Rev. Edwin A Shoemaker

1909 - 1993  (83 years)

• Name	Edwin A Shoemaker
  Title	Rev.
  Born	7 Nov 1909	Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jun 1993	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	14 Jun 1993	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6233	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	F. Benton Shoemaker
  Mother	Mary Clemons Shoemaker
  Family ID	F6229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marjorie Glenn Gibson Shoemaker
  Married	1945	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Marjorie Jane Shoemaker
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2019 02:16:31
  Family ID	F6230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Shoemaker, Edwin 1 Rev. Edwin A. Shoemaker The Rev. Edwin A. Shoemaker, D.D., 83, Topeka, died Thursday, June 10, 1993, at his home. The Rev. Shoemaker was pastor of Westfield Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania from 1935 until 1942. He served in the Navy from 1942 until 1946 when he was discharged at the rank of lieutenant commander. He was called in 1946 to Stone Presbyterian Church of Wheeling, W.Va., where he served until 1950, then was pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, from 1950 to 1960; of First Presbyterian Church of Sistersvile, W.Va., from 1960 to 1967, and pastor of Grove City Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio, from 1967 to 1971, when he retired and moved to Topeka. Since he retired he served churches including Topeka-Central Presbyterian, Auburn and Wakarusa churches, Maple Hill Congregational church and Rossville, Delia and Lyndon Presbyterian churches. He was born Nov. 7, 1909, at Slippery Rock, Pa., son of the Rev. F. Benton Shoemaker, D.D., and Mary Clemons Shoemaker. He was graduated from Brookville, Pa., schools, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 from Grove City College of Grove City, Pa. He enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary in 1932, then received his theological degree in 1935 from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary at Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his Doctor of Divinity degree in 1954. He was married to Marjorie Glenn Gibson of Pittsburgh in 1945 at Harvard Chapel in Cambridge, Mass. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Marjorie Jane Shoemaker, Topeka; and a sister, Mary Jane Turnbull, Napa, Calif. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. The Rev. Shoemaker will lie in state from noon today until 9 p.m. Sunday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home where family and friends will meet from 3 until 5 p.m. Sunday. Memorial contributions may be made to Topeka Presbyterian Manor, 4712 S.W. 6th, 66606; Lyndon Presbyterian Church, 327 W. 6th, Lyndon, 66451; or Midland Hospice Care, 1272 S.W. Fillmore, 66604.
  		Obituary- Shoemaker, Edwin 2 Rev. Edwin A. Shoemaker Rev. Edwin A. Shoemaker, D.D., 83, Topeka, died Thursday, June 10, 1993, at his home. The Rev. Shoemaker was pastor of Westfield Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1942. He served in the Navy from 1942 until 1946, when he was discharged at the rank of lieutenant commander. He was called in 1946, to Stone Presbyterian Church of Wheeling, W.Va., where he served until 1950, then was pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pa., from 1950 to 1960; of the First Presbyterian Church of Sistersville, W.Va., from 1960 to 1967, and pastor of Grove City Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio, from 1967 to 1971, when he retired and moved to Topeka. Since he retired, he served area churches, including Topeka-Central Presbyterian, Auburn and Wakarusa churches, Maple Hill Congregational Church and Rossville, Delia and Lyndon Presbyterian churches. He was born November 7, 1909, at Slippery Rock, Pa., the son of the Rev. F. Benton Shoemaker, D.D., and Mary Clemons Shoemaker. He was graduated from Brookville, Pa. schools, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 from Grove City College of Grove City, Pa.. He enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary in 1932, then received his theological degree in 1935 from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary at Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his Doctor of Divinity degree in 1954. He was married to Marjorie Glenn Gibson, Pittsburgh, in 1945 at Harvard Chapel in Cambridge, Mass. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Marjorie Jane Shoemaker, Topeka; and a sister, Mary Jane Turnbull, Napa, Calif. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Topeka Presbyterian Manor, 4712 S.W. 6th, Topeka, 66606; Lyndon Presbyterian Church, 327 West 6th, Lyndon, 66451; or Midland Hospice Care, 1272 S.W. Fillmore, Topeka, 66604.