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Marjorie E Warthen Shenk

Female 1926 - 2004  (78 years)


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  • Name Marjorie E Warthen Shenk 
    Nickname Marge 
    Born 25 May 1926  Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Sep 2004  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6209  Rossville
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2019 

    Father Leroy H Warthen 
    Mother Elsie Pearl Toothaker Warthen 
    Family ID F7702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Glen Howard Shenk,   b. 22 Jul 1917, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1986, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1947  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ronald Shenk
     2. Randall Shenk
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2018 14:27:07 
    Family ID F7701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 May 1926 - Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Shenk, Marjorie
    Obituary- Shenk, Marjorie
    Marjorie E. ‘Marge’ Shenk
    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 of Topeka and Alice A. Truesdale of Bosier City, La.

    Surviving are two sons, Randy Shenk, and his wife, Toni, of Auburn, and Ron Shenk of Silver Lake; four sisters, Twila P. Segelquist, Lolita L. Laubach and Evelyn F. McPhail, all of Scranton, and Ina Mae Coley of Macon, Ga. Graveside services were held Tuesday at Silver Lake Cemetery.