OBIT: Jean (WALLACE) BISHOP, 1998, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BISHOP
  
    Jean Wallace Bishop, 82, of Cranberry, formerly of Seven Springs
  and Pittsburgh, died March 22, 1998 at Sherwood Oaks Retirement
  Center, Cranberry.  Born July 23, 1915 at East Brady.  Preceded in
  death by father, Charles Moore Wallace; mother, Margaret Cumings
  Wallace; and husband, R. Keith Bishop, who died in 1989.  Survived by
  daughter, Bonnie Bishop, Nahant, Mass.; son, Kirk Bishop, Wenham,
  Mass.; 3 grandsons: Kyle, Drew and Dale Bishop.  After two years at
  Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham College, she transferred
  to Cornell University where she was graduated as a chemistry major in
  1936.  While working for the Calgon Corp. in Pittsburgh, she met Keith
  Bishop, whom she married on Jan. 24, 1942.  While Keith served in the
  Pacific during World War II, she taught chemistry at Smith College.
  After the war, the couple settled in Allison Park, where they raised
  their family.  In 1968 they moved to Seven Springs and in 1988 to
  Sherwood Oaks, Cranberry.  Throughout her life, Jean was an active
  churchwoman in the Episcopal parishes near her homes.  For many years
  she volunteered at the American Red Cross in Pittsburgh. She enjoyed
  theater, bridge, music-especially Dixieland jazz and the symphony-and
  entertaining.  At Sherwood Oaks Continuing Education, she taught
  Advanced Bridge and a History of the American Musical Theater. 
  Service at St. Michael's of the Valley Episcopal Church, Rector, Pa
  at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. James B. Simons clergy.  Burial will follow
  in St. Michael's Cemetery, Rector.  Friends will be received in the
  church parish hall after the interment.  Memorial gifts:  St.
  Michael's of the Valley Church, P. O. Box 336, Ligonier, Pa, 15658 or
  Sherwood Oaks Retirement Center, 100 Norman Drive, Cranberry, Pa.
  16066.
  
  Daily American, March 24, 1998
  
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