William Waldon Shank [33674]

  General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.

  Death Notes:

Bill died at the home of his daughter, Jean, in Indianapolis.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Soc Sec Num: 312-03-0504. ⁶⁶⁴⁷
Application: date 12-4-1936; 1341 East Calvert Street, South
Bend, Ind; employer, Standard Oil Company(Indiana); age 38,
birth date, February 6, 1898 in La Grange, Ind; parents, Abram
Daniel Shank and Helen Gertrude Mabie

• Obituary. Berrien Springs - William W. Shank, 68, of Clearwater, Fla,
former Berrien Springs councilman, died Sunday in Indianapolis,
where he had been living for the last few months. He was born
on Feb. 6, 1898, in LaGrange, Ind., and married Bertha Kenyon
on July 31, 1920. She survives. The couple came to Berrien
Springs in 1945 from South Bend, where they had lived since
their marriage. He was the owner of Shank's Clothing Store,
Berrien Spring, until 1958 when he retired. Mr. Shank also was
the first president of the Berrien Springs Business Men's Assn.
Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Paul
McKinney of Indianapolis and Mrs. J. Patrick Doyle of Houston,
Tex; a son, James of St. Joseph, Mich; two sisters and seven
grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the
McLaughlin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Rev. T.H. Bennink will officiate. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Hold Services for William Shank, 68, Former Merchant
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon, Wednesday,
from the Mc Laughlin funeral home for William W. Shank, 68, of
Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Berrien Springs.
Mr. Shank died Sunday in Indianapolis, Ind., where he had
spent the past few months at the home of a daughter.
He was born Feb. 6, 1898, in La Grange, Ind., and was
married July 31, 1920 in South Bend to Bertha Kinyon, who
survives. They came to Berrien Springs from South Bend in 1945
and he operated a men's clothing store until his retirement in
1958.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Paul
McKinney of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. J. Patrick Doyle of
Houston, Tex; one son, James of St. Joseph, Mich; two sisters,
Mrs Alex Bondow of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Cecil Rayle
of Deshler, Ohio, and seven grandchildren.
He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the Methodist
Church and the Lions club of Casselbery, Fla., and a former
member of the Berrien Springs Lion club and Methodist church,
of village council, and first president of the Berrien Springs
Businessmen's association.
Rev. T.H. Bennink of the Methodist church conducted the
service and burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.
Casket bearers were Carl Guettler, Edward Botham, Hubert
Ely, Warren Shultz, Charles Hankins and Edward Zendor.

• No Name, Jun 1900, Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA. ⁶⁶⁵⁰ William Waldon Shank appeared on the census of Jun 1900 in the
household of Abraham Daniel Shank and Helen Gertrude Mabie Lima
Township, LaGrange County, Indiana

• Occupation: He had a men"s' clothing store in Berrien Springs and retired, 1958, Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan. ⁶⁶⁴⁷
in 1958

William married on 31 Jul 1920 in South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America.⁷⁹⁴⁵

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage License, 30 Jul 1920. ⁷⁹⁴⁷ Application for Marriage:
Bertha Shank: born in Clarksville, MI. on October 23, 1898.
Her occupation at that time was a clerk. She resided at 1702
or 1102 Portage Avenue in South Bend, IN.
Father: Ross Kinyon, born in Lowell, MI. His occupation is
listed as Florist
Mother: (unclear) King, born in Canada. Occupation: housewife

William Waldon Shank:
born February 6, 1898 in LaGrange, IN. Present address 116 E.
Calvert, South Bend, IN.
Occupation: clerk
Father: Abram D. Shank, born in Ohio. Occupation: lumberman
Mother: Helen Mabie, birthplace: IN. Occupation: housewife

  Marriage Notes:

by Ulysses S. Davis, Minister of the Gospel