OBIT: William H. SHIDLER, 1931, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM SHIDLER

  Irvin Maust recently received a letter from his cousin, Mrs. Mary Shidler, of 
Bay Saint Louis, Missouri., announcing the death of her husband, Rev. William 
Shidler, which took place on Oct. 12, while returning home from his work on a 
Louisville & Nashville train.  Rev. Shidler had been in the employ of the L. & 
N. Railroad Company for a number of years, and was held in high esteem by his 
employers.  His body was interred at Goshen, Ind., where he had formerly 
resided.
  Mrs. Shidler is the youngest daughter of the late Aaron and Elizabeth 
Livengood Kimmel, and formerly resided with her mother in Salisbury.  In her 
letter to Mr. Maust, Mrs. Shidler told her cousin that the Gospel Messenger, 
official organ of the Church of the Brethren, would give fuller particulars of 
her husband's death.

Meyersdale Republican, November 12, 1931

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WILLIAM H. SHIDLER

  William H. Shidler, son of Benjamin and Rachael Shidler, born near Goshen, 
Ind., Nov. 19, 1867, died Oct. 12, 1931, at Bay St. Louis, Miss.  He spent most 
of his life in the vicinity of his birthplace.
  He became a member of the Church of the Brethren Nov. 7, 1889.  In 1902 he was 
elected to the ministry in the Osceola church and was ordained as elder in 1909.
  Oct. 31, 1906, he married Mary E. Kimmel of Elk Lick, Pa.  To this union were 
born two sons and two daughters; one daughter died at the age of five.  April 
12, 1919, Bro. Shidler and his family moved to Mississippi.  There being no 
church of their faith near by, they sometimes attended services at the Baptist 
and Methodist churches.  Sometimes the colored folks asked him to preach for 
them, which he gladly did.  He was highly esteemed by them.
  Brother and Sister Shidler held their membership in the Cedar Creek church at 
Citronelle, Ala., about 130 miles distant.  In January, 1929, he was chosen 
elder in charge of the church at Citronelle.  At that time there were twenty-
three members.  He spent as much time as possible, besides his daily labors, to 
help the church that it might grow and prosper.  By sacrifice and a great effort 
he visited the church once and sometimes twice a month.  At the time of his 
death the church had increased its membership to sixty-five.
  The body was brought back to Goshen for burial.  Services were held at the 
West Goshen church by Eld. Melvin D. Stutsman, and burial was made in the 
cemetery near the church.
  Before returning to the south with their mother, the three children were 
received into the church at West Goshen by baptism. - Gospel Messenger.

Meyersdale Republican, December 10, 1931