Huntingdon-Cambria-Bedford County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ridenour Shoop, Margaret Jane (Parsons) April 6, 1962 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Teresa Delikat flott_genealogy@yahoo.com February 15, 2006, 9:06 pm 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. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb