Obituaries: Shirley Ann SHICK 1937: Jefferson County, PA
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Shirley Ann Shick died April 8, 1937
Shirley Ann Shick, infant daughter of Clarence E. and Florence (Buffington)
Shick, died in childrenÕs hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, April 8,
1937, aged 1 year, 10 months and 15 days. She had been an invalid since
birth, and although the best medical and surgical skill was sought, her
affliction was beyond human aid.
Deceased was born at the Shick home in Hawthorn, May 24, 1935, and is
survived by her parents and two sisters, Betty and Phyllis, at home. In
addition she is survived by her grandparents on both her fatherÕs and
motherÕs side, and by one great grandparent, vis., Mr. and Mrs. James Shick
of Mayport, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Buffington, Red Bank township, and her great
grandfather, Mr. Joseph C. Richards of this place.
Funeral services, conducted by Re. M. V. Kelly, were held Sunday, April 11,
from the Evangelical church of Hawthorn, followed by interment in the
Grandview cemetery at Summerville, Pa, under the direction of Mortician H.
H. Sloan of Hawthorn.
Jesus has taken a beautiful bud
Out of the garden of love.
Borne it away in the City of God.
Home of the angel above.
The following songs were sung very sweetly by Mrs. Milo Houpt and Mrs. Bruce
Bish, accompanied by Mrs. G. H. Ferguson at the piano "Jewels" "Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere" and "Gathering Buds".