OBIT:  Mary E. SHOUP, 1969, Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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Mrs. Mary E. Shoup, 74, widow of Edward M Shoup, 256 Park St., died at 9:30 
a.m. Wednesday at the Guilford Convalesarium. She had been in failing health 
the past 10 years and suffered a stroke in February 1965. She was admitted to 
the Waynesboro Hospital, Dec. 15, and was transferred to the Guilford home on 
Tuesday. Mrs. Shoup was born in Greencastle May 21, 1894, a daughter of the 
late George A. and Sallie Needy Shockey. She moved to Shady Grove as a 
teenager. She and Mr. Shoup continued to live in Shady Grove until his death 
in 1945. In 1955, she moved to Waynesboro, and for a number of years was 
employed as a cook at the Waynesboro Hospital. She later worked at the Asba 
Garment Co., Greencastle. She had made her home with her son, Robert G 
Shockey, on Park Street since 1965. Mrs. Shoup was a member of the 
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Greencastle. In addition to her son, she is 
survived by two stepchildren, Charles E Shoup and Mrs. Gladys Gentler, both 
of Greencastle; one grandson, and four step grand-children. Funeral services 
will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Grove Funeral Home, in charge of 
Pastor Roy A Gutshall. Burial will be made in Cedar Hill Cemetery, 
Greencastle. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening from 7 to 9.

Record Herald, Waynesboro, PA, 2 January, 1969 Thursday page 2


Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E Shoup were held Saturday in the Grove 
Funeral Home in charge of Pastor Roy A Gutshall. Internment was made in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle. Pallbearers were; Abram Gearhart, Jacob Gearhart, 
Albert Helm, Roland P  Miner, Ervin Pentz, and C. Samuel DeHart.

Record Herald, Waynesboro, PA, Monday 6 January 1969