OBIT: Ira T. SHOENFELT, 1962, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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IRA T. SHOENFELT

Of 523 New St., Roaring Spring, died at his home at 7.30 a.m. today. He 
was born at Roaring Spring RD April 12, 1882, a son of John and Sarah 
(Treese) Shoenfelt, and married Anna Short on June 20, 1915. His wife 
died in August 1943 and a son, Arnold, was killed in World War II. 
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Valeska Gochnour of Roaring Spring, 
Mrs. Leona Heuston of Roaring Spring RD and Mrs. Gladys Hoover of East 
Freedom RD; two step-sons, Ralph Ott of Roaring Spring and William Ott 
of Syracuse, N.Y.; one brother and two sisters, John of Chester, Mrs. 
Maude Helsel and Mrs. Mary Burke of Roaring Spring; nine grandchildren 
and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Shoenfelt was a member of Trinity 
Methodist Church, Roaring Spring, and the Shawnee Conservation 
Association. He retired from the D. M. Bare Paper Company in 1944. 
Friends will be received at the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, 
after 7 p.m. tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, May 19, 1962