Grace M. Shultz, 78, Golden LivingCenter-Hillview, died Sunday at the center. She formerly was of Altoona, where she had resided with her sister, Isabell McCoy, and niece, Alice Buxton.
She was born in Sinking Valley, daughter of the late Andrew and Mary (Thomas) Amrhein. She married Paul V. Shultz on June 1, 1973, in Altoona, and he died July 27, 1993.
Surviving are a brother, Charles W. Amrhein (June) of Tyrone RD; a sister, Isabell McCoy of Altoona; numerous nieces and nephews; and a sister-in-law, Betty Amrhein of Tyrone RD.
She was preceded in death by two brothers: Richard and Harry.
Grace was a graduate of Altoona High School. She retired in 1995 as a utility worker from Warnaco after 44 years of service. She was a member of Christ's Second Lutheran Church and also belonged to the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Grace enjoyed crafts, sewing, embroidery and square dancing.
Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
Fact: Residence (1940) Tyrone Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Burial Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
*"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHM-N4G : 7 January 2021), Grace M Amrhein in household of Andrew Amrhein, Tyrone Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-107, sheet 1A, line 24, family 5, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3441.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMDS-5PX : 12 January 2021), Grace M Shultz, 26 Feb 2012; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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