Blanche Shrader

Blanche Elizabeth Stone Shrader, 90, of Harrisonburg, died Saturday, May 31, 2003 at Avante in Harrisonburg.

Mrs. Shrader was born April 3, 1913, in Pendleton County, W.Va. and was a daughter of the late Pearl and Dora Elizabeth Moyers Simmons.

She was a homemaker and a member of the St. John Lutheran Church.

On June 3, 1932, she married John William Stone, who died March 31, 1940. On March 6, 1948, she married Floyd Shrader, who died December 2, 1993.

Surviving are two daughters, Norma June Simmons of Mount Sidney and Laura Margaret Bolton of Harrisonburg; a son, John Burton Stone of Dover, Del.; a stepdaughter, Mary June Allman of Warsaw, Ind.; a step-grandson reared in the home, Hugh Douglas Corbett of Harrisonburg; a sister, Leona Hoover of Harrisonburg; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Pastor Cecil Bradfield will conduct the funeral 11 a.m. Tuesday at the St. John Lutheran Church in Moyers, W.Va. Burial will be in the St. Paul Cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John Lutheran Church, Moyers, W.Va. 26815.