OBIT: Emma Grace (STERNER) SHIPLEY, 1942, native of Somerset County, PA

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EMMA GRACE SHIPLEY

  Mrs. Emma Grace Shipley died at the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh Friday 
morning, Dec. 4th.  She had been in ill health for some time but had been active 
until the early part of November when she was removed to the hospital.
  Mrs. Shipley was the daughter of the late Rebecca and Jacob Sterner of Upper 
Turkeyfoot Township, where she was born on March 8, 1873.
  She and the late Beeson Shipley were united in marriage Feb. 7, 1900 and have 
made Confluence their home continuously since that day.
  Mrs. Shipley was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church where she was active 
in the different organizations.
  She was president of the Women's Bible Class and also teacher of the class 
until her recent illness.
  Mrs. Shipley had the proud record of having attended Sunday school for seven 
years without missing one Sunday.  The Church and the community will feel her 
loss keenly.
  Mr. Shipley preceded her to the grave seventeen years ago.
  She is survived by the following children: Harvey Shipley, Connellsville; Mrs. 
Grace Ream, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. J. R. Menefee, Uniontown; Elmer Shipley, 
Somerset; Mrs. J. F. Haas, Dawson and Robert at home.  Also she leaves two 
sisters, Mrs. Neely Koontz, Somerset, and Mrs. Amanda Knight of Oshawa, Ontario, 
Canada; also three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6th, at the Humbert Funeral 
Home with Rev. J. S. Shannon in charge.  The floral tributes were many and 
beautiful.  Interment was made in the Baptist cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, December 10, 1942