Huntingdon-Cambria-Bedford County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ridenour Shoop, Margaret 
Jane (Parsons) April 6, 1962
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Valley Log
April 1962

Mrs. Margaret Jane Shoop of Blairs Mills, R.D.1, died Friday, April 6, 1962, at 3:50 p.m. at her 
late home. She had been in failing health for about seven years but her death was unexpected.

She was born in Tell Township, Huntingdon County, a daughter of William and Mary (Miller) 
Parson. She was twice married. Her first marriage was to Chester A. Ridenour of Windber and 
he preceded her in death in March of 1923. Later she married Paul W. Shoop of Blairs Mills on 
November 14, 1923, at the EUB parsonage in Shade Gap with the Rev. Charles Miller 
officiating.

Her husband survives along with one daughter to the first union, Mrs. Catherine Ridenour Bray 
of Lebanon. There are five grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are the 
following sisters and brother: Mrs. Cora Stitt of Carlisle, Mrs. Irene Morgan Bard of Shirleyburg, 
Harrison Parson of Tell Township, and Mrs. Matilda Meckley of Tyrone.

Mrs. Shoop was a member of the Salem EUB Church in Tell Township.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 9, from the Ott funeral home in 
Orbisonia. The Rev. Anson Slick of the Hollidaysburg EUB Church and the Rev. Robert Shaffer 
of the Shade Gap EUB Charge, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Salem EUB Church 
Cemetery in Tell Township. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m. on Sunday 
and Monday prior to the services.  It is the request of the deceased that flowers be omitted.


Additional Comments:
Maiden name Parsons. Husband 1 Chester Arthur Ridenour was born in Bedford County and 
died in Johnstown, PA in March of 1923. Second husband Paul William Shoop ("Shoopy") died 
April 22, 1987 in Juniata County, PA. Chester is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, PA. 
Margaret, husband Paul, & daughter Catherine are buried together at Salem Cemetery. Daughter 
Catherine was Catherine Leap at the time of her Mother's death. She was married 3 times: 1) 
William John William Bray, 2) Charles Austin Woodrow Flood ("Austin C."), 3) Phillip Leap.

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