SHOPP OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SHOPP, Charles Hershey 1871 - 1938

Charles H. Shopp died at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday, May 4 at the home of his daughter, 
Mrs. Bertha Mae Russ, on Artesian Ave. Mr. Shopp had been a sufferer from heart 
trouble the past nine years, having become worse the past two weeks and of 
recent weeks was known to be in a critical condition. He had been visiting his 
daughter, Mrs. Marion Steward of near Coal when he became so ill that she 
realized her father should be near a doctor, so she brought him to Clinton Monday, 
since which time he had been confined to his bed and slept away just before the 
dawn of a new day. The end, though feared, came sooner than his daughters 
anticipated. Charles Hershey Shopp was born December 4, 1871, at Plattsmouth, 
Neb., the son of sturdy Methodist farming families and as a boy began to learn the 
art of tilling the soil in a productive, progressive way. He was married 
September 6, 1899, to Miss Ella Chaffin of Imperial, Neb., and five children were 
given them, all being born in the home where first their father had seen the light. 
One son and daughter were lost to them in infancy and one son and two daughters 
survive their father, Mrs. Shopp dying in 1921 at Imperial, Neb. Mr. Shopp came to 
Missouri in 1926 and from about 1928 to 1932 was employed on the Bob Barr 
dairy farm in Independence, where he was valued in various capacities, for he 
was not only a good farmer with an embracing knowledge of livestock but a good 
mechanic, blacksmithing and carpentering being both hobbies and side lines. Mr. 
Shopp was well known in the Garland community where he had worked for many 
farmers in their fields or as mechanic. He became a Baptist while he was in 
Independence. He was a good and kindly man, generous with all his talents and 
material assets, ever ready to make a piece of furniture, or an implement for 
some neighbor who needed a bit of help. A devoted father, his children were 
loving and considerate and blessed his declining years. Surviving are his two 
daughters, Mrs. Bertha Mae Russ of Clinton, Mrs. Marion Steward of Coal, and one 
son, Charles R. Shopp, of Imperial, Neb., who will arrive Thursday for the funeral. 
Six grandchildren also remain. Services will be conducted by the Consalus and 
Peck Service at the Funeral Home Friday if no change in present plans are made. 

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