OBIT: Edward Shoemaker DICK, 1946, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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EDWARD SHOEMAKER DICK

Well-known resident of Taylor township and employe of the D.M. Bare Paper 
company, died Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at his home at Roaring Spring, 
R.D. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. He had been in failing health 
for several months. Mr. Dick was the son of Samuel and Harriett (Garber) 
Dick and was born in Centre county April 6, 1893. HE was married to Anna 
Helsel in Cumberland, Md., April 10, 1923. Surviving are his wife and these 
children:  Mildred O. Dick of Carlisle, Edith G., Carl Edward and Dorsey 
Herbert, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Harriett Dick of Roaring Spring, and 
these brothers and sisters:  Joseph G. and Walter of Roaring Spring, Robert 
of Bakers Summit, Mrs. Hazel Lingenfelter of Claysburg, Mrs. Mary Gates of 
Eldorado, Mrs. Golda Feathers, Mrs. Irene Myers, Mrs. Edith Isenberg and 
Susan Dick, all of Roaring Spring; two half-brothers, Arthur and Claude Dick 
of Roaring Spring, R.D., and one half-sister, Mrs. Roxie Lykens of Port 
Matilda. Friends will be received at the home. Mr. Dick was a member of the 
Roaring Spring Church of the Brethren and was active in the work of the 
church and in community affairs.

DICK - Funeral services for Edward Shoemaker Dick of Roaring Spring, R.D., 
will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in the Roaring Spring 
Church of the Brethren in charge of Rev. H.Q. Rhodes. Interment in Greenlawn 
cemetery. Friends will be received at the home.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Old Index Card Collection, DICK surname, 
hand-dated 12-13-46

[Altoona Mirror, December 14, 1946]