OBIT: John SHOOP, 1891, Baker's Summit, Bedford County, PA

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ORE HILL ITEMS.

  Death has again entered our community and claimed as his victim one 
of Baker's Summit's most esteemed citizens, Mr. John Shoop, who had not 
been enjoying good health for some time, but was about as usual on last 
Tuesday morning, and was seated at the breakfast table when his summons 
came.  His death was due to heart failure, and consequently very sudden 
and unexpected.  His funeral took place on Thursday last from the 
residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. B. Pote, where he had been making 
his home for a number of years.  The ceremonies were conducted in the 
Methodist Episcopal church, by Rev. J. A. J. Williams, assisted by Rev. 
E. Dutt, who preached a very touching and appropriate sermon to a large 
concourse of sorrowing relations and friends.  Mr. Shoop was born in 
Waynesboro, Pa., August 24, 1805, and died March 24, 1891, being 
therefore 85 years and 7 months old at the time of his death.  He was a 
faithful and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and 
was honored and respected by all who knew him.  He leaves one son and 
several daughters to survive him.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, March 31, 1891