Samuel M Shirk

1890 - 1965  (75 years)

• Name	Samuel M Shirk
  Birth	13 Jun 1890	Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Oct 1965	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Steinmetz Cemetery, Schoeneck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1226	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bollinger, Hackman, Miller, Royer 1, Bare
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Milton E Shirk,   b. 17 May 1858, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Apr 1939, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth B Miller,   b. 24 Jan 1857, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Mar 1939, West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1879
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Snyder (Shirk),   b. 16 Apr 1896, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Jun 1954, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. Jacob S Shirk,   b. 12 Mar 1917, Denver Nursing Home, Stevens, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Nov 2001, Denver, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years)   2. Mary E Shirk,   b. 1923
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel M. Shirk, seventy-five, 337 N. 6th St., Denver, former school teacher and postmaster of Denver died Thursday at 2:30 am at the est Nursing Home, Denver, after a lengthy illness. A graduate of Ephrata High School, class of 1908, he taught in the public schools of West Cocalico and Clay townships for many years; and served as postmaster of Denver from 1942 to 1956. He operated the Shirk Restaurant in Denver from 1928 to 1943. During World War II he was Civil Defense coordinator for the borough of Denver. In the early 1930's he organized the Denver community baseball team, which is still in existance, and served as one of its sponsors. He was past president of the Cocalico Sportsman's Assn.and a charter member of the Stevens Fire Co. He also was a member of Mellinger's Lutheran Church, near Schoeneck; the National Assn. of Retired Civil Employees[sic]; Denver Fire Co.; Lancaster County Fireman's Assn.; Fireman's Assn. of Pennsylvania; and the Fraternal Order of Orioles, Nest 54 Denver. He was born in West Cocalico Twp., a son of the late Milton E. and Lizzie B. Miller Shirk, and resided in Denver 38 years. His first wife, Emma Snyder Shirk, died June 6, 1954. Surviving are his wife, Callie Edwards Shirk, a son Jacob S., Denver; a daughter, Mary E., wife of Albert Sise, Stevens R1; two step-children, Charles E. Shealer, Reinholds R1; Phyllis, wife of Russell Kurtz, Denver R1; and 11 grandchildren. He was the last of his immediate family." Lancaster Newspapers, Inc October 30, 1965

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62307043/samuel-m-shirk.