Ethan Willard "Willard" Sherk

1921 - 1987  (65 years)

• Name	Ethan Willard "Willard" Sherk
  Born	14 Dec 1921
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107074742
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-491271
  Died	24 Jan 1987
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I491271	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Jesse Raymer Sherk,   b. 1880, Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario ,   d. 14 Dec 1953  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Emma Lillian Shelly,   b. 17 Apr 1879, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1968  (Age 88 years)
  Married	16 Jul 1902	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F39908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella Hilda Mohr,   b. 17 Aug 1920,   d. 20 Mar 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F301031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHERK, E. Willard -- Of 237 Chapel St., Kitchener, suddenly, as the result of a heart attack, at K-W Hospital, On Saturday, Jan. 24, 1987. He was born in Waterloo 65 years ago, a son of the late Jesse Sherk and the former Emma Shelley. He was a member of Arkell Road Bible Chapel in Guelph. Husband of Stella (nee Mohr); father of Perry of Toronto, Darryl and his wife Jane of Waterloo, Dr. Melanie and her husband Dr. Bruce McCaig of Surrey, B.C. and Timothy of Kitchener. Also survived by two grandsons, Darren and Jeremy; brother of Alice (Mrs. Allan McVicar) of Waterloo, Mrs. Lois Johannes of Cambridge and Mrs. Doris Meisel of Kitchener. Predeceased by two brother, David and John. Mr. Sherk's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., on Sunday and Monday. At noon on Tuesday, transfer will be made to the Lakeshore Bible Chapel, 470 Glen Elm Cres., Waterloo, for the funeral ser- vice at 2 p.m. (Tuesday), with Jim Cormack and Evered Penn officating. Interment to follow in Memory Gardens. Donations to the Gideon Bible Society or the Arkell Road Bible Chapel Building Fund may be made as expressions of sympathy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 2253 (1902), Jesse R. Shirk-Emma Lillian Shelly. Jesse R Shirk, woodworker of Markham Twp. Birth Place: Nottawasaga Tp Co Simcoe Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880 Father Name: John S Shirk Mother Name: Sarah Shirk Spouse Name: Emma Lillian Shelly, residence Toronto, Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Spouse Birth Place: Port Elgin Co Bruce Spouse Father Name: Wm Arendt Shelly Spouse Mother Name: Maria C Shelly Marriage Date: 16 Jul 1902 Marriage Place: York, Toronto

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth