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James William Shoop¹

• Last Edited: 9 Nov 2022

• James William Shoop was born on 2 February 1911, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.⁴
• He was the son of Elmer Henry Shoop and Vada Marenda Saltzer.^2,3
• James William Shoop married Esther Mae Enders.¹
• James William Shoop died on 29 July 2007, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 96.⁴
• Funeral home obituary:
  James W. Shoop
  February 2, 1911 - July 29, 2007
  Halifax- James W. Shoop, of Halifax, PA, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2007 in the Manor at Susquehanna Village. He was born Thursday, February 2, 1911 in Halifax, PA, the Son of the late Elmer H. & Vada Seltzer Shoop. He was the husband of Evelyn M. Holtzman Shoop. He was a life long farmer. He was a member of Faith U.M. Church, Fisherville. He served as a township supervisor for Jackson Twp. Surviving are a Daughter Miriam R. Snyder of Elizabethville, a Son Lynn E. Shoop of Halifax, a Daughter Jean M. Laudenslager of Halifax, step daughters Barbara Weist of Elizabethville and Gardenia Steel of Halifax. He is also survived by 19 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wives Esther M. Enders and Dorothy Seagrist Shoop. Services will be held at Hoover Funeral Homes, Inc., Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Gail Boyer officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Halifax. Friends will be received 7-9 PM Wednesday and again 10-11 AM Thursday, August 2 at the at the Hoover Funeral Homes, Inc., Elizabethville, PA. Contributions may be made to his church at PO Box 653, Halifax, PA 17032. To sign the online guest book, go to www.hooverfuneralhomes.com.⁵
  
• He was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, PA.⁴

• Father*: Elmer Henry Shoop² b. 26 Jun 1878, d. 26 May 1961
• Mother*: Vada Marenda Saltzer³ b. 18 Dec 1877, d. 25 Jan 1958

Esther Mae Enders¹

• Last Edited: 9 Nov 2022

• Esther Mae Enders was born on 16 April 1912, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.²
• She married James William Shoop, son of Elmer Henry Shoop and Vada Marenda Saltzer.¹
• Esther Mae Enders died on 25 February 1959, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 46.^3,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  MRS. JAMES W. SHOOP
  Mrs. Esther Shoop, age 416 years, of Jackson Township, wife of James W. Shoop, died in a Harrisburg hospital on Wednesday. She had been in ill health for some time.
  Mrs. .Shoop was a daughter of Thomas F. and Jennie (Hoffman) Enders and was a native and lifelong long resident of Jackson Township. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Fisherville.
  Survivors are her husband, two daughters and one son, Miriam, Mrs. Guy Snyder, Halifax R. D. Miss Jean and Lynn E. Shoop, both at home, and three grandchildren.
  Also surviving are her parents, three brothers and three sisters, Thomas 0., Samuel and Claude Enders, Mrs. Earl Baker and Mrs. Harry Hampton, all of Halifax R. D. 1; and Miss Mary Enders of Harrisburg.
  Services will be held from the Buffington Funeral Home, Elizabethville, at 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. Edward G. Brame, pastor of the Fisherville Lutheran Parish will officiate and interment will he in Faiiview Cemetery at Enders.
  Friends may call at the Funeral Home Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock.
  Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 26 Feb 1959, Thu, Page 1.³
  
• She was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Enders, Dauphin County, PA.²

Helen E. Geist^1,2

• Last Edited: 23 Feb 2024

• Helen E. Geist also went by the name of Lena.
• She was born on 14 November 1832.¹
• She married Simon Schneider, son of Abraham Schneider and Susanna Schweitzer, on 26 May 1850, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.^1,3
• Helen E. Geist died on 24 November 1904, at age 72.¹
• She was buried at Saint Johns Cemetery, Leck Kill, Northumberland County, PA.³