. There are 91 survivors In her immediate family. The list includes four sons: W. H. Shelleman, Thomasville; George, Gettysburg R. D.; Ernest. East Berlin, and. Guy, Hampton; three daughters. Mrs Mary Fink, New Oxford; Mrs. Albert Thomas, New Oxford R. 1. and Mrs, Virgie Jacobs, East Berlin R. 2; four sisters, Mrs. Ella Bufford. of Illinois; Mrs. Rebecca Funt. Gettysburg R. D.; Mrs. Minnie Dallimyer, York, and Mrs. Lilie Miller. Waynesboro; 34 grandchildran, 48 great-grandchidren and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Pittenturf funeral home in York Springs with her pastor, the Rev. Samuel Clarke. officiating. Interment in the New Oxford cemetery.

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