St. Clair County Obits

LORENE SHOEMAKER

Hill & Son Funeral Home
April 9, 1912 - June 12, 2003
Jewell Lorene Shoemaker, daughter of Gomer Nirod and Rosa Bell (Snyder) Park, was born April 9, 1912, in St. Clair County, Missouri. She departed this life at Countryside Estates (RCF) Appleton City, Missouri on June 12, 2003, at the age of 91 years. She was united in marriage to John V. Shoemaker on November 5, 1929. To this union two sons were born, Donald and Lynn. Lorene lived in the Appleton City area all of her life. She worked as a cook for the Ellett Memorial Hospital for approximately 30 years. Lorene was a member of the Ohio Christian Church. She enjoyed flowers and gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two brothers, Bernard and Ival Park, and a sister, Nola Fitch. She is survived by a son, Donald and wife, Carita, Lee’s Summit, Missouri; and a son, Lynn and wife, Mary, Harrisonville, Missouri; a sister, Berniece Niemann, Appleton City, Missouri; a brother, Bill Park, Leawood, Kansas; a sister-in-law, Eva Park, Clinton, Missouri; 10 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Lorene was a devoted mother and grandmother to her children. Her family and church were of great importance in her life.