Obituaries: Iola (WOMELDORF) SHUMAKER 1939: Jefferson County, PA
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Iola Shumaker died August 29, 1939
Mrs. Iola Shumaker, wife of W. Thomas Shumaker, died Tuesday afternoon,
August 29, 1939 at her home near Corsica (Baxter, R.D.) She was 58 years of
age.
A daughter of the late Henry and Emma Cowan Womeldorf, she was born near
Squirrel Hill, Clarion county, May 26, 1881. She was a member of the
Squirrel Hill Lutheran church.
She is survived by her husband, four sons and two daughters; Guy McCullough,
Blair, James, and Jack Shumaker at home; Mrs. Walter Dawson of Monterey,
Mexico, and Vee Shumaker at home. Of her fatherÕs family, the following
brothers and sisters survive: Joseph Womeldorf, Sligo; Earl of New
Bethlehem, R.D. 1; Reed of New Kensington; Mrs. James Curry, Callensburg,
and Mrs. Arthur Hornberger of near Oil City.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 1:30 p.m. from the home,
Rev. Gerald Palmer of Porter township officiating. Interment will be made
in the Squirrel Hill cemetery