Martha K. (Stump) Shaneyfelt

1/28/1904 - 1/28/1972

Jay county lady, 68, is killed on birthday

Mrs. Martha K. Shaneyfelt, of Portland route 2, mother of Mark Shaneyfelt of Decatur route 2, was killed about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, on her 68th birthday, in a two-car collision at a rural intersection about three and one-half miles southeast of Pennville.

She was riding in a car driven by her husband, Orville, 71, who is reported in good condition at the Jay county hospital at Portland. Mrs. Shaneyfelt was pronounced dead at the scene of a compound skull fracture…….

The accident victim was born in Ohio Jan. 28, 1904, a daughter of Joseph H. and Alice Wehrly-Stump, and was married to Orville Shaneyfelt June 1, 1929.

Mrs. Shaneyfelt was a member of the Walnut Corners Friends church.

Surviving in addition to her husband are two daughters, Mrs. Donald Wilson of near Greenville, O., and Mrs. Eugene Roberts of Alpena, Mich.; three sons, Dale Shaneyfelt of Portland route 1, Mark Shaneyfelt of Decatur route 2, and Paul E. Shaneyfelt of Portland route 4; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Sheridan Brosher of Union City, O., Mrs. Guy Warnock of Muncie, and Mrs. Arlo Middletown of Cincinnati, O.; and two brothers, Joseph Stump of Parker route 1 and Donald Stump of Fort Recovery, O.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Williamson & Spencer funeral home at Portland. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Saturday, January 29, 1972
Contributed by Janice Vasilovski

Buried in Salamonia Cemetery, Salamonia, Jay County, Ind.