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Samuel Coffman Shenk

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Samuel Coffman Shenk

Birth
Elida, Allen County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 May 1987 (aged 96)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Shenk.- S. Coffman, son of Abram and Fannie (Coffman) Shenk, was born at Elida, Ohio, May 9, 1891; died of congestive heart failure at Gettysburg, Pa., May 14, 1987; aged 96 y.

He was married to Icie Shank, who died in 1922. On Sept. 2, 1925, he was married to Retta Boyer, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Stanley C., Charles B., and A. Martin), 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, 2 half-brothers (Ezra and George), and 2 half-sisters (Martha Weaver and Lydia Shenk).

He was a charter member of Bethel Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on May 18, in charge of Dennis R. Kuhns, Nelson Martin, and Robert L. Shreiner; interment in Mummasburg Cemetery.

Gospel Herald, June 9, 1987, pages 427, 429, 430
Shenk.- S. Coffman, son of Abram and Fannie (Coffman) Shenk, was born at Elida, Ohio, May 9, 1891; died of congestive heart failure at Gettysburg, Pa., May 14, 1987; aged 96 y.

He was married to Icie Shank, who died in 1922. On Sept. 2, 1925, he was married to Retta Boyer, who survives. Also surviving are 3 sons (Stanley C., Charles B., and A. Martin), 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, 2 half-brothers (Ezra and George), and 2 half-sisters (Martha Weaver and Lydia Shenk).

He was a charter member of Bethel Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on May 18, in charge of Dennis R. Kuhns, Nelson Martin, and Robert L. Shreiner; interment in Mummasburg Cemetery.

Gospel Herald, June 9, 1987, pages 427, 429, 430


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