Shrader, Dr. J. A. (Died 1928)

SHRADER

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Date: 9/14/2010 at 11:36:26

Ireton Ledger
Thursday, August 9, 1928

FORMER PASTOR HERE DIED AT HOME IN EAST
Dr. J. A. Shrader Succumbs to Heart Disease. Was Well Known Here.

The many friends and old acquaintances of Dr. J.A. Shrader were grieved to
learn of his death which occurred at the home of his son, James Shrader, in
Philadelphia, Pa., on Friday, July 20.

Dr. Shrader was at one time pastor of the old United Presbyterian Church in
Ireton, and during his pastorate here he endeared himself to the hearts of
the people of this community and is well remembered by the many residents
who lived here at that time. Dr. Shrader was the owner of several farms in
this community and made annual pilgrimages here to look after his
possessions and visit with old friends until this year. It is said that he
was making plans for his visit here this year when he was stricken.

The Ledger is indebted to Mrs. D.R. Stewart for the following notice of Dr.
Shader’s death taken from the Philadelphia Public Ledger:

The Rev. Dr. John Andrew Shrader, 79, of the Philadelphia Presbytery of the
United Presbyterian Church, died yesterday at the home of his son, Jas. F.
Shrader, at 220 North 34th street. He was a victim of heart disease.

Dr. Shrader was born in Butler County and was a graduate of Westminister
College and Allegheny Theological seminary afterward taking post-graduate
work at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to his retirement ten years ago,
he was pastor of a church at Oxford, Pa., the oldest United Presbyterian
congregation in the United States. His pastorates also included churches in
Iowa, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Deeply interested in missionary work,
he was a liberal contributor to the funds of the Board of Foreign Missions
as well as to other church agencies.

Besides his son here, he is survived by a son, James M. Shrader of Marshall,
Minn., and a brother, W. B. Shrader of Butler, Pa. His wife died forty-one years ago.

Funeral services were held in Philadelphia at 8 o’clock in the evening
following the day of his death, and the body was laid to rest in the
cemetery at Butler, Pa., the place of his birth, on the following Monday.