Person:Rachel Neikirk (3)
Rachel Mildred Neikirk
b.9 Dec 1907 Republic, Scipio twp., Seneca Co., Ohio
d.29 Nov 1981 Mercy hospital, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio
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Name[1] Rachel Mildred Neikirk
Alt Name[2] _____ Shuff
Gender Female
Birth[1] 9 Dec 1907 Republic, Scipio twp., Seneca Co., Ohio
Graduation[3] Abt 1925 Republic, Seneca, Ohio, United StatesRepublic High School
Graduation[3] Abt 1931 Tiffin University, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio
Marriage 19 Aug 1934 Malvern, Carroll Co., Ohioto Charles Benjamin Shuff
Residence[4][10] 1955 573 East Market Street, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio
Residence[5] 1969 573 East Market Street, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio
Occupation[6] 1970 Paul & Dick's Supermarket, 479 East Market Street, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohioa checker/clerk
Residence[7] 1981 573 East Market Street, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio
Occupation[3] Paul and Dick's Grocery, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohioa bookkeeper
Death[1][3] 29 Nov 1981 Mercy hospital, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio6:45pm
Burial[1] Fairmont cemetery, Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio
Other[8] Nov 1981 Tiffin, Seneca Co., OhioObituary
Reference Number 26180
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Obituary

"Rachel M Shuff, 73, Tiffin, died Sunday at 6:45 PM in Tiffin Mercy Hospital. She had been a patient there for five weeks. She was born in December 9, 1907, near Republic to Freeman W. and Della P. [Mason] Neikirk. She married Charles B. Shuff on August 19, 1934, and he died July 20, 1969. Surviving are children, Richard E. and Kenneth E., both of Tiffin; Mrs. Evelyn Graham, rural Fostoria; one brother, George W. Findlay; two sisters, Mrs. Beryl Moyer, Bloomville; Mrs. Wanda Smith,Cleveland; 13 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Three brothers, Lawrence, John and Carl, and one sister, Catherine, are deceased. Mr. Shuff was a former bookkeeper at Paul and Dick's grocery, Tiffin. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ. She was a Republic High school and Tiffin University graduate. Services will be at 1:30 PM Wednesday at Turner-Engle funeral home, Tiffin, with the Rev. David M. Culp officiating. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery, Tiffin. Visitation will be 7-9 PM today and 2-4 and 7-9 PM Tuesday at funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society for the Tiffin Mercy Hospital intensive care unit."S14

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Rachel

was a bookkeeper for the Adams Street Lumber Company when they met [she and Charles Shuff] and then married. She worked there for several years, and then worked for the C.W. Kerschner Moving Company on Hudson St. in Tiffin. From there she worked as a cashier/bookkeeper for Paul and Dick's Market until she died. She walked to work each day until it became winter and enjoyed the exercise.

Rachel graduated from Republic High School in 1924 and attended Ohio State University in 1929-1930 in the Department of Commerce Extension in Accounting and then graduated from Tiffin University.S15

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lois (Popwell) Shuff. Popwell family information, Recipient: Kristina Kuhn, Address: Tiffin,Ohio.
  2. ↑ Rachel (Neikirk) Shuff. Rachel (Neikirk) Shuff.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Obituary. (further information available upon request).
  4. ↑ Polk Tiffin City Directory, Vo., XXIV. (R.L. Polk and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955)
    page 230.
  5. ↑ Obituary. (further information available upon request)
    of Chas. B. Shuff.
  6. ↑ Polk Tiffin (Seneca County, Ohio) City Directory. (R.L. Polk and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1970)
    page 214.
  7. ↑ Kristina Kuhn Krumm. Personal Knowledge.
  8. ↑ Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States. The Tiffin Advertiser Tribune. (Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States).
  9.   Evelyn Graham. Evelyn Graham transcript.
  10. ↑ daughter, Evelyn is still at home
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