SHOEMAKER BARBARA A. 69, of Callender Ln., Chicora, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, February 16, 2014, with family from near and far by her side. Barbara was born in Conneaut Twp., Erie County, on July 25, 1944. She was the daughter of Anton and Margaret Kopczenski Neidermeyer. Soon after she was born, her parents moved to Pittsburgh where she grew up and attended school. Barbara met a United States Air Force Airman. The couple married on March 16, 1968, in Denver, Colorado. She and her husband spent the next 18 years living all over the United States and abroad. Mrs. Shoemaker lived in Virginia for 22 years, where she was a homemaker, devoted wife and mother who spent her time nurturing and caring for numerous generations of her family. Barbara was a devout catholic and a member of Mater Dolorosa Roman Catholic Church in Chicora. Mrs. Shoemaker is survived by her husband, SM Sgt. Richard G. Shoemaker, USAF retired, of Chicora; a son and two daughters, Curtis G. Shoemaker and his wife, Sherry, Tammy A. Wooten and her husband, Donald, and Deborah A. Laskey and her husband, George; eight grandchildren, Leah, Jordon, Matthew, Nathanial, Elizabeth, Nicholas, Katherine, and Benjamin; a brother, Robert; four sisters, Francis, Margaret, Josie, and Janet; as well as a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Tony, Ronnie, and Jimmy. Family and friends will be received at the HILE FUNERAL HOME OF CHICORA, 339 Chicora Fenelton Rd., Chicora, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Friday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon Friday from Mater Dolorosa Roman Catholic Church, 409 N. Main St., Chicora, with the Rev. Joseph P. Pudichery, church pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery in the Village of North Oakland. Memorial contributions in Mrs. Shoemaker's name may be made to 40 Days for Life, 1511 South Texas Ave., #335, College Station, TX 77840. To send a condolence, please visit: www.hilefh.com Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb