OBIT: Mamie (Shumaker) SHELBAER, 1930, native of Somerset County, PA

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MAMIE SHELBAER

  Mrs. Mamie Shelbaer, wife of Joseph Shelbaer, died at her home at Shady Lawn, 
on the Salisbury Road, a short distance south of Meyersdale, on Thursday 
morning, March 27.  Her death was due to gangrene resulting from inward goiter 
from which she had long been a sufferer.
  Mrs. Shelbaer attained the age of 69 years and lived in the vicinity of 
Meyersdale all of her life.  She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. 
Cornelius Shumaker of Berkley's Mills and was married at the age of 16 to Joseph 
Shelbaer, with whom she lived happily for 53 years.  To them were born six 
children - one daughter, Nettie, (Mrs. H. H. Saylor, of Roscoe, Pa.,) and five 
sons, William W., of Clarksburg, W.Va.; Robert C., Macdonaldton, Pa.; Orville 
W., deceased; Alonza H., Colorado, and Ernest L., Brownsville, Pa.
  The bereaved husband is a French Canadian, a native of the Province of Quebec, 
who came here when a young man to work for a contractor engaged in building the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through Meyersdale. After his employment on the 
railroad ended, he remained here as a farm hand, married Miss Shumaker, settled 
down in Summit Township and reared a most excellent family.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Shelbaer and their children have all been held in high esteem.  Much sympathy is 
felt for the aged husband who is left alone by the loss of his dear companion, 
since his surviving children are all living away from here in homes of their 
own.
  Seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and one brother, Harry 
Shumaker, of Superior, Nebraska, also survive Mrs. Shelbaer.  Three sisters and 
four brothers - Mrs. George Holzhour, of Rockwood, Mrs. William Bowman, of 
Boynton; Mrs. Harrison Keim, of Bruning, Nebraska; William, Edward and Irvin 
Shumaker, of Meyersdale, and Alonzo H. Shumaker, of Jerome, Pa., preceded her to 
the grave, all having died in recent years.
  Mrs. Shelbaer was a lifelong member of the Church of the Brethren and was 
steadfast in her faith in health and sickness until the end.  Funeral services 
were held in the church in which she worshiped, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, 
the services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. George L. Detweiler, and her 
former pastor, Rev. T. Rodney Coffman, of Somerset.  The obsequies were largely 
attended.  Interment took place in Union Cemetery.  W. C. Price was in charge of 
the burial.

Meyersdale Republican, April 3, 1930