Marjorie Elfreda Bock

1907 - 2010  (103 years)

• Name	Marjorie Elfreda Bock
  Born	24 Mar 1907	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Marjorie Elfreda Sherk
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30217
  Died	10 Sep 2010	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I30217	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Walter Floyd "Floyd" Sherk,   b. 31 Jul 1907, , Ontario, Canada ,   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 ,   d. 26 Jun 2019, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 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

  [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Marjorie (nee Bock) Sherk - 11 Sep 2010. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58565769/marjorie-elfleda-sherk.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Mar 1907 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Sep 2010 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth