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Eva Shoemaker Obituary

Eva M. Shoemaker, 93, of Lady Lake, Fla., and formerly of Saylorsburg, died Thursday in the New Horizon Rehabilitation Center in Ocala, Fla.

She was the wife if the late Willard "Bud" Shoemaker.

Born in Sciota, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Getz Bittenbender.

She and her husband had owned and operated Shoemaker Brothers in Saylorsburg for 40 years, retiring in 1985.

She was a member of the Hope United Church of Christ in Wind Gap. She was also a member of the Blue Ridge Hook and Ladder Co. Auxiliary, the Rebecca Lodge and the Patriotic Order of Americans, all in Saylorsburg.

She is survived by two sons, Ronald Shoemaker of Lady Lake, Fla., and Sherwood Shoemaker of Saylorsburg; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Arnold, and by two brothers, Norman and Stanley Bittenbender.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at Hope United Church of Christ with the Rev. Dr. Dean D. Frey officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Hamilton Township. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Kresge Funeral Home, Route 209, Brodheadsville.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hope United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 425, Wind Gap, PA 18091

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Pocono Record on Aug. 12, 2006.

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Clair Bittenbender

August 16, 2006

To the Shoemaker family. I am sorry to hear of Evas passing.Peace and a prayer for you in these trying times.

LeRoy & Arvilla VanBuskirk

August 12, 2006

our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Thom & Pam Becker

August 12, 2006

Sherwood, Ronnie, and Family,

Please accept our heartfelt sympathy. We wish we could be there now for you.

Please know you are in our thoughts and prayers.

Bob Bowen

August 12, 2006

Sherwood, Ronnie and Families,

So sorry to see of your mothers passing. She was a good woman and I know she helped so many people in so many ways. My prayers and thoughts are with you all this day.

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