Clarence J. Shoop

M, #9991, b. 21 July 1948, d. 8 February 2010
  • Last Edited: 7 Nov 2016
  • Clarence J. Shoop was born on 21 July 1948, RD, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He was the son of William J. Shoop and Mary Travitz.
  • Clarence J. Shoop died on 8 February 2010, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA, at age 61.2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    WICONISCO- Clarence J. Shoop, age 61, of Pottsville Street, passed away Monday, February 8, at the Harrisburg Hospital.
    He was born in Halifax, PA, son of the late William J. and Mary A. (Travitz) Shoop.
    He was retired from Kimmels Coal Co., Wiconisco. He had former memberships with the Elizabethville and Halifax VFW and Elizabethville American Legion Post #404. He was a former social member of the Wiconisco Fire Co.
    He was the widower of Debra Lee Shoop.
    Survivors include two daughters; Samantha L. Huffer, Mechanicsburg wife of Thomas E. Huffer of Enola, Terrylasia, wife of Bruce McLenegan, Lykens; brother, Richard Shoop, Halifax; four sisters, Bertha Daley, Millersburg; Sadie Harmon ,Wiconisco; Margaret Shutt, Tower City and Bonita Gish, Camp Hill; five grandchildren; Kayla Shoop, Dauphin; Pamela Hartman, Harrisburg; Hannah Huffer, Mechanicsburg; Shawn Harner, Jr., Lykens; Brayden McLenegan, Lykens.
    Clarence was preceded in death by his son: Paul A.K. Shoop.
    The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 16 from 1-2 pm at Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home in Elizabethville. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, February 16 at 2:00 pm at the funeral home, with burial to follow at St. Pauls,"Bowerman's" Cemetery, in Enterline, PA
    Donations to offset funeral costs may be made to, Hoover-Boyer Funeral Homes, Inc., Box 216 Elizabethville, PA 17023.
    Published in Patriot-News on February 10, 2010.2
  • He was buried on 16 February 2010, at Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • Father*: William J. Shoop
  • Mother*: Mary Travitz

Children of Clarence J. Shoop and Wendy M. Straub

  • C. James Shoop
  • Kimberlee Ann Shoop
  • Patrick Todd Shoop

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 286. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Online obituary for Clarence J. Shoop. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.