Son of Abraham P. Shenk and Fannie Virginia Coffman Shenk.
Gospel Herald - Volume XLIII, Number 23 - June 6, 1950 ----- page 550, 551
Shenk. --- Jacob A. Shenk, was born Feb. 17, 1900, at Denbigh, Va.; died in an airplane accident on March 24, 1950, near Mountain City, Tenn.; aged 50 y. 1 m. 7 d. He united with the Mennonite Church in early youth and served well. He completed Bible and secondary school education at Eastern Mennonite College with the graduating classes of 1922 and 1927 and was married to Lucy Wenger of Edom, Va., Dec. 8, 1926. He was ordained a deacon in the Northern District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference in 1940. At the time of his death he was a loyal promoter of missions, an active supporter of the educational program of the church, a well-balanced church official, a conscientious businessman, a wide-awake citizen of the community, and a dutiful husband and father. He is survived by his wife and 4 children (Paul, James, Virginia, Ana, and Ellen), 4 brothers (Coffman, Henry, Ezra, George), and 5 sisters (Phoebe Kraus, Mabel Brunk, Martha Palmer, Mary, and Lydia). Funeral services were conducted in the Eastern Mennonite College auditorium with John L. Stauffer in charge and Truman H. Brunk and J. D. Graber assisting. John R. Mumaw preached the sermon from Prov. 3: 1-10, using as his subject "The Triumph of Faith." Interment was made in the Lindale Cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Volume XLIII, Number 23 - June 6, 1950 ----- page 550, 551
Shenk. --- Jacob A. Shenk, was born Feb. 17, 1900, at Denbigh, Va.; died in an airplane accident on March 24, 1950, near Mountain City, Tenn.; aged 50 y. 1 m. 7 d. He united with the Mennonite Church in early youth and served well. He completed Bible and secondary school education at Eastern Mennonite College with the graduating classes of 1922 and 1927 and was married to Lucy Wenger of Edom, Va., Dec. 8, 1926. He was ordained a deacon in the Northern District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference in 1940. At the time of his death he was a loyal promoter of missions, an active supporter of the educational program of the church, a well-balanced church official, a conscientious businessman, a wide-awake citizen of the community, and a dutiful husband and father. He is survived by his wife and 4 children (Paul, James, Virginia, Ana, and Ellen), 4 brothers (Coffman, Henry, Ezra, George), and 5 sisters (Phoebe Kraus, Mabel Brunk, Martha Palmer, Mary, and Lydia). Funeral services were conducted in the Eastern Mennonite College auditorium with John L. Stauffer in charge and Truman H. Brunk and J. D. Graber assisting. John R. Mumaw preached the sermon from Prov. 3: 1-10, using as his subject "The Triumph of Faith." Interment was made in the Lindale Cemetery.
Son of Abraham P. Shenk and Fannie Virginia Coffman Shenk.
Gospel Herald - Volume XLIII, Number 23 - June 6, 1950 ----- page 550, 551
Shenk. --- Jacob A. Shenk, was born Feb. 17, 1900, at Denbigh, Va.; died in an airplane accident on March 24, 1950, near Mountain City, Tenn.; aged 50 y. 1 m. 7 d. He united with the Mennonite Church in early youth and served well. He completed Bible and secondary school education at Eastern Mennonite College with the graduating classes of 1922 and 1927 and was married to Lucy Wenger of Edom, Va., Dec. 8, 1926. He was ordained a deacon in the Northern District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference in 1940. At the time of his death he was a loyal promoter of missions, an active supporter of the educational program of the church, a well-balanced church official, a conscientious businessman, a wide-awake citizen of the community, and a dutiful husband and father. He is survived by his wife and 4 children (Paul, James, Virginia, Ana, and Ellen), 4 brothers (Coffman, Henry, Ezra, George), and 5 sisters (Phoebe Kraus, Mabel Brunk, Martha Palmer, Mary, and Lydia). Funeral services were conducted in the Eastern Mennonite College auditorium with John L. Stauffer in charge and Truman H. Brunk and J. D. Graber assisting. John R. Mumaw preached the sermon from Prov. 3: 1-10, using as his subject "The Triumph of Faith." Interment was made in the Lindale Cemetery.
Gospel Herald - Volume XLIII, Number 23 - June 6, 1950 ----- page 550, 551
Shenk. --- Jacob A. Shenk, was born Feb. 17, 1900, at Denbigh, Va.; died in an airplane accident on March 24, 1950, near Mountain City, Tenn.; aged 50 y. 1 m. 7 d. He united with the Mennonite Church in early youth and served well. He completed Bible and secondary school education at Eastern Mennonite College with the graduating classes of 1922 and 1927 and was married to Lucy Wenger of Edom, Va., Dec. 8, 1926. He was ordained a deacon in the Northern District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference in 1940. At the time of his death he was a loyal promoter of missions, an active supporter of the educational program of the church, a well-balanced church official, a conscientious businessman, a wide-awake citizen of the community, and a dutiful husband and father. He is survived by his wife and 4 children (Paul, James, Virginia, Ana, and Ellen), 4 brothers (Coffman, Henry, Ezra, George), and 5 sisters (Phoebe Kraus, Mabel Brunk, Martha Palmer, Mary, and Lydia). Funeral services were conducted in the Eastern Mennonite College auditorium with John L. Stauffer in charge and Truman H. Brunk and J. D. Graber assisting. John R. Mumaw preached the sermon from Prov. 3: 1-10, using as his subject "The Triumph of Faith." Interment was made in the Lindale Cemetery.
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