Charlene Janet Shoop (nee Mannear), of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at the Catholic Hospice Inpatient Unit at Holy Cross Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, with her family at her side.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 20, 1942, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Idabelle Kanarr Mannear. Charlene (Char) was a graduate of Dallas High School, class of 1960, and earned a bachelor of science in retailing and marketing from the Pennsylvania State University.
She worked in New York City as a buyer for Allied Stores, the parent company of Sterns Department Store. While living in the city, she met and married Thomas V. Shoop in 1968. The couple relocated to the Wyoming Valley, where they purchased the Atco Pulley Co. in Wilkes-Barre.
When the 1972 flood destroyed their factory, Charlene and Tom moved to Ft. Lauderdale, where they formed a property investment and management company, Intercontinental Investment Properties.
She was a former resident of Forty Fort, Shavertown and Dallas, and lived in Ft. Lauderdale for the past 35 years.
Char loved life, people and entertaining family and friends. Char was an excellent tennis player and teacher. She enjoyed gardening in her yard and spending time with her granddaughter, Lilly. Her favorite spot was the front porch of the Mannear family farm.
She was a kind, caring, generous and loving person. Most of all, she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Thomas V. Shoop; daughter, Eva Shoop Shafor, and her husband, Steve; granddaughter, Lilly Charlotte Shafor; step-grandson, Cayden Shafor; sisters, Brenda Mannear Susman and her husband, David; Betty Grace Mannear; brother, John Mannear and his wife, Sandra; nieces and nephews, Lori and Phil; Bill and Robin; Jim and Carmela; Michele and Greg; Amy and Dave; Mark, Holly and Dylan, Janet, Mary and Tom; Mike and Robin.
Interment will be made in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas.
Published in Times Leader from Sep. 12 to Sep. 13, 2013.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 20, 1942, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Idabelle Kanarr Mannear. Charlene (Char) was a graduate of Dallas High School, class of 1960, and earned a bachelor of science in retailing and marketing from the Pennsylvania State University.
She worked in New York City as a buyer for Allied Stores, the parent company of Sterns Department Store. While living in the city, she met and married Thomas V. Shoop in 1968. The couple relocated to the Wyoming Valley, where they purchased the Atco Pulley Co. in Wilkes-Barre.
When the 1972 flood destroyed their factory, Charlene and Tom moved to Ft. Lauderdale, where they formed a property investment and management company, Intercontinental Investment Properties.
She was a former resident of Forty Fort, Shavertown and Dallas, and lived in Ft. Lauderdale for the past 35 years.
Char loved life, people and entertaining family and friends. Char was an excellent tennis player and teacher. She enjoyed gardening in her yard and spending time with her granddaughter, Lilly. Her favorite spot was the front porch of the Mannear family farm.
She was a kind, caring, generous and loving person. Most of all, she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Thomas V. Shoop; daughter, Eva Shoop Shafor, and her husband, Steve; granddaughter, Lilly Charlotte Shafor; step-grandson, Cayden Shafor; sisters, Brenda Mannear Susman and her husband, David; Betty Grace Mannear; brother, John Mannear and his wife, Sandra; nieces and nephews, Lori and Phil; Bill and Robin; Jim and Carmela; Michele and Greg; Amy and Dave; Mark, Holly and Dylan, Janet, Mary and Tom; Mike and Robin.
Interment will be made in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas.
Published in Times Leader from Sep. 12 to Sep. 13, 2013.
Charlene Janet Shoop (nee Mannear), of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at the Catholic Hospice Inpatient Unit at Holy Cross Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, with her family at her side.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 20, 1942, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Idabelle Kanarr Mannear. Charlene (Char) was a graduate of Dallas High School, class of 1960, and earned a bachelor of science in retailing and marketing from the Pennsylvania State University.
She worked in New York City as a buyer for Allied Stores, the parent company of Sterns Department Store. While living in the city, she met and married Thomas V. Shoop in 1968. The couple relocated to the Wyoming Valley, where they purchased the Atco Pulley Co. in Wilkes-Barre.
When the 1972 flood destroyed their factory, Charlene and Tom moved to Ft. Lauderdale, where they formed a property investment and management company, Intercontinental Investment Properties.
She was a former resident of Forty Fort, Shavertown and Dallas, and lived in Ft. Lauderdale for the past 35 years.
Char loved life, people and entertaining family and friends. Char was an excellent tennis player and teacher. She enjoyed gardening in her yard and spending time with her granddaughter, Lilly. Her favorite spot was the front porch of the Mannear family farm.
She was a kind, caring, generous and loving person. Most of all, she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Thomas V. Shoop; daughter, Eva Shoop Shafor, and her husband, Steve; granddaughter, Lilly Charlotte Shafor; step-grandson, Cayden Shafor; sisters, Brenda Mannear Susman and her husband, David; Betty Grace Mannear; brother, John Mannear and his wife, Sandra; nieces and nephews, Lori and Phil; Bill and Robin; Jim and Carmela; Michele and Greg; Amy and Dave; Mark, Holly and Dylan, Janet, Mary and Tom; Mike and Robin.
Interment will be made in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas.
Published in Times Leader from Sep. 12 to Sep. 13, 2013.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 20, 1942, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Idabelle Kanarr Mannear. Charlene (Char) was a graduate of Dallas High School, class of 1960, and earned a bachelor of science in retailing and marketing from the Pennsylvania State University.
She worked in New York City as a buyer for Allied Stores, the parent company of Sterns Department Store. While living in the city, she met and married Thomas V. Shoop in 1968. The couple relocated to the Wyoming Valley, where they purchased the Atco Pulley Co. in Wilkes-Barre.
When the 1972 flood destroyed their factory, Charlene and Tom moved to Ft. Lauderdale, where they formed a property investment and management company, Intercontinental Investment Properties.
She was a former resident of Forty Fort, Shavertown and Dallas, and lived in Ft. Lauderdale for the past 35 years.
Char loved life, people and entertaining family and friends. Char was an excellent tennis player and teacher. She enjoyed gardening in her yard and spending time with her granddaughter, Lilly. Her favorite spot was the front porch of the Mannear family farm.
She was a kind, caring, generous and loving person. Most of all, she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
Surviving are her husband of 45 years, Thomas V. Shoop; daughter, Eva Shoop Shafor, and her husband, Steve; granddaughter, Lilly Charlotte Shafor; step-grandson, Cayden Shafor; sisters, Brenda Mannear Susman and her husband, David; Betty Grace Mannear; brother, John Mannear and his wife, Sandra; nieces and nephews, Lori and Phil; Bill and Robin; Jim and Carmela; Michele and Greg; Amy and Dave; Mark, Holly and Dylan, Janet, Mary and Tom; Mike and Robin.
Interment will be made in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas.
Published in Times Leader from Sep. 12 to Sep. 13, 2013.
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