OBIT: Harvey W. SHUMAKER, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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HARVEY W. SHUMAKER

  Harvey W. Shumaker died last Saturday at the family home in Johnstown, 
following an illness of ten years, two years of which period he was entirely 
blind.
  Born in Meyersdale, May 20, 1888, he was a son of the late Rev. David F. and 
Emma (Miller) Shumaker.  He entered the employ of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel 
Company at its Lorain plant May 16, 1906, and was pensioned in 1934.  He was an 
active member of the Moxham Church of the Brethren until health prevented his 
attendance, having served as deacon, trustee, chorister and teacher of the Wide-
Awake Bible Class.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Essie (Stuver) Shumaker; a brother, Gilbert 
A. Shumaker, Johnstown; a nephew, David J. Shumaker, with the United States Army 
in California, and a niece, Mrs. Elmer Snyder, Johnstown.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Shumaker residence Monday afternoon, in 
charge of his pastor, Rev. John Ellis.  Interment was made in Forest Lawn 
Cemetery, Johnstown.

Meyersdale Republican, March 16, 1944