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Grace M. Shankweiler

d. July 26, 2003

Grace M. Shankweiler

Grace M. Shankweiler, a retired music teacher and supervisor, died July 26 at 11 p.m. in Stone Ridge Village Skilled Nursing Unit, Myerstown.

Shankweiler, 91, a resident of Stone Ridge Village, Myerstown, since 1996, formerly of Wyomissing, was predeceased by her husband, Dr. James F. Shankweiler, on Sept. 24, 1996.

She was employed from 1934 to 1937 as a music supervisor in four school districts in western Berks County and was employed as a teacher in the Reading School District from 1937 to 1946 and as a teacher in the Rosetree-Media School School from 1963 to 1974.

Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Emlon and Grace (Myers) Moyer.

Shankweiler was a 1930 graduate of Reading High School and a 1934 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in music.

She was a member of Atonement Lutheran Church, Wyomissing.

Surviving are a son, James P., Morgantown; and a daughter, Ann Louise (Shankweiler) Keesey, Columbus, Ohio.

Other survivors include five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be Thursday at 3 p.m. in Atonement Lutheran Church. Burial will be private in Pleasant View Cemetery, Spring Township. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.

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