Earle Nelson Schenk, 87, of 1022 Taylor St., died at 7:30 a.m. Thurs., July 15, 1993, in a Hinton hospital following a long illness.
Born Nov. 13, 1905, at Montvale, Va., he was the son of the late Robert and Gilmer Hatcher Schenk.
Mr. Schenk was a 52-year Hinton resident, a retired agent from the Metropolitcan Insurance Company, a member of the First Baptist Church of Hinton, the Board of Deacons and the Men's Bible Class, and was a former Sunday school teacher.
He was the past president of the Hinton Kiwanis Club. While he was president, he was instrumental in organizing a Kiwanis Club at Meadow Bridge and the Key Club at Hinton High School.
Mr. Schenk was a former Boy Scout leader, served as chairman of the Polio Foundation with 26 years of service, served eight years as local chairman of the Red Cross and was a former member of the Selective Service Board.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Phillip Schenk.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Cleo Hackett Schenk; a son, Lynn N. Schenk and his wife, Dolores, of White Sulphur Springs; a brother, Robert C. Schenk and his wife, Margaret, of Roanoke, Va., and three granddaughters.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sat. July 17 at the First Baptist Church of Hinton with the Revs. D. D. Elwell and Dan Ferguson officiating. Entombment followed in the Greenbrier Burial Park Mausoleum, Hinton.
Born Nov. 13, 1905, at Montvale, Va., he was the son of the late Robert and Gilmer Hatcher Schenk.
Mr. Schenk was a 52-year Hinton resident, a retired agent from the Metropolitcan Insurance Company, a member of the First Baptist Church of Hinton, the Board of Deacons and the Men's Bible Class, and was a former Sunday school teacher.
He was the past president of the Hinton Kiwanis Club. While he was president, he was instrumental in organizing a Kiwanis Club at Meadow Bridge and the Key Club at Hinton High School.
Mr. Schenk was a former Boy Scout leader, served as chairman of the Polio Foundation with 26 years of service, served eight years as local chairman of the Red Cross and was a former member of the Selective Service Board.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Phillip Schenk.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Cleo Hackett Schenk; a son, Lynn N. Schenk and his wife, Dolores, of White Sulphur Springs; a brother, Robert C. Schenk and his wife, Margaret, of Roanoke, Va., and three granddaughters.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sat. July 17 at the First Baptist Church of Hinton with the Revs. D. D. Elwell and Dan Ferguson officiating. Entombment followed in the Greenbrier Burial Park Mausoleum, Hinton.
Earle Nelson Schenk, 87, of 1022 Taylor St., died at 7:30 a.m. Thurs., July 15, 1993, in a Hinton hospital following a long illness.
Born Nov. 13, 1905, at Montvale, Va., he was the son of the late Robert and Gilmer Hatcher Schenk.
Mr. Schenk was a 52-year Hinton resident, a retired agent from the Metropolitcan Insurance Company, a member of the First Baptist Church of Hinton, the Board of Deacons and the Men's Bible Class, and was a former Sunday school teacher.
He was the past president of the Hinton Kiwanis Club. While he was president, he was instrumental in organizing a Kiwanis Club at Meadow Bridge and the Key Club at Hinton High School.
Mr. Schenk was a former Boy Scout leader, served as chairman of the Polio Foundation with 26 years of service, served eight years as local chairman of the Red Cross and was a former member of the Selective Service Board.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Phillip Schenk.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Cleo Hackett Schenk; a son, Lynn N. Schenk and his wife, Dolores, of White Sulphur Springs; a brother, Robert C. Schenk and his wife, Margaret, of Roanoke, Va., and three granddaughters.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sat. July 17 at the First Baptist Church of Hinton with the Revs. D. D. Elwell and Dan Ferguson officiating. Entombment followed in the Greenbrier Burial Park Mausoleum, Hinton.
Born Nov. 13, 1905, at Montvale, Va., he was the son of the late Robert and Gilmer Hatcher Schenk.
Mr. Schenk was a 52-year Hinton resident, a retired agent from the Metropolitcan Insurance Company, a member of the First Baptist Church of Hinton, the Board of Deacons and the Men's Bible Class, and was a former Sunday school teacher.
He was the past president of the Hinton Kiwanis Club. While he was president, he was instrumental in organizing a Kiwanis Club at Meadow Bridge and the Key Club at Hinton High School.
Mr. Schenk was a former Boy Scout leader, served as chairman of the Polio Foundation with 26 years of service, served eight years as local chairman of the Red Cross and was a former member of the Selective Service Board.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Phillip Schenk.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Cleo Hackett Schenk; a son, Lynn N. Schenk and his wife, Dolores, of White Sulphur Springs; a brother, Robert C. Schenk and his wife, Margaret, of Roanoke, Va., and three granddaughters.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sat. July 17 at the First Baptist Church of Hinton with the Revs. D. D. Elwell and Dan Ferguson officiating. Entombment followed in the Greenbrier Burial Park Mausoleum, Hinton.
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