Rev. Edwin A Shoemaker

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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.

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