Elizabeth P. Schenck

Age: 103 Widowed City of Residence: Lebanon, IndianaDate of Death: Wednesday, December 10, 2014Place of Death: At Witham Memorial Hospital in Lebanon Elizabeth Pearl Schenck was born in Nicholas County near Carlisle, Kentucky, on November 5, 1911, a daughter of the late James L. and Mary L. (Owings) DeAtley. At age 7, she moved from Kentucky to Indiana where she had since resided. On November 15, 1931, she was married to Oren James “Jimmie” Schenck in her parents’ home near Pittsboro, Indiana. Mr. Schenck passed away on March 25, 1990. Most of her life was spent as a homemaker assisting her husband on the family farm. After rearing her sons, she was a clerk in the Lebanon J. C. Penney’s Department Store in the ladies apparel department. She was a member of the Corinth Church near Fayette now called The Journey Church of Brownsburg. She was active in the church activities and a member of the Sunday School Class there. She also had been active in the Jolly Stitchers Quilting Club and a Euchre Club. A person devoted to her family, Mrs. Schenck enjoyed cooking for and entertaining her family. She was also fond of bird feeding, bird watching and playing cards.Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Myers Mortuary, 1502 North Lebanon Street, in Lebanon, Indiana, with Rev. Dennis Dodson officiating. Visitation is planned for Saturday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the mortuary in Lebanon. Interment will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, Indiana. Survivors: Two Children: Carl E. Schenck and wife, Sue – Thorntown, Indiana James L. Schenck and wife, Beverly – Lebanon, IndianaNine Grandchildren: Susan Rice Diana Halstead Candy Hurwich Carla King Cheri Colgrove Dennis Schenck Jeffrey Schenck Steven Schenck James Ed Schenck Seventeen Great GrandchildrenFourteen Great Great Grandchildren Deceased: In addition to her parents and husband, Elizabeth was preceded in death by a sister, Pauline H. “Polly” Porter, a brother, Earl DeAtley and a great granddaughter, Amanda Schenck. Memorials may be made to the Journey Church of Brownsburg, 6690 East 136, Brownsburg, Indiana 46112, in her memory.

Elizabeth P. Schenck

December 11, 2014