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- (Research):SHERK (nee Bock), Marjorie
1907 - 2010
Marjorie Elfleda (nee Bock) Sherk
passed away at Fairview Mennonite
Home in Cambridge, on Friday,
September 10, 2010 at the age of
103 years, 5 months, and 17 days.
Marjorie was born on March 24,
1907 in Wilmot Tp.; daughter of
Emerson and Melvina (nee Shantz)
Bock. Married in 1935 to Floyd
Sherk, they lived in New Dundee,
Ontario. In 1981 they moved to an
apartment in the Fairview Mennonite
Complex, Cambridge. Floyd died in
1986. Marjorie was a faithful
member of Bethel Evangelical
Missionary Church, New Dundee.
Marjorie is survived by her five
children, Marian (Fred) Witmer of
New Hamburg, Vernon (Leone)
Sherk of Kitchener, Kathryn Sherk of
Kitchener, Allan (Carolyn) Sherk of
Mississauga and Alice (Pete) Gill of
Indiana. Survived by nine grandchildren,
Joan (Paul) Doehn, James
(Karen) Witmer, Bevin (Crystal)
Witmer, Sheila (Doug) Dedman,
Wendy (Brian) Wiens, Peter (Paula)
Sherk, Lisa (Amitai) ben David,
Kimberly (Chris) Brand and Rhonda
(Mike) Williams. Also survived by 17
great-grandchildren, four greatgreat-
grandchildren, by her sister
Althea Devitt, sisters-in-law Grace
Bock, Norma Sherk and Isabel Frey;
and many Bock and Sherk nieces
and nephews and their families.
Predeceased by her parents
and husband, infant great-granddaughter
Hannah Dedman, her
brother Cameron Bock and his wife
Margaret, her brother Ronald Bock,
brother-in-law Homer Devitt, and by
several Sherk brothers-in-law and
sisters-in-law. Visitation will be held
at Bethel Evangelical Missionary
Church, New Dundee, on
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
from 12 noon until 2 p.m. Funeral
service at 2 p.m. with Interment to
follow at New Dundee Cemetery. In
memoriam donations to the
Mennonite Central Committee
would be appreciated. Cards are
available during the visitation, by
calling the Henry Walser Funeral
Home in Kitchener, 519-749-8467 or
by visiting Marjorie's memorial at:
www.henrywalser.com
"Great is Thy Faithfulness,
Lord unto me."
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