Obituaries
ETHEL (ARNEY) SHONK
Brazil Times, Friday, November 3, 1972
Mrs. Ethel Jane Shonk, 82, 906 Washington St., Clay City, died at 3 a.m. Thursday at the Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Jasonville. In failing health the past two years she had been seriously ill the past two months and taken to the Nursing Center last Sunday. She had resided in Clay City the past 50 years. Mrs. Shonk was born August 16, 1890 in Owen County south of Bowling Green the daughter of Adam and Stella Jane (Funk) Arney. She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church south of Bowling Green, member of the Harrison Township Ladies Democrat Club, member of the Sunshine Circle of the 8th Street United Methodist Church and attended the Missionary Society of the Clay City Assembly of God Church. She first married Leo Hull who preceded her in death in 1918. Later she married Daniel Shonk in June, 1921. He preceded her in death on January 28, 1965. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Earnest (Frances) Modesitt, R.R. 1, Cory; one step-daughter, Mrs. Duane (Sarah Jane) Neiswinger, Clay City; three sons, William Shonk, Francisville; Leon Shonk, Merriville; Kenneth Shonk, Benton Harbor, Michigan; one brother, Skyler Arney, Bowling Green; 19 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a son Raymond Shonk. Funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Schoppenhorst Funeral Home in Clay City. rev. Lavern Skinner, pastor of the 8th United Methodist Church assisted by Rev. Russell R. Wisehart, pastor of the Clay City Assembly of God Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Swalley Cemetery south of Bowling Green. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Friday
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