OBIT: Ruth Ellen (SHROYER) SHUMAKER, 1997, Fairhope, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SHUMAKER Ruth Ellen Shumaker, 91, of Fairhope, went home to be with her Lord, June 5, 1997, at her home. She was a good Christian, loving mother and will be missed by all her family. Born April 16, 1906, at Williams in Fairhope Township, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Rosie (Clites) Shroyer. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Ellsworth F. Shumaker, on June 17, 1977, and by four brothers and four sisters. Surviving are a son, Francis J. Shumaker and wife Mabel, Rising Sun, Md.; five daughters: R. Mary Jane Winebrenner and husband Allan, Baltimore; Helen R. Fahnestock and husband Larry, Chambersburg; Shirley R. Cummins and husband Earl, Fairhope; Sylvia J. Kennell and husband Robert, Fairhope, and Ethel Mae Isiminger and husband Ralph, La Vale, Md.; 23 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Harvey and Robert Shroyer, both of Fairhope, and four sisters: Rosella Davey, Ellerslie, Md.; Edna Helmstetter, Cash Valley Road, La Vale; Fairy Starkey, Akron, Ohio, and Mattie Riall, Salisbury, Md. Member of Fairhope Community Church. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, and at the church for one hour prior to the service. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairhope Community Church, with Pastor Bradley Reider and Pastor Leroy Logsdon officiating. Interment, Comps Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be sent to Fairhope Community Church, Fairhope, PA 15538. Somerset Daily American, June 6, 1997 [S1677]