Wife of John Shunk.
Aged 79-3-23, per her funeral notice.
Birth date computes to December 3, 1819.
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The Reading Eagle Newspaper carried her obituary March 27, 1899, page 1. As follows:
Rachel Savage, widow of John Shunk, died of pneumonia at 3 PM, Sunday, at the residence of her son-in-law Richard M. Whitman, 344 South 3rd Street, after an illness of several days, aged 81 years.
Four sons: Joseph, a member of Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery; William and Samuel, this city; and Francis Shunk of Allentown; one daughter, Mary, wife of Richard M. Whitman; and one brother John Savage, residing at Leinbach's, this county; also two sisters: Mrs. Catharine Gehris of Spring Twp.; and Sarah of Brooklyn, NY.
She was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, of the G.A.R. and the Reformed denomination.
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Funeral write-up see Reading Eagle Newspaper, March 30, 1899, page 4.
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Aged 79-3-23, per her funeral notice.
Birth date computes to December 3, 1819.
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The Reading Eagle Newspaper carried her obituary March 27, 1899, page 1. As follows:
Rachel Savage, widow of John Shunk, died of pneumonia at 3 PM, Sunday, at the residence of her son-in-law Richard M. Whitman, 344 South 3rd Street, after an illness of several days, aged 81 years.
Four sons: Joseph, a member of Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery; William and Samuel, this city; and Francis Shunk of Allentown; one daughter, Mary, wife of Richard M. Whitman; and one brother John Savage, residing at Leinbach's, this county; also two sisters: Mrs. Catharine Gehris of Spring Twp.; and Sarah of Brooklyn, NY.
She was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, of the G.A.R. and the Reformed denomination.
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Funeral write-up see Reading Eagle Newspaper, March 30, 1899, page 4.
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Wife of John Shunk.
Aged 79-3-23, per her funeral notice.
Birth date computes to December 3, 1819.
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The Reading Eagle Newspaper carried her obituary March 27, 1899, page 1. As follows:
Rachel Savage, widow of John Shunk, died of pneumonia at 3 PM, Sunday, at the residence of her son-in-law Richard M. Whitman, 344 South 3rd Street, after an illness of several days, aged 81 years.
Four sons: Joseph, a member of Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery; William and Samuel, this city; and Francis Shunk of Allentown; one daughter, Mary, wife of Richard M. Whitman; and one brother John Savage, residing at Leinbach's, this county; also two sisters: Mrs. Catharine Gehris of Spring Twp.; and Sarah of Brooklyn, NY.
She was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, of the G.A.R. and the Reformed denomination.
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Funeral write-up see Reading Eagle Newspaper, March 30, 1899, page 4.
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Aged 79-3-23, per her funeral notice.
Birth date computes to December 3, 1819.
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The Reading Eagle Newspaper carried her obituary March 27, 1899, page 1. As follows:
Rachel Savage, widow of John Shunk, died of pneumonia at 3 PM, Sunday, at the residence of her son-in-law Richard M. Whitman, 344 South 3rd Street, after an illness of several days, aged 81 years.
Four sons: Joseph, a member of Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery; William and Samuel, this city; and Francis Shunk of Allentown; one daughter, Mary, wife of Richard M. Whitman; and one brother John Savage, residing at Leinbach's, this county; also two sisters: Mrs. Catharine Gehris of Spring Twp.; and Sarah of Brooklyn, NY.
She was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, of the G.A.R. and the Reformed denomination.
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Funeral write-up see Reading Eagle Newspaper, March 30, 1899, page 4.
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