Mary Katherine (Chidester) Shenk

1920 - 2007  (86 years)

• Name	Mary Katherine (Chidester) Shenk
  Birth	4 Jun 1920	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Jun 2007	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I28496	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson, Lamm, Moyer
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	H Lester Shenk,   b. 1895   d. 1984 (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Esther M (Shenk) Degler,   b. 1896, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Aug 1986, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F10303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stanley William Chidester,   b. 1921, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, USA d. 23 Apr 1979, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F10304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Mary K. Chidester died peacefully at the age of 87, just short of her June 4 birthday. She died at Calvary Fellowship Homes, Lancaster. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley W. Chidester in 1979 and her parents, Esther Marion Degler Shenk and H. Lester Shenk. She was in the first graduating class of the new Lancaster High School, now known as J.P. McCaskey High School in June 1938. Upon graduation she attended a secretarial course at Temple University in Philadelphia. Before she married in 1946 she was employed as a secretary at the Intelligencer Journal newspaper office and Armstrong World Industries. She lived at 514 Park Ave. nearly her entire life until 1996 when she moved to Calvary Fellowship Homes. She was a member of Calvary Church. She is survived by two sons; John S. Chidester of Quarryville and L. (Larry) Lee of Flemington, N.J.; three grandchildren, two great grandchildren and a brother Rev. John H. Shenk of Lebanon. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Calvary Fellowship Home Benevolent Fund, 502 Elizabeth Dr. Lancaster, Pa 17601 or The Gideons International, P.O. Box 140800 Nashville, TN 37214. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the Kearney A. Snyder Funeral Home, 141 E. Orange St. Lancaster. Friends may call Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Lancaster New Era 6/2/2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61842921/mary-katherine-chidester.