OBIT: Bridget R. (WOLF) SHELLENBERGER, 1918, Ganister, Blair County, PA

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MRS. BRIDGET SHELLABARGER.

  Mrs. Bridget Shellabarger, widow of the late Basher Shellabarger, died at 
the home of her brother, Thomas Wolf, near Ganister, at noon Friday, in her 
69th year.  Besides her brother and a sister, Miss Nettie, with whom she 
resided, she is survived by two children - Mrs. Harry Shingler, of Altoona, 
and James Shellabarger, of Wertz.  The funeral occurred at 10 o'clock Sunday 
morning at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church.  Interment in the adjoining 
cemetery, Williamsburg.

Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, August 5, 1918, page 8

BRIDGET R. SHELLENBERGER.

  Bridget Roselia Shellenberger, widow of Baltzer M. Shellenberger, whose 
death occurred at 11:55 a.m. last Friday at the home of Thomas and Nellie 
Wolf, Ganister, was born near Limerick, Ireland, April 15, 1848, being at the 
time of her death past 70 years of age.  She is survived by two children, 
Joseph W. Shellenberger, of Wertz, and Mrs. Harry Shingler, of 3312 Sixth 
avenue, Altoona, and two step-children, Edward Shellenberger, of Grand 
Junction, Col., and Mrs. Edward Hoover, of Kane, McKean county; also by the 
following brother and sisters: Thomas and Nellie Wolf of Ganister, and Mrs. 
Hugh Devlin, of Gallitzin.  Two brothers have preceded her to the grave - 
Lieutenant John Wolf, who died fifteen years ago and [sic] Canyon City, Col., 
and James Wolf, who died at Ganister in 1913.
  She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church at Williamsburg.  
Interment was made in the cemetery adjoining the church.
  She was a woman of kindly Christian character, a kind and affectionate 
mother and a devout Christian.  The community in which she lived has [lost] 
one of its most loved members and her death is greatly mourned by her many 
friends.

Altoona Tribune, Friday morning, August 9, 1918, page 2