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Data source is Robert Newton Mumma, Jr. E-mail rnpmumma@inteliport.com
"Oscar Ellsworth Shingler of Orbisonia died in the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital at 6 a. m. Saturday, April 8, 1944. He had been a patient in the hospital since February 4, 1944, on which date he suffered a back injury in the mines near Robertsdale in which he was employed. He was born in Cromwell Township on May 30, 1883, the son of Christopher and Nancy Chilcote Shingler. Mr. Shingler had been twice, married: to Bella Booher, of Orbisonia, and to Mrs. Emma Barber Saltillo. Both preceded him in death.
Survivors include one son and two daughters born to his first wife: Mrs. Hazel Mumma, Harrisburg; Wilber Shingler, Orbisonia; Clarence Shingler, Hollidaysburg; two step-daughters and one step-son: Isabelle, Mrs. Hayes Chilcote, Orbisonia; Alice, Mrs. Jess Edminson, Altoona; and Fern Barber, Orbisonia; two sisters: Mrs. Wilbert Grove, Cedar Crest, Pa.; Mrs. Bertha Saylor, Altoona; three half-sisters and one half-brother: Mrs. Lemuel Kephart, Orbisonia; Mrs. Samuel Alter, Waynesboro; Mrs. Robert Alter, Hagerstown, Md.; Paul Shingler, Orbisonia. Also surviving are a grand-daughter, Mrs. Roy Gibble, whom Mr. Shingler reared; and three other grandchildren: Clarence and Frances Shingler, Hollidaysburg; and Robert Mumma, Harrisburg. Mr. Shingler, a miner by occupation, had been in the employ of the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company for forty years. He was a splendid citizen and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was a member of the home council of defense and of the P.O.S.of A., Orbisonia. He was a member of the Methodist Church and of Dr. J. A. Puckey's Sunday School Class. The funeral service will be held at Ott's funeral home, Orbisonia, at 2:30 on Tuesday, the Rev. Arthur Price officiating. Interment will be made in the Jorden Cemetery, Cromwell Township. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour of the service.
1930 census, PA, Dauphin County, Swarta Township, ED 22-105 Sheet 3A, p. 135 York Street 4 April 1930
Hazel Shingler is living as a boarder, age 20, single, occ: clerk, Capitol
1940: Census, Highspire, Dauphin, PA, 301 Second Street
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Hazel Mumma, head, 39, widowed
Robert Mumma, son, 9