Emma Isabel Sheets, 87, a resident of the Shirley Home for the Aged, Shirleysburg and formerly of Blacklog Valley Road, died at 1:15 p.m., Tuesday, August 12 at the Huntingdon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Huntingdon. Funeral services were held on Friday, August 18 at the Martin R. Brown Funeral Home, Orbisonia with Rev. Jack Lancaster and Rev, George "Buddy" Baird officiating. Interment was made in IOOF Cemetery, Rockhill Furnace. She was born January 5, 1919 in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, she was the daughter of the late Wesley and Helen (Wrigley) Snyder. Mrs. Sheets was united in marriage to Robert J. Sheets on January 29, 1940 by Rev. W. H. Sowash at Huntingdon. Mr. Sheet preceded her in death on March 5, 1992. She is survived by a son, Robert W. Sheets and wife, Annette of Ridgley, MD and two daughters, Alice Lancaster and husband, Eugene of Blacklog Valley, and Sara Knepp and husband, Robert of Orbisonia. There are nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandson. Mrs. Sheets is also survived by two brothers: Alfred Snyder of Olanta, PA and Gerald Snyder of Orbisonia. She was preceded in death by four brothers, James, John, Ray, and Charles and a sister, Florence. Mrs. Sheets was a graduate of Orbisonia High School Class of 1937. She was primarily a homemaker. She enjoyed babysitting and over the years helped her husband with farming and sawmilling. Mrs. Sheets was a member of the Huntingdon County Farm Women Society Group II. She was a member of the Valley Point Church of the Brethren, where she served on the church board, was a choir member and was an Assistant Sunday School Secretary. Published in the Valley Log <http://www.giffords.org/valleylog.html> on 23 Aug 2006 ********************************************* Mike Gifford Researching the following surnames in Huntingdon County: McMath, Gifford, Starr, Hegie, Briggs, Hockenberry, Waters, Krugh, Gallagher http://www.giffords.org