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Frances "Fran" R. Shoemaker

  • Saturday, January 19, 1924 - Friday, December 31, 2021

Visitation

  • Wednesday, January 12, 2022
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Rausch Funeral Home-Port Republic
  • 4405 Broomes Island Road Port Republic, MD 20676

Services

  • Wednesday, January 12, 2022
  • 12:00 PM
  • Rausch Funeral Home-Port Republic
  • 4405 Broomes Island Road Port Republic, MD 20676

Interment

  • Wednesday, January 12, 2022
  • Christ Church Cemetery
  • 3100 Broomes Island Road Port Republic, MD 20676

Frances R. “Fran” Shoemaker, 97, of Hagerstown, MD, formerly of St. Leonard, MD passed away on December 31, 2021 in Roanoke, VA.  Fran was born in January of 1924 in Washington, D.C. to A. Randolph and Elizabeth Rowles.  Fran attended Western High School in Washington, D.C. She married M. Eugene Shoemaker and raised four sons. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church of Port Republic, MD & St. Ann’s Episcopal Church of Hagerstown, MD.  She was predeceased by her parents and her husband.  She is survived by her sons, Gene L. Shoemaker, of St. Leonard, MD; Dan E. Shoemaker, of Idaho; Timothy A. Shoemaker, of Berlin, MD; and Frank R. Shoemaker, of Roanoke, VA.  She is also survived by her 9 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.  The family will receive relatives and friends on Wednesday January 12, 2022 at the Rausch Funeral Home from 10am – 12pm.  Funeral services will immediately follow.  Interment will take place at Christ Church Cemetery in Port Republic, MD.

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Rebecca (Sickle) Weems

January 4 – Obituary: Frances “Fran” R. Shoemaker

Dear Shoemaker family, my sincere sympathy to all of you. Fran was my mother’s best friend and a good friend to me also. I enjoyed many lunches, church services. We shared anniversaries and a love of sewing. She was one of the sweetest people I’ve known. Fran will be greatly missed.

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