ROANN - Virginia M. Shank, 95, formerly of Yellow Creek Lake, died at 6:55 p.m. May 19, 2009, in Heritage Pointe, Warren.
She was born Nov. 30, 1913, in Miami County, to Homer Croft and Blanche Kelly Spurgeon. She was raised by her mother and step-father, Lawrence Spurgeon. On Oct. 8, 1933, in Akron, she married Garl E. Shank, who died April 9, 2002.
She was a homemaker and operated, along with her husband, Shank's Store, Yellow Creek Lake. She attended Wabash First Church of God, and was a Gilead High School graduate in Miami County.
Surviving are four children: Donna Swihart, Gerald "Bud" Shank and Merl Shank, all of Yellow Creek Lake, and Charles Shank, Wabash; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by a grandaughter.
A private service will be at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Roann, with the Rev. Carlton Dahlquist officiating. Burial will be in Roann Community Cemetery.
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