OBIT: Leah (KAUFFMAN) SHOEMAKER, 1919, Ore Hill, Blair County, PA

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MRS. LEAH SHOEMAKER

Special to the Tribune.
  Roaring Spring, Jan. 22 - Mrs. Leah Kauffman Shoemaker, wife of Benjamin 
Shoemaker, of Ore Hill, died at her home there Tuesday, following a short 
illness due to complication of diseases.  Mrs. Shoemaker was born in 
Woodbury, in 1854, and was the daughter of Michael and Leah Kauffman, 
deceased.  About forty years ago she was married to Benjamin Shoemaker, a 
farmer of Woodbury township.  She was a life-long member of the Church of 
God.  The deceased is survived by her husband, one son, Jesse, of Baker's 
Summit; one step-daughter, Miss Sadie at home and two brothers, David B. 
Kauffman of Poplar street, Roaring Spring; Peter Kauffman, of California.  
One son Warren, died on influenza at his home in Altoona, two months ago.  
Funeral services will be held at her late home near Ore Hill at 2 o'clock 
Thursday; interment in Holsinger cemetery, above Baker's Summit.

Altoona Tribune, Thursday, January 23, 1919, page 10