Marjorie E Warthen Shenk

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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.