William J. Shoop1

M, #75078, b. 29 May 1899, d. 18 April 1980
  • Last Edited: 30 Jul 2025
  • William J. Shoop was born on 29 May 1899, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • He married Hannah A. Scheidler, daughter of Frank Scheidler and Agnes Hoffman, on 30 May 1925, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.3
  • William J. Shoop married Mary A. Travitz on 17 August 1935, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.4
  • William J. Shoop died on 18 April 1980, Dauphin County, PA, at age 80.2,5
  • Newspaper obituary:
    William J. Shoop
    HALIFAX - William J. Shoop, 80, of Mountain View Drive, died Friday.
    Retired, he had been an employee of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and a farmer. He was a member of Valley's United Church of Christ and Middletown Moose Lodge 410.
    Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary A. Shoop; four sons, Robert W., Thomas R., Richard D. and Clarence J., all of Halifax; four daughters, Mrs. Charles H. Daley of Millersburg, Mrs. Ronald W. Harman of Wiconisco, Margaret Shutt of Lykens and Mrs. Robert Gish of Millerstown RD 1; a brother, Clarence D. of Dauphin RD I; two sisters, Mrs. Mason F. Enders of Halifax RD 3 and Mrs. J. Emory Sweigard of Halifax RD 1; and 22 grandchildren.
    Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home at 118 S. Market St., Millersburg, with the Rev. George Tyson, his pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Bowerman's Lutheran Cemetery, Enterline.
    Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday after 7 p.m.
    The Patriot-News, April 20, 1980, Page 47.6
  • He was buried at Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, PA.2

Children of William J. Shoop and Mary A. Travitz

  • Bertha Ellen Shoop7 b. 11 Dec 1935, d. 27 Jul 2025
  • Sadie E. Shoop8 b. 5 Sep 1938, d. 19 Apr 2012
  • Robert William Shoop+9 b. 30 Jul 1940, d. 4 Feb 2006
  • Thomas Ruben Shoop10 b. 4 Sep 1942, d. 25 Oct 2008
  • Margaret Irene Shoop1
  • Clarence J. Shoop+ b. 21 Jul 1948, d. 8 Feb 2010
  • Bonita Jane Shoop11

Citations

  1. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Margaret Shoop Bride Of John Robert Shutt," The Daily Item, June 21, 1966, Page 3. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed November 4, 2024).
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28587463/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), Film Number: 000021200; https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61381/records/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  4. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, Film Number: 000021211; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
  5. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for William J. Shoop, The Patriot-News, April 20, 1980, Page 25. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed November 4, 2024).
  6. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for William J. Shoop, The Patriot-News, April 20, 1980, Page 47. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed July 16, 2025).
  7. [S1147] Online Obituary for Bertha Ellen Daley, Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home, Ltd., Millersburg, PA; https://www.minnichfuneral.com/obituaries/…
  8. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Sadie E. Harman, Republican and Herald, April 23, 2012, Page A11. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed July 30, 2025).
  9. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, for Robert W. Shoop, Patriot-News, Feb. 7, 2006; online: https://obits.pennlive.com/us/obituaries/pennlive/name/…
  10. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30995736/…
  11. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Thomas Ruben Shoop, The Patriot-News, October 30, 2008, Page B5. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-patriot-news/… : accessed July 30, 2025).