Shank, Martha, daughter of Norman B. and Elizabeth (Otterbein) Stauffer, was born at Breslau, Ont., June 23, 1898; died of a heart attack at Scarborough Centenary Hospital, Scarborough, Ont., aged 83 y. On Mar. 5, 1919, she was married to Jacob Shank, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Grace-Mrs. Delbert Bontrager and Edith-Mrs. Erle Dyer*), one son (Donald), 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Mary Snider and Florence Hoover), and 2 brothers (Howard and Byron Stauffer). She was preceded in death by one sister and 3 brothers. She was a member of the Wideman Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Oct. 1, in charge of James Shantz; interment in the Wideman Mennonite Cemetery.
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Shank, Martha, daughter of Norman B. and Elizabeth (Otterbein) Stauffer, was born at Breslau, Ont., June 23, 1898; died of a heart attack at Scarborough Centenary Hospital, Scarborough, Ont., aged 83 y. On Mar. 5, 1919, she was married to Jacob Shank, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Grace-Mrs. Delbert Bontrager and Edith-Mrs. Erle Dyer*), one son (Donald), 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 2 sisters (Mary Snider and Florence Hoover), and 2 brothers (Howard and Byron Stauffer). She was preceded in death by one sister and 3 brothers. She was a member of the Wideman Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Oct. 1, in charge of James Shantz; interment in the Wideman Mennonite Cemetery.
* Should be Byer.
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