Mrs. Harvey B. Shroat

NORTH BEND—Ninety-one-year-old Mrs. Mary E. Shroat, the last of her family, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, 1970, in the Renovo hospital where she had been a patient since May 12.
She had been found at her home that day, by her son, John, stricken from a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Shroat had been in her usual health before the stroke. She lived in a new trailer home alone Route 120, after the relocated highway here had taken her former residence.
Mary E. Surek Shroat was born May 28, 1878 in Lock Haven, a daughter of Daniel Surek. Her father had come to the United States in 1875 from Germany, and later became a naturalized citizen. His facility with languages, he spoke eight, noble him to serve frequently as an interpreter in Clinton County Court.
Mrs. Shroat was married in 1899 to Harvey B. Shroat, and had lived in the Renovo area since 1912. Mr. Shroat died 20 years ago.
She was a member of the North Bend United Methodist Church.
Surviving were four sons and two daughters, John E. and Harry D., North Bend; George C. Shroat, Lock Haven; and William W., and Mrs. Charles Musselman, and Mrs. Walter Watt, all of Farwell; ten grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
Three sisters preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at the Moriarty Funeral Home, Renovo, with the Reverend James M. Davis officiating.
Interment was in Dunnstown Cemetery.
~The Express—Lock Haven, PA—Thursday, June 4, 1970 Page 10~

The first of four daughters of Daniel and Roseanna Surek. Wife of Harvey B. Shroat.
Mary Surek married Harvey B Shroat in 1899 at the First Methodist Church in Lock Haven, PA. They lived in Lock Haven until 1912 when they moved to North Bend and lived on the Judge Crawford Farm. Mary and Harvey had 12 children.

North Bend's Mrs. Shroat is 90 Years Old May 28, 1969

NORTH BEND---Mrs. Mary E. Shroat is celebrating her 90th birthday today and will be on her way to Lock Haven to visit a niece and nephew, Miss Pauline, and Homer Myers, Bellefonte Avenue, where old friends will greet her at an annual birthday party arranged for "Aunt Mary."
Something like 50 of the family met in in North Bend at the summer place of her son, George Schroat of Lock Haven, on Sunday, May 25, to honor her.
It was a very lively occasion for the lively Mrs. Shroat who lives alone, next door to her oldest son, John E. Shroat, and does her own housework, despite the bedevilment of arthritis that does hobble older folk.
Mary E. Shroat is the last surviving of the four sisters in her own family. She married Harvey B. Shroat in the First united Methodist Church in Lock Haven in 1899. They lived in that city until 1912 when they moved to North Bend to Judge Crawford's farm.
Mr. Shroat, who had been a deliveryman employed by Zimmerman's in Lock Haven, farmed here for many years. He died in the 1930's.
Twelve children were born to the Shroats, of whom six, John E. and Harry D. (Frip), of North Bend; George, Lock Haven; William, Mrs. Charles Musselman, and Mrs. Walter Watt of Farwell, survive.
Mrs. Shroat is "Grandma" to nine grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
She continues in frequent correspondence with relatives of her father, Daniel Surek, in Germany. Since she doesn't read German, she welcomes translations read to her by Mrs. William Hook of Renovo, a native of Germany.
The late Daniel Surek spoke seven languages and was an interpreter at the Clinton County Courthouse until his death, his family recalls.
Mrs. Shroat is a member of the United Methodist Church. She celebrates her natal day with another North Bend friend, Leroy Heaps, who hasn't caught up to her in the number of his years.
Everyone here is wishing Mrs. Shroat a happy birthday.
~Published In: The Express--Lock Haven PA--Wednesday, May 28, 1969~

From Her 1899 Pennsylvania Marriage Record:

Name: Mary Surek
Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1878
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1899
Marriage Place: Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Danl. Surek
Mother: Rosa Surek
Spouse: Harvey B. Schroat
Film Number: 000963872 FamilySearch.org