Shoup

Guy W. Shoup, 93, of Emlenton, Richland Township, Clarion County, a well-known longtime Emlenton- and Foxburg-area businessman, passed away late Thursday evening, April 7, 2022, while in the comfort of his home.

Guy was born on Main Street in Emlenton July 13, 1928. He was the son of the late Guy and Harriett Gibb Shoup.

Guy attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Big Bend, and graduated with a degree in diesel mechanics from a vocational school in Struthers, Ohio.

Guy was a U.S. Army veteran.

He was a longtime member of the Emlenton Presbyterian Church, a former member of the International Order of Odd Fellows in Emlenton, and was a Boy Scout leader for many years.

For more than 60 years, he and his late wife, Helen, owned and operated Venco Trucking and later, H.E. Shoup Trucking. Guy and Helen purchased the business in 1958 from Guy’s father, who established the trucking business in Emlenton in 1914. Guy also owned and operated Shoup Distributing on Main Street in Emlenton for many years. In July 2019, while celebrating the trucking company’s 105th year in business, and his 91st birthday, Guy was honored during the fireman’s parade at the Emlenton Summer Festival.

Guy was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Eaton Shoup, who passed away Dec. 27, 2006. The couple was married in Springdale July 20, 1946.

Guy is survived by a daughter, Jayne Shoup, and her spouse, Cheryl Burghdurf, of Middlesex, Vt.; his devoted companion and caregiver, Nancy Hopper; his “Ohio Cousins,” Peggy Pavlov, Phoebe Horvath and her husband John, and Walter Gough and his wife Kathy; and his longtime and his loyal and dedicated employees, Mitzi Fitzgerald, Crystal Wolfgang and Carl Wolfe, as well as many other former and current employees; and many friends.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Michael E. Shoup.

SHOUP — Friends of Guy W. Shoup, who died Thursday, April 7, 2022, will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2022, and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 2022, at HILE FUNERAL HOME, 1204 Kerr Ave., Emlenton.

A funeral service will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Linda Gerstner, former pastor of Robinson Memorial Chapel, officiating.

Interment will be in Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery in Emlenton.

Memorial contributions in Guy’s name may be made to the Emlenton Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 371, Emlenton, PA 16373.

For more information or to send a condolence, please visit www.hilefh.com.

Please sign the guest book at www.butlereagle.com.