Dear Ancestor,
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and the date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who cares
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Author Unknown
»♱« OBITUARY »♱«
George Shimo Dies;
Rites Wednesday
George Shimo, 159 Oak St., Taylor, died yesterday morning in State Hospital where he had been a medical patient eight days.
Born in Czechoslovakia, son of the late John and Mary Lynch Shimo, he had lived in Taylor 54 years. Mr. Shimo was a member of St. John the Baptist Church, Taylor, and its Holy Name Society. He operated gasoline service stations in Old Forge and Taylor prior to his retirement. Mr. Shimo and his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Kandra, would have marked their 53rd wedding anniversay in August.
Surviving are his wife, eight sons, John, Elmer and Frank, this city; Michael, Cleveland; Andrew, Baltimore; Matthew and George, Endicott, N.Y., and Joseph, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Carey and Mrs. John Podracky, Baltimore, and Mrs. Joseph Skoviera, Endicott; 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 9 A.M. from the home with mass at 9:30 in St. John's Church. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow.
SOURCE: The Scranton Times, Scranton, PA
DATE PUBLISHED/PAGE NO:
June 27, 1955, Pg. 29
• Date of Burial: Wednesday, June 29, 1955
Dear Ancestor,
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and the date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who cares
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Author Unknown
»♱« OBITUARY »♱«
George Shimo Dies;
Rites Wednesday
George Shimo, 159 Oak St., Taylor, died yesterday morning in State Hospital where he had been a medical patient eight days.
Born in Czechoslovakia, son of the late John and Mary Lynch Shimo, he had lived in Taylor 54 years. Mr. Shimo was a member of St. John the Baptist Church, Taylor, and its Holy Name Society. He operated gasoline service stations in Old Forge and Taylor prior to his retirement. Mr. Shimo and his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Kandra, would have marked their 53rd wedding anniversay in August.
Surviving are his wife, eight sons, John, Elmer and Frank, this city; Michael, Cleveland; Andrew, Baltimore; Matthew and George, Endicott, N.Y., and Joseph, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Charles Carey and Mrs. John Podracky, Baltimore, and Mrs. Joseph Skoviera, Endicott; 23 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 9 A.M. from the home with mass at 9:30 in St. John's Church. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow.
SOURCE: The Scranton Times, Scranton, PA
DATE PUBLISHED/PAGE NO:
June 27, 1955, Pg. 29
• Date of Burial: Wednesday, June 29, 1955
Inscription
† SHIMO †
ELIZABETH
1883 — 1961
GEORGE
1879 — 1955
Family Members
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John George "Jimmie" Shimo
1904–1986
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George James Shima
1905–1997
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Elmer Emil Shimo
1907–1990
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Andrew Michael "Max" Shimo
1908–1987
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Joseph J. "Splatter" Shimo
1910–1979
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Elizabeth Mary "Liz" Shimo Podracky
1911–1984
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Anna Sima
1912 – unknown
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Michael Matthew Shemo
1915–1978
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Matthew Michael Shemo
1915–2005
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Anna Mary Shimo Skoviera
1920–1980
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Mary Elizabeth Shimo Carey
1923–2010
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Francis Albert Shimo
1925–2012
