In Memory Of
Marjorie E. Shenk
Marjorie E. Shenk
Marjorie E. "Marge" Shenk
SILVER LAKE - Marjorie E. "Marge" Shenk, 78, Silver Lake, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, in a Topeka hospital. She was born May 25, 1926, in Wheaton, the daughter of Leroy H. and Elsie Pearl Toothaker Warthen. She attended Wheaton schools, Topeka High School and Clarke's Business School. She worked for National Reserve Life Insurance Co., and retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Mrs. Shenk was a prolific family poet and was a member of the International Poets Society. She also leaves to mourn her loss a host of nieces, nephews and friends. She loved her children, her poetry and her piano, and will be sorely missed. She married Glen Howard Shenk on Jan. 28, 1947, in Topeka. He preceded her in death in 1986. Also preceding her in death were two sisters, Mary Ellen Trimble, Topeka, and Alice A. Truesdale, Bosier City, La. Surviving are two sons, Randy, and his wife, Toni Shenk, Auburn, and Ron Shenk, Silver Lake; four sisters, Twila P. S egelquist, Scranton, Lolita L. Laubach, Scranton, Evelyn F. McPhail, Scranton, and Ina Mae Coley, Macon, Ga. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Silver Lake Cemetery. Mrs. Shenk will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel after 3 p.m. Monday. Online condolences may be sent to www.penwellgabel.com .
SILVER LAKE - Marjorie E. "Marge" Shenk, 78, Silver Lake, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, in a Topeka hospital. She was born May 25, 1926, in Wheaton, the daughter of Leroy H. and Elsie Pearl Toothaker Warthen. She attended Wheaton schools, Topeka High School and Clarke's Business School. She worked for National Reserve Life Insurance Co., and retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Mrs. Shenk was a prolific family poet and was a member of the International Poets Society. She also leaves to mourn her loss a host of nieces, nephews and friends. She loved her children, her poetry and her piano, and will be sorely missed. She married Glen Howard Shenk on Jan. 28, 1947, in Topeka. He preceded her in death in 1986. Also preceding her in death were two sisters, Mary Ellen Trimble, Topeka, and Alice A. Truesdale, Bosier City, La. Surviving are two sons, Randy, and his wife, Toni Shenk, Auburn, and Ron Shenk, Silver Lake; four sisters, Twila P. S egelquist, Scranton, Lolita L. Laubach, Scranton, Evelyn F. McPhail, Scranton, and Ina Mae Coley, Macon, Ga. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Silver Lake Cemetery. Mrs. Shenk will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel after 3 p.m. Monday. Online condolences may be sent to www.penwellgabel.com .
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