Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Marjorie Elfreda Bock

Female 1907 - 2010  (103 years)


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  • Name Marjorie Elfreda Bock 
    Born 24 Mar 1907  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Marjorie Elfreda Sherk 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-30217 
    Died 10 Sep 2010  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I30217  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Emerson K. Bock,   b. 20 Oct 1878, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1951  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Melvina Shantz,   b. 20 Aug 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F42033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter Floyd "Floyd" Sherk,   b. 31 Jul 1907, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1986  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Vernon Sherk
     2. Kathryn Elaine Sherk,   b. 1 May 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 2019, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F8536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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."

  • Sources 
    1. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Marjorie (nee Bock) Sherk - 11 Sep 2010.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58565769/marjorie-elfleda-sherk.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Mar 1907 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Sep 2010 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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