Marjorie E Warthen Shenk

1926 - 2004  (78 years)

• Name	Marjorie E Warthen Shenk
  Nickname	Marge
  Birth	25 May 1926	Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Sep 2004	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Burial	Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  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 d. 9 Oct 1986, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1947	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Ronald Shenk   2. Randall Shenk
  Family ID	F7701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 May 1926 - Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Burial - - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  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.