William Waldon Shank

1898 - 1967  (68 years)

• Name	William Waldon Shank
  Birth	6 Feb 1898	LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	Jun 1900	Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana   [2]
  	Abraham Shank, Head, W, M, Nov 1857, 42, M, , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Farm Laborer Hellen G. Shank, Wife, W, F, Nov 1863, 36, M, 18, 5 born, 4 living children, Indiana, Ohio, New York Bertha L Shank, Daughter, W, F, Sept 1884, 15, S, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana, At School Pearl A Shank, Daughter, W, F, Aug 1888, 11, S, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana, At School Ethel E Shank, Daughter, W, F, Mar 1890, 10, S, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana, At School Waldom W. Shank, Son, W, M, Feb 1898, 2, S, Indiana, Ohio, Indiana
  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.
  Occupation	1958	Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan   [3]
  	He had a men"s' clothing store in Berrien Springs and retired in 1958
  Reference Number	12950
  Death	22 Jan 1967	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana   [3]
  	Bill died at the home of his daughter, Jean, in Indianapolis.
  Burial	25 Jan 1967	Rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan   [3]
  Person ID	I12882	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Abraham Daniel Shank,   b. Nov 1857, Huron County, Ohio d. 17 Apr 1930, LaGrange, LaGrange County, Indiana (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Gertrude Mabie,   b. 22 Nov 1863, Kosciusko County, Indiana d. 22 Dec 1949, Deshler, Henry County, Ohio (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Feb 1883	LaGrange County, Indiana   [4]
  	by a W.B. Bingham JP.
  Family ID	F5519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Maria Kinyon,   b. 23 Oct 1897, Clarksville, Ionia County, Michigan d. 21 Jan 1986, Regency Manor Nursing Home, South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana (Age 88 years)
  Marriage License	30 Jul 1920  [5]
  	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	31 Jul 1920	South Bend, Indiana   [6]
  	by Ulysses S. Davis, Minister of the Gospel
  Children	+ 1. Marva Jean Shank,   b. 31 Aug 1922, South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Mary Ellen Shank,   b. 31 Jul 1927, Mishawaka, Saint Joseph County, Indiana d. 6 Dec 2015, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Living
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S243] Ann Doyle Christmann, MS 312; Software: Family Origins ver 10; Family Info: James B. Mabie; Compiler: Ann Doyle Christmann; Compile Date: 12 Sep 2002; Compiler Address: Christmannco@earthlink.net, Information taken from a certified copy of the birth certificate issued May 3, 2000; No 0 1985, William Waldon Shank was born in LaGrange County, Indiana on February 6, 1898., Parents: Abraham D. and Helen G. Shank; birthplace of father - Ohio; birthplace of mother - Indiana; recorded on 1/15/1898 page 192, certificate number 4 book 3, Certificate File Information sheet:, Delivered by C.A. White; parents' dates of birth were not listed. [S90] 1900 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Lima, Lagrange, Indiana; Roll: T623 383; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 76. [S243] Ann Doyle Christmann, MS 312; Software: Family Origins ver 10; Family Info: James B. Mabie; Compiler: Ann Doyle Christmann; Compile Date: 12 Sep 2002; Compiler Address: Christmannco@earthlink.net. [S243] Ann Doyle Christmann, MS 312; Software: Family Origins ver 10; Family Info: James B. Mabie; Compiler: Ann Doyle Christmann; Compile Date: 12 Sep 2002; Compiler Address: Christmannco@earthlink.net, Lagrange County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920. Recorded in Book 5 page 133. [S243] Ann Doyle Christmann, MS 312; Software: Family Origins ver 10; Family Info: James B. Mabie; Compiler: Ann Doyle Christmann; Compile Date: 12 Sep 2002; Compiler Address: Christmannco@earthlink.net, Record no.: 334. St. Joseph Co. Application for Marriage: page 581 and 582. [S243] Ann Doyle Christmann, MS 312; Software: Family Origins ver 10; Family Info: James B. Mabie; Compiler: Ann Doyle Christmann; Compile Date: 12 Sep 2002; Compiler Address: Christmannco@earthlink.net, Record no.: 334. St. Joseph Co.