Unknown newspaper clipping:
Joseph Shore Dies At Blunt on Sunday
Blunt, July 23 - (Special) - Joseph Shore, 76, long time resident of this community, died Sunday aftrnoon at the home of Mrs. Alfred McIlravey where he was boarding. Death came while Shore was taking his usual afternoon nap.
The body has been taken to Pender, Neb, where burial will take place beside the grave of Shore's wife who died 25 years ago.
Survivors include one brother, Charles D Shore of Puctee, Iowa; and six children, Mrs. Everett Shore of Yakima, Wash., Mrs. Ethel Thorn and Mrs. Cora Twyford of Nebraska, Mrs. Henry Weeks of Oklahoma City, Ora and Ernest Shore Sebeka, Minn.
Mr. Shore was a member of the Methodist Church in Blunt and was for many years a salesman for the Watkins Company.
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Joseph Shore by Auretta Shore Dropps:
Joseph Shore was born February 14, 1863, in Lucas County, Iowa. He farmed first in Ziebach County, South Dakota, before coming to Blunt about 1915. He was a widower. He bought a home and small acreage in the northwest part of Blunt.
He became a Watkins salesman, starting his route with a horse-drawn carriage. His first car was the Model T pictured here.
I remember him as a happy 'Grandpa' singing his church hymms with the 'do re mi fa so la ti do', always the scale first and then the words. He was a very generous Grandpa, always giving samples of his Watkins products and (there was always) fruit gum for the children of his customers.
My brothers Ray Shore and Jerry Shore, remember accompanying him on his Watkins route and often spending the night with the last farmer on his route.
He lived at Blunt until his death, July 20 1941, and is buried at Pender, Nebraska.
Joseph Shore Dies At Blunt on Sunday
Blunt, July 23 - (Special) - Joseph Shore, 76, long time resident of this community, died Sunday aftrnoon at the home of Mrs. Alfred McIlravey where he was boarding. Death came while Shore was taking his usual afternoon nap.
The body has been taken to Pender, Neb, where burial will take place beside the grave of Shore's wife who died 25 years ago.
Survivors include one brother, Charles D Shore of Puctee, Iowa; and six children, Mrs. Everett Shore of Yakima, Wash., Mrs. Ethel Thorn and Mrs. Cora Twyford of Nebraska, Mrs. Henry Weeks of Oklahoma City, Ora and Ernest Shore Sebeka, Minn.
Mr. Shore was a member of the Methodist Church in Blunt and was for many years a salesman for the Watkins Company.
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Joseph Shore by Auretta Shore Dropps:
Joseph Shore was born February 14, 1863, in Lucas County, Iowa. He farmed first in Ziebach County, South Dakota, before coming to Blunt about 1915. He was a widower. He bought a home and small acreage in the northwest part of Blunt.
He became a Watkins salesman, starting his route with a horse-drawn carriage. His first car was the Model T pictured here.
I remember him as a happy 'Grandpa' singing his church hymms with the 'do re mi fa so la ti do', always the scale first and then the words. He was a very generous Grandpa, always giving samples of his Watkins products and (there was always) fruit gum for the children of his customers.
My brothers Ray Shore and Jerry Shore, remember accompanying him on his Watkins route and often spending the night with the last farmer on his route.
He lived at Blunt until his death, July 20 1941, and is buried at Pender, Nebraska.
Unknown newspaper clipping:
Joseph Shore Dies At Blunt on Sunday
Blunt, July 23 - (Special) - Joseph Shore, 76, long time resident of this community, died Sunday aftrnoon at the home of Mrs. Alfred McIlravey where he was boarding. Death came while Shore was taking his usual afternoon nap.
The body has been taken to Pender, Neb, where burial will take place beside the grave of Shore's wife who died 25 years ago.
Survivors include one brother, Charles D Shore of Puctee, Iowa; and six children, Mrs. Everett Shore of Yakima, Wash., Mrs. Ethel Thorn and Mrs. Cora Twyford of Nebraska, Mrs. Henry Weeks of Oklahoma City, Ora and Ernest Shore Sebeka, Minn.
Mr. Shore was a member of the Methodist Church in Blunt and was for many years a salesman for the Watkins Company.
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Joseph Shore by Auretta Shore Dropps:
Joseph Shore was born February 14, 1863, in Lucas County, Iowa. He farmed first in Ziebach County, South Dakota, before coming to Blunt about 1915. He was a widower. He bought a home and small acreage in the northwest part of Blunt.
He became a Watkins salesman, starting his route with a horse-drawn carriage. His first car was the Model T pictured here.
I remember him as a happy 'Grandpa' singing his church hymms with the 'do re mi fa so la ti do', always the scale first and then the words. He was a very generous Grandpa, always giving samples of his Watkins products and (there was always) fruit gum for the children of his customers.
My brothers Ray Shore and Jerry Shore, remember accompanying him on his Watkins route and often spending the night with the last farmer on his route.
He lived at Blunt until his death, July 20 1941, and is buried at Pender, Nebraska.
Joseph Shore Dies At Blunt on Sunday
Blunt, July 23 - (Special) - Joseph Shore, 76, long time resident of this community, died Sunday aftrnoon at the home of Mrs. Alfred McIlravey where he was boarding. Death came while Shore was taking his usual afternoon nap.
The body has been taken to Pender, Neb, where burial will take place beside the grave of Shore's wife who died 25 years ago.
Survivors include one brother, Charles D Shore of Puctee, Iowa; and six children, Mrs. Everett Shore of Yakima, Wash., Mrs. Ethel Thorn and Mrs. Cora Twyford of Nebraska, Mrs. Henry Weeks of Oklahoma City, Ora and Ernest Shore Sebeka, Minn.
Mr. Shore was a member of the Methodist Church in Blunt and was for many years a salesman for the Watkins Company.
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Joseph Shore by Auretta Shore Dropps:
Joseph Shore was born February 14, 1863, in Lucas County, Iowa. He farmed first in Ziebach County, South Dakota, before coming to Blunt about 1915. He was a widower. He bought a home and small acreage in the northwest part of Blunt.
He became a Watkins salesman, starting his route with a horse-drawn carriage. His first car was the Model T pictured here.
I remember him as a happy 'Grandpa' singing his church hymms with the 'do re mi fa so la ti do', always the scale first and then the words. He was a very generous Grandpa, always giving samples of his Watkins products and (there was always) fruit gum for the children of his customers.
My brothers Ray Shore and Jerry Shore, remember accompanying him on his Watkins route and often spending the night with the last farmer on his route.
He lived at Blunt until his death, July 20 1941, and is buried at Pender, Nebraska.
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Foot marker placed October 24, 2011 by Joseph's Great Granddaughter, Elsie (Shore) Childers and her husband Jim of Nimrod, MN.
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