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Gerald Byron Shorb

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Gerald Byron Shorb

Birth
Keysville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Death
10 Jul 1970 (aged 76)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Son of Joshua Franklin and Elizabeth Troxell Shorb. Husband of Minnie Viola Freshman Shorb. Father of Martin Franklin Shorb. Brother of Alvey Sheridan Shorb and Maurice Franklin Shorb. Beloved grandfather of Lee and Lorraine.

Gerald B. Shorb, 76, of Thurmont, died Friday at the Annie M. Warner Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa. Born in Carroll, a son of the late Joshua and Elizabeth Troxell Shorb, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in World War I.
Surviving besides his wife, Mrs. Minnie Freshman Shorb, are one son, Martin F. Shorb, Charleston, S.C., two grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one brother, Morris ** Shorb, Fairfield, Pa.
The body is at the Creager Funeral Home in Thurmont where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Services will be conducted from the funeral home Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Harry Krone. Interment will be in the Blue Ridge Cemetery, Thurmont.

** correct spelling is Maurice.

Pappy's obituary was published in The News, Frederick, Maryland on 10 July 1970, page A-5.
Son of Joshua Franklin and Elizabeth Troxell Shorb. Husband of Minnie Viola Freshman Shorb. Father of Martin Franklin Shorb. Brother of Alvey Sheridan Shorb and Maurice Franklin Shorb. Beloved grandfather of Lee and Lorraine.

Gerald B. Shorb, 76, of Thurmont, died Friday at the Annie M. Warner Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa. Born in Carroll, a son of the late Joshua and Elizabeth Troxell Shorb, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in World War I.
Surviving besides his wife, Mrs. Minnie Freshman Shorb, are one son, Martin F. Shorb, Charleston, S.C., two grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one brother, Morris ** Shorb, Fairfield, Pa.
The body is at the Creager Funeral Home in Thurmont where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Services will be conducted from the funeral home Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Harry Krone. Interment will be in the Blue Ridge Cemetery, Thurmont.

** correct spelling is Maurice.

Pappy's obituary was published in The News, Frederick, Maryland on 10 July 1970, page A-5.


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