[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO BETSEY SHOOBRIDGE

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                        HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR.

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 25, 1996

  Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, on June 17, 1996 the world suffered a loss 
and heaven enjoyed a gain. Our dear friend, Betsey Shoobridge graduated 
from this life.
  As can be seen by the following, she was a public spirited citizen 
and faithful worshiper of God.
  While she lived, she was like an angel. Now she is one.

              [From the Indianapolis Star, June 19, 1996]

   Writer Betsey M. Shoobridge Also Had Led United Way Women's Group

       Services for Betsey M. Ress Shoobridge, 75, Greenfield, a 
     writer and poet, will be at 1 p.m. June 20 in Harry W. Moore 
     Lawrence Chapel, with calling from 2 to 8 p.m. June 19.
       Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.
       She died June 17.
       Mrs. Shoobridge worked 25 years for Walker Research, 
     retiring in 1991.
       She also had been a writer for Vital Christianity magazine, 
     the Lawrence Journal, and had poems published in the 
     Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News. She had received 
     letters of recognition for her writing from author Somerset 
     Maugham and comedian Red Skelton.
       A longtime member of the United Way, she was past president 
     of Indianapolis Women's United Way, a volunteer for Community 
     Hospital, and a Democratic precinct committeewoman.
       Mrs. Shoobridge, who worshiped at Bells Chapel Church of 
     God and First Church of God, Greenfield, had been president 
     of Women of the Church of God, a church youth leader and 
     Sunday school teacher.
       She was the widow of William J. Shoobridge.
       Survivors: children William G., Janice Shoobridge, Eleanor 
     Russell, Betsey Anne Lipps; eight grandchildren.

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