OBIT: Christiana (BURKET) SHOENFELT, 1916, Taylor Township, Blair County, PA

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MRS. GEORGE M. SHOENFELT,

Wife of George M. Shoenfelt of Taylor township, died at her home 
Wednesday morning, Nov. 1, at 6.30 o'clock, of paralysis. She was born 
in Blair county, Aug. 20, 1831, and at the time of her demise was aged 
84 years, 2 months and 11 days. Thirty-one years ago Mrs. Shoenfelt 
united with the German Reformed church and had since been a consistent 
christian woman, loving wife and mother and will be sadly missed in her 
home and by a large circle of friends. She is survived by her husband, 
George M. Shoenfelt and nine children:  Mrs. Ella Myers of Woodbury, 
Mrs. Sarah Snowberger of Altoona, Horace of East Sharpsburg, Allen of 
Roaring Spring, J. Blair of Bolivia, S.A., George of Muskogee, Okla., 
Adam of Greensburg, Daniel of Altoona, Edward at home. She is also 
survived by three brothers and sisters:  Mrs. David Shoeman of Roaring 
Spring, Mrs. Lew Davis and Mrs. Henry Barr of Martinsburg, George and 
Henry Burket of Dallas Center, Ia., David and Daniel Burket of 
Martinsburg. Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 3, at 2 o'clock 
p.m. at her late home. Interment in the Earlenbaugh cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday, November 2, 1916, p. 16, col. 1

[Again we are reminded how in earlier eras women lost a sense of 
personal identity, known and referred to often only as "Mrs. [fill in 
husband's name here]". Mrs. George M. Shoenfelt's birth name was 
Christiana Burket - ed.]