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Obituary- Shenk, Harrison

Harrison Moser Shenk
SILVER LAKE — Harrison Moser Shenk, 87, Silver Lake, died Tuesday Feb. 21 1995, at a Rossville nursing home.

Mr. Shenk was a co-founder of the Shawnee County Soil Conservation District and had served in several of-fices. including chairman. He also was active in soil conservation at the state and national levels. He was awarded the Balanced Farming Award in 1955. Mr. Shenk had served on the executive council of the Shawnee County Farm Bureau and on the Shawnee County Committee to consolidate rural Shawnee County schools. He also had served as the Grove Township Assessor and other township offices.

He was born Aug. 23,1907, in Silver Lake, the son of Abraham and Maude Moser Shenk. He was graduated from Rossville High School in 1926.

He was married to Rita Ruth Langdon on Oct. 27, 1931, in Oskaloosa. She died Jan. 14, 1970.

Survivors include a daughter, Charlotte M. Bridges, Topeka; a son, James H. Shenk, Mayetta; a brother, Lloyd N. Shenk. Independence, a sister, Belle Wonnell, Silver Lake; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Silver Lake United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Grove. Mr. Shenk will lie in state from 8 a.m. today to 11 a.m. Saturday at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1315 S.W. Arrowhead Road, Topeka, 66604.

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