10/21/1913 - 7/29/1975
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Williamson-Spencer Funeral Home, Portland, for Lamar Shoemaker, 61, principal of General Shanks Elementary School, Portland. He was a native of Hartford township in Adams County.
Rev. Tom Ford Will officiate at the
service and burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 3 p.m. today.
He had been in failing
health for two months and died in Clinic Hospital, Bluffton, Tuesday
morning.
Mr. Shoemaker had been a teacher and administrator in Jay County
school system for 35 years. He was a graduate of Hartford high School and
Ball State University.
He was born on Oct. 21, 1913, a
son of Oliver and Ada Treece-Shoemaker, and was united in marriage to Maxine
Wright on August 5, 1938.
Survivors include the wife;
son, Ronald L., at home and a brother, Theron Shoemaker, Dayton, O.
Mr. Shoemaker was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Portland,
VFW and DAV, and was a veteran of World War II.
Decatur
Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN; Thursday, July 31, 1975
Contributed by
Karin King
Buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery