Mary Jane Shumake

Abt 1924 - 1938  (~ 14 years)

• Name	Mary Jane Shumake  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1924  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Apr 1938	Rosedale Twp, Jersey Co, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	10 Apr 1938	Hardin Cem, Hardin, Calhoun Co, Illinois   [1, 3]
  		Hardin Cemetery Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois. Hardin City Cemetery: Looking diagonally down the hill towards the entrance while standing near the southwest corner of the cemetery. Stones on both sides of North Cemetery Road are visible in this picture, and the Illinois River can be seen between the trees. (findagrave, Lynn Marie Vint, 1/20/2012) (many members of the Snider family have been identified in this file to have been buried in Hardin Cemetery. http://findagrave.com has some of these individual sites listed.)
  		Hardin Cemetery, Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois South County Road and Cemetery Road
  Notes	[A Snider-from Julie Goheen.FTW] Alton Evening Telegraph 9 Apr 1938 Fieldon Infant Dies As Mother Is Operated On While Mrs. Mabel Mathews Shumake, 32, wife of Melvln Shumake of near Fieldon, was undergoing treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital following an operation, her infant daughter, Mary Jane Shu make, died unexpectedly at the home of an aunt, Mrs. Mildred Worsham, Rosedale township, where it w as being cared for :while the mother was in the hospital. The baby died 'Thursday at 3 a. m., before a physician could be summoned. At an inquest condu cted Thursday afternoon by Coroner H. H. Seely at the Gubser funeral home in Jerseyville, a verdic t of death, probably due to pneumonia, was returned. At the inquest Mrs. Worsham testified that Mary Jane had been suffering with a "croupy cold" since last Thursday, but that on Wednesday her condition seemed improved. It was not though t the child was seriously ill until 1 a. m, Thursday. The location of the Worsham home and we ather conditions prevented a physician from being obtained before the baby died. Because of the serious condition of Mrs. Shumake, she was not told of the death of the baby u ntil yesterday. She will be unable to leave the hospital to attend the funeral, hospital atte ndants said, and may have to remain there for further surgical treatment. Funeral services for the baby will be held Sunday at 10 a. m. at the Pentecostal Church in Ha rdln. Burial will be in Hardin cemetery. Alton Evening Telegraph 9 Apr 1938 page 3 Infant Dies JERSEYVILLE. - Mary Jane Shumake, Infant daughter of Melvln and Mabel Mathews Shumake, of Jer seyville, died at 3 o'clock Thursday morning, April 7, of pneumonia. The baby's mother is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton and the child was being care d for at the home of her aunt, Mrs Mildred Worsham in Rosedale An Inquest was conducted at the Gubser Funeral Home in Jeneyville Thursday afternoon by Coron er H. H. Seely. The baby's aunt, Mrs. Worsham, testified that Mary Jane had been suffering with a "croupy col d" since last Thursday, but that on Wednesday her condition, seemed improved. It was not'thou ght that the child was seriously ill until about 1 o'clock Thursday morning. The location of the Worsham home and weather conditions prevented a physician from being obta ined before the baby died at 3 o'clock. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning, April 10, at ten o'clock at the Pentecostal Chu rch in Hardin. Interment will be in the Hardin cemetery.
  Person ID	I17065	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Melvin Shumake,   b. Abt 1904   d. Aft 1925 (Age ~ 22 years)
  Mother	Mabel M. Mathews,   b. 23 Jun 1906, Hardin, Calhoun Co, Illinois d. 29 Aug 1947, Wood River, Madison Co, Illinois (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1924  [1]
  Family ID	F6282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 10 Apr 1938 - Hardin Cem, Hardin, Calhoun Co, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S812] A Snider-from Julie Goheen.FTW. Date of Import: 3 Nov 2008 [S630] IL DEATH INDEX 1916-1950, #0000045. [S734] Obit for Mary Jane Shumake.