OBIT: Benjamin Franklin SHUE, 2008, Belleville, Mifflin County, PA

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Benjamin F. Shue

  The Reverend Benjamin Franklin Shue, 103, of Belleville, went home to 
be with his Lord, on Sunday, April 20, at Valley View Retirement 
Community, in Belleville.
  Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 24, at the Mausoleum 
Chapel at Grandview Cemetery, 801 Millcreek Road, Johnstown. 
Officiating was the Reverend Galen Sharp, Chaplain at Valley View 
Retirement Community and the Reverend J. Faust Hissong, a retired 
minister of the United Methodist Church and resident of Valley View. 
Entombment will be in the mausoleum.
  He was born December 21, 1904, on a farm in Hill Valley, near Mt. 
Union and a son of the late John and Melissa Whitsell Shue.
  On September 11, 1939, he married Eleanor Jane Stahl who preceded him 
in death on April 29, 2005.
  The Reverend Shue is survived by a daughter, Joyce Crescenzi and her 
husband Charles of Spartanburg, SC; one son Frank Shue and his wife 
Judy of Centre Hall; a daughter in law Linda Shue of Greensboro, NC; 
nine grandchildren, Frank Shue III, of Bethlehem, Eric Shue of 
Harrisburg, Christopher Shue of Clearfield, Jeffrey Shue of Greensboro, 
NC, Cathy Whitman of Clemmons, NC, Lisa Whitman of Holly Springs, NC, 
Charles Crescenzi, of Greensboro, NC, Robert Crescenzi of Philadelphia, 
and Eleanor Crescenzi of Ware Shoals, SC, and ten great grandchildren.
  In addition to his parents, wife, and nine siblings, he was preceded 
in death by a son Larry Shue, of Greensboro, NC.
  Rev. Shue graduated from Mt. Union High School in 1924, and earned an 
A.B. Degree from Juniata College in 1930; and a B. D. Degree from 
Garrett Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, in 1932.
  His children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, were his true 
joy in life. He was also an avid reader, enjoyed vegetable gardening, 
walking and golf.
  Above all he was very dedicated to ministering to the members of the 
many churches he served in the Central and Western Pennsylvania 
Conferences of the United Methodist Church, beginning in 1932, 
including, Martinsburg; Hastings; Warriors Mark; Johnstown: Cooper 
Avenue; Apollo; South Greensburg; Homestead: First, Beaver, Waynesburg: 
First: Johnstown: Calvary; Lower Burrell: Bethel and Connellsville: 
Central. He retired in 1972.
  The Reverend Shue was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church 
in State College.
  In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to St. 
Paul's United Methodist Church, 109 McAlliser St. State College, PA 
16801, or to Valley View Retirement Community, 4702 E. Main St. 
Belleville, PA 17044.

The Valley Log, Orbisonia, Pa., April 30, 2008