Armstrong County PA Archives Obituaries.....SHANKLE, Adam A. December 3, 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jane Dunkle gene.bjd@westpa.net September 26, 2005, 9:02 pm Leader Vindicator Adam A. Shankle, age 68, died Wednesday morning, December 3, 1941, at his home in Kittanning. Mr. Shankle, a son of Adam and Mary E. Shankle, was born July 2, 1873, at the Shankle homestead at Cottage Hill. There he spent his boyhood days and in that vicinity the earlier years of his married life. He always maintained a great affection for his home community. He was a devoted husband and father and an adored brother. He leaves his wife, Agnes Boyd Shankle and the following children: Thomas W. Kittanning; Chester A., Templeton; Walter, Goheenville; Fred, Kittanning; Chester, at home; Mrs. Lucy McGregor, Oak Ridge; Mrs. Carrie Painter, and Mrs. Nancy Stover, Kittanning. He also leaves five brothers, Samuel Shankle, Rimersburg, Allen Shankle, New Bethlehem; James, Canton, Ohio; Thomas, Canton, Ohio; Frank Shankle, New Bethlehem; three sisters, Mrs. Ralph Hepler, New Bethlehem; Miss Fern Shankle, New Bethlehem, and Mrs. Richard Myers, Sligo. He also leaves twenty grandchildren, three great grandchildren and two step-daughters, Mrs. Mary Myers of Kittanning, R. D. 2, and Mrs. Ruth Myers of Kelly station, R. D. 1. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the family home, with burial following in the New Bethlehem cemetery. Friends and relatives from a distance attending the funeral were: Mrs. H. C. Shankle, sons Harold and Ray, daughter Mrs. Maurice Hannon; Mrs. C. W. Shankle and son, Charles Jr; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Shankle, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shankle of Canton; Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shankle, daughter Irene, sons James, Jr,; Lloyd A. and wife of Louisville, Ohio, and a daughter Mrs. Lewis Schneeberger and husband, Canton, Ohio; Mrs. Samuel Keller, Thos. Yates of Indiana, Pa. and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McClintock of Pittsburgh This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb