OBIT: James W. SHOENFELT, 1958, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DIES IN HOSPITAL
JAMES W. SHOENFELT [photo]
Lengthy Illness Proves Fatal to J. W. Shoenfelt

  James W. Shoenfelt, 93, of 2726 Broad Ave., a heating contractor in 
the city for more than 50 years, died at 7.45 p.m. Saturday in the 
Altoona Hospital where he had been a patient since Oct. 5.
  Mr. Shoenfelt was born near Martinsburg Feb. 11, 1865, a son of John 
and Marie (Whittaker) Shoenfelt. His wife, the former Alice Morrow, 
died Sept. 26, 1955.
  Mr. Shoenfelt came to Altoona as a young man and was employed by the 
Pennsylvania Railroad as a patternmaker and draftsman prior to going 
into business for himself in about 1906. In the early days he combined 
tinning with his furnace business. In more recent years a son, Dysart 
M., had been associated with him in business.
  Mr. Shoenfelt was a charter member of the Broad Avenue Presbyterian 
Church.
  Surviving are three children, Mrs. Elizabeth Ebert of Gladwyne, Dr. 
James W. Jr. of West Leesport and Dysart M. of Hollidaysburg; four 
grandchildren and three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Sarah Brumbaugh 
of Martinsburg, Miss Margaret and Irvin of Fredericksburg, Mrs. Sue 
Ludgate of Scranton and Charles of Philadelphia.
  Friends may call at the Lafferty Funeral Home after 4 p.m. tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, November 10, 1958
Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
30, p. 38 (1958)