Shoemaker, Priscilla Mrs. Harold 1925-2011

SHOEMAKER, WHITCOMB, CROW

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/9/2012 at 04:13:14

Shoemaker, Priscilla
Home Town: Hawarden, Iowa
Deceased Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Service: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Address: Porter Funeral Home 712 10th St Hawarden, IA 51023 　
Obituary: Hawarden, Iowa-
Priscilla Ruth "Pug" Shoemaker, 86, of Hawarden, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011.
Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden Burial will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation without family present will be from noon to 7:00 p.m. Saturday at the Porter Funeral Home.
Priscilla Crow was born January 18, 1925, in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of William and Ethel (Whitcomb) Crow. She graduated from Central High School and attended Morningside College in Sioux City.
She married Harold "Hal" Shoemaker on April 15, 1949, in Sioux City, Iowa. They celebrated 53 years of marriage prior to Hal’s death in 2002.
An accomplished musician, she taught vocal music at Hawarden Public School as well as the Hudson Public School. She was organist of the Associated Church and also the Hudson Congregational-United Church of Christ, and taught hundreds of private students piano and music appreciation.
Her memberships included Eastern Star, P.E.O. and M.I.C.
Priscilla is survived by her son and his wife, Vance and Jennie Shoemaker of Hawarden; two daughters and their husbands, Cyndi and David Bess of Morgantown, WV and Tanya and Mark Hoefer of West Des Moines; six wonderful granddaughters, Jessica Reinking and her husband Andrew of Sioux Falls, SD, Marni, Mallory, and Andrea Shoemaker of Hawarden, and Danni and Carlie Hoefer of West Des Moines; and a brother-in-law, Joe Shoemaker of Denver, CO.

Source: Porter Funeral Home, Hawarden, IA., obit/ Hawarden Independet/Ireton Examiner of 10-6-2011