The Correctionville News, 26 February 1953, page 1:
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Catherine Shontz, former prominent Correctionville resident, were held at the Wilson-Hull Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Arthur Dyson officiating. Mrs. Shontz passed away at her home in Terre Haute, IN. Members of Stella Chapter 17 presided over the Eastern Star rites at the service. Burial was in the Correctionville Cemetery. Miss Geraldine Shontz of Terre Haute accompanied her mother's body here and remained until Monday. William Shontz of Ames was called home by his grandmother's passing. Daisy Catherine Paine Shontz was born at Brainerd, Minnesota, March 21, 1866, and passed away at Terre Haute, Indiana, Tuesday morning February 17, 1953, at the age of 86 years, following a lingering illness. She was raised at Brainerd and spent her early life there as she grew to womanhood. She was one of a family of three brothers and two sisters. She was united in marriage to David B. Shontz at Brainerd in 1885, and to this union three children were born: William Erle, Geraldine, and Basil. Her husband preceded her in death in 1926 and the son, Basil, passed away in 1905. They came to Correctionville immediately after their marriage where she resided until after the death of her husband, when she went to live with her daughter Geraldine in 1930, a teacher in the Indiana State Teacher's College. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Correctionville until it was disbanded. She united with the Methodist Church in Correctionville in 1925. She was a member of Stella Chapter 17, Order of the Eastern Star, and was a past matron of the chapter and also served as its treasurer. She did much in Red Cross work in World War I. She was also a member of Chapter Z of the P.E.O. sisterhood at Terre Haute, Indiana. For the past seven years she has been bedfast but in spite of her affliction she always retained her sense of humor and was always cheerful, and when physically able was full of life. She is survived by her son Erle and daughter Geraldine and one grandson, William David Shontz, a student at Ames.
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Catherine Shontz, former prominent Correctionville resident, were held at the Wilson-Hull Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Arthur Dyson officiating. Mrs. Shontz passed away at her home in Terre Haute, IN. Members of Stella Chapter 17 presided over the Eastern Star rites at the service. Burial was in the Correctionville Cemetery. Miss Geraldine Shontz of Terre Haute accompanied her mother's body here and remained until Monday. William Shontz of Ames was called home by his grandmother's passing. Daisy Catherine Paine Shontz was born at Brainerd, Minnesota, March 21, 1866, and passed away at Terre Haute, Indiana, Tuesday morning February 17, 1953, at the age of 86 years, following a lingering illness. She was raised at Brainerd and spent her early life there as she grew to womanhood. She was one of a family of three brothers and two sisters. She was united in marriage to David B. Shontz at Brainerd in 1885, and to this union three children were born: William Erle, Geraldine, and Basil. Her husband preceded her in death in 1926 and the son, Basil, passed away in 1905. They came to Correctionville immediately after their marriage where she resided until after the death of her husband, when she went to live with her daughter Geraldine in 1930, a teacher in the Indiana State Teacher's College. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Correctionville until it was disbanded. She united with the Methodist Church in Correctionville in 1925. She was a member of Stella Chapter 17, Order of the Eastern Star, and was a past matron of the chapter and also served as its treasurer. She did much in Red Cross work in World War I. She was also a member of Chapter Z of the P.E.O. sisterhood at Terre Haute, Indiana. For the past seven years she has been bedfast but in spite of her affliction she always retained her sense of humor and was always cheerful, and when physically able was full of life. She is survived by her son Erle and daughter Geraldine and one grandson, William David Shontz, a student at Ames.
The Correctionville News, 26 February 1953, page 1:
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Catherine Shontz, former prominent Correctionville resident, were held at the Wilson-Hull Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Arthur Dyson officiating. Mrs. Shontz passed away at her home in Terre Haute, IN. Members of Stella Chapter 17 presided over the Eastern Star rites at the service. Burial was in the Correctionville Cemetery. Miss Geraldine Shontz of Terre Haute accompanied her mother's body here and remained until Monday. William Shontz of Ames was called home by his grandmother's passing. Daisy Catherine Paine Shontz was born at Brainerd, Minnesota, March 21, 1866, and passed away at Terre Haute, Indiana, Tuesday morning February 17, 1953, at the age of 86 years, following a lingering illness. She was raised at Brainerd and spent her early life there as she grew to womanhood. She was one of a family of three brothers and two sisters. She was united in marriage to David B. Shontz at Brainerd in 1885, and to this union three children were born: William Erle, Geraldine, and Basil. Her husband preceded her in death in 1926 and the son, Basil, passed away in 1905. They came to Correctionville immediately after their marriage where she resided until after the death of her husband, when she went to live with her daughter Geraldine in 1930, a teacher in the Indiana State Teacher's College. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Correctionville until it was disbanded. She united with the Methodist Church in Correctionville in 1925. She was a member of Stella Chapter 17, Order of the Eastern Star, and was a past matron of the chapter and also served as its treasurer. She did much in Red Cross work in World War I. She was also a member of Chapter Z of the P.E.O. sisterhood at Terre Haute, Indiana. For the past seven years she has been bedfast but in spite of her affliction she always retained her sense of humor and was always cheerful, and when physically able was full of life. She is survived by her son Erle and daughter Geraldine and one grandson, William David Shontz, a student at Ames.
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Catherine Shontz, former prominent Correctionville resident, were held at the Wilson-Hull Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Arthur Dyson officiating. Mrs. Shontz passed away at her home in Terre Haute, IN. Members of Stella Chapter 17 presided over the Eastern Star rites at the service. Burial was in the Correctionville Cemetery. Miss Geraldine Shontz of Terre Haute accompanied her mother's body here and remained until Monday. William Shontz of Ames was called home by his grandmother's passing. Daisy Catherine Paine Shontz was born at Brainerd, Minnesota, March 21, 1866, and passed away at Terre Haute, Indiana, Tuesday morning February 17, 1953, at the age of 86 years, following a lingering illness. She was raised at Brainerd and spent her early life there as she grew to womanhood. She was one of a family of three brothers and two sisters. She was united in marriage to David B. Shontz at Brainerd in 1885, and to this union three children were born: William Erle, Geraldine, and Basil. Her husband preceded her in death in 1926 and the son, Basil, passed away in 1905. They came to Correctionville immediately after their marriage where she resided until after the death of her husband, when she went to live with her daughter Geraldine in 1930, a teacher in the Indiana State Teacher's College. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Correctionville until it was disbanded. She united with the Methodist Church in Correctionville in 1925. She was a member of Stella Chapter 17, Order of the Eastern Star, and was a past matron of the chapter and also served as its treasurer. She did much in Red Cross work in World War I. She was also a member of Chapter Z of the P.E.O. sisterhood at Terre Haute, Indiana. For the past seven years she has been bedfast but in spite of her affliction she always retained her sense of humor and was always cheerful, and when physically able was full of life. She is survived by her son Erle and daughter Geraldine and one grandson, William David Shontz, a student at Ames.
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