Obituary: Jacob Burkholder Sheetz

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SHEETZ, J.B. (JACOB BURKHOLDER)  Age 85 years, of 34 Union St., died in the
Uniontown Hospital Saturday, April 12, 1969 at 6:30 p.m. Surviving are a son, Col.
Lawrence C. Sheetz of Arlington, Va.; three grandchildren; and a sister, Miss Effie Mae
Sheetz of Lancaster, Pa. He was, predeceased by his wife, Iowa Cutright Sheetz on
March 12, 1967 and a sister, Mrs. Mary Meckins. A member and elder of the Third
Presbyterian Church of Uniontown, he was a member of the John Knox Mens Bible
Class and formerly taught the Ladies Dorcas Class for forty  five years. A graduate of
Lancaster High School and a 1909 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, he taught in
various Fayette County Schools. Formerly he was principal of German Twp. High School
for eighteen years, principal of Georges Twp. High School and assistant superintendent
of Fayette County Schools. The family will receive friends in the Robert S. Oats Funeral
Home, 71 Pennsylvania Ave. after 7 p.m. today, Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
There will be additional viewing in the Third Presbyterian Church Wednesday from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., the hour of service with Rev. Karl W. Bowman, Jr. officiating. Interment
will be in Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown. John Knox Mens Bible Class will
conduct ritualistic services Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral 
home.