Submitted by: Dan Rich
Feb. 23, 1931 - July 21, 1997
South Bend Tribune 7/23/1997
Owen E. Shoup of South Bend died Monday, July 21, at the age of 66, after a long illness of Renal Cell Carcinoma. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor of South Bend, a son, Steven of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and two grandchildren, David and Rosanna. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Michael. He was the youngest of nine children born to LeNora (Rothe) and Allen Shoup on Feb. 23, 1931, in Orrville, Ohio. He had a happy childhood growing up on the family farm. He was preceded in death by two sisters. He is survived by one sister, Ethel Miller of Berlin, Ohio; and five brothers, Ira of Wadsworth, Ohio, Arthur of Canton, Ohio, Harry of Bremen, Ind., Walter of Orrville, Ohio, and Roy of Aiken, S.C.
He was a member of Kern Road Mennonite Church. He was a graduate of Smithville High School in Ohio. He received a BA degree from Goshen College and an MA degree from Indiana University. He was a Biology teacher for 32 years.
Friends and family may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today, July 23, and 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 24, in the Kern Road Mennonite Church, 18211 Kern Road, South Bend. a graveside service will be at 9 a.m. Friday, July 25, in Olive Township Cemetery, 61081 County Road 3, in Elkhart County followed by a memorial service at 10:30 a.m. in the Kern Road Mennonite Church followed by a noon meal in the Church Fellowship Hall. Officiating will be the revs. David and Janice Sutter and Andre Gingerich Stoner, all of the Kern Road Mennonite Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given for computers at either Parish Resource Center or Global Gifts, both of Mishawaka, or to fund the moving of the organ at the Kern Road Mennonite Church. Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret-Lienhart Funeral Home in Wakarusa is in charge of arrangements.