Alice Shenk

1872 - 1938  (66 years)

• Name	Alice Shenk
  Birth	3 Apr 1872	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Jun 1938	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Kreiders Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1889	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Christian R Shenk,   b. 2 Mar 1827, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Nov 1891 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Catherine Manning,   b. 17 Aug 1840, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Aug 1879, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F3613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Blessing,   b. 15 Jul 1868, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Dec 1955, Salunga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Lilly Blessing,   b. c 1893, Pennsylvania, USA + 2. George B Blessing,   b. 29 Mar 1900, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Dec 1953 (Age 53 years)   3. Mary Blessing,   b. 29 Jul 1902, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Mar 1973, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)   4. John Adam Blessing,   b. 29 Jan 1908, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 May 1908, Pequea Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F3155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Alice Blessing, sixty-six, wife of Samuel Blessing, of Manheim R1, died last evening at 6:20 o'clock in the Lancaster General Hospital, of a complication of diseases. She had been ill four days. Her parents were the late Christ and Susan Manning Shenk and she was a member of the Church of the Brethren. Besides her husband, she is survived by the following children: Harry, of Salunga; George, of Lititz R5; Samuel Jr., of Manheim R3; Lloyd, Manheim R1; Mrs. Amos Wolf, of Manheim R2; Mrs. Eugene Burhman, of Manheim; Mrs. Raymond Laurence, of Manheim; Mrs. Charles Poloskey, of Lancaster and Miss Bertha Blessing, at home; also twenty-two grandchildren; three great grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jacob Warfel, of Lancaster; Mrs. Sybilla Greek, of Columbia; David Shenk, of Washington DC; Harry Shenk, of Lampeter, and Samuel Shenk, of Lancaster. (Lancaster New Era - June 30, 1938)

  
  

• Sources

  [S209] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Pequea, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1355; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1375368 (Reliability: 0). [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83572126/alice-blessing.