OBIT: Abraham SHUMAKER, 1914, Boynton, Somerset County, PA

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Shumaker, Abraham

  A reputable and very aged citizen of this county, died at the home of his son, 
Mahlon Shumaker, Boynton, on Saturday, aged 87 years, 4 months and 16 days. Mr. 
Shumaker spent about his entire life in Meyersdale. For 26 years he was janitor 
of the Church of the Brethren, and was also janitor of the public school 
building for a long time. Mrs. Shumaker preceded her husband to the grave by ten 
years. Besides the son with whom he made his home, four other sons survive and 
one daughter namely, Alexander, of Meyersdale; Henry, of Connellsville; David, 
of Johnstown; Charles, of Frostburg, and Mrs. U. M. Housel, of this place. The 
deceased was a faithful member of the Church of the Brethren, and his pastor, 
Rev. Howe, conducted the funeral services at the church on Monday at 2 p. m. 
following which interment was made in the Union Cemetery.

Meyersdale Commercial, Nov. 5, 1914