Wanda Nadine Michael and Donald Alfred Shirk
DONALD ALFRED SHIRK, son of ZELDA MAYBELLE STAMBAUGH and HARRY MORRIS SHIRK, was born June 17, 1917 in Palermo, Grundy, Iowa,2432 and died August 25, 1988 in Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa.10832
He married WANDA NADINE MICHAEL on August 30, 1947 in Union Park Methodist Church, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.10833 She was born January 15, 1928 in Lake Township, Clay, Iowa,1884 and died October 6, 2016 in Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa.456
Education
- Donald Alfred Shirk graduated from Iowa State University, Ames, Story, Iowa in 1948.3879
Marriage Announcements and News
Des Moines Register, July 20, 194710833
Miss Michael To Become Bride Of D. A. Shirk
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Micheal of Dickens announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Wanda of Des Moines, to Donald A. Shirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shirk of Marshalltown.
The wedding will take place in late summer.
Miss Michael is a graduate of Lake Center High school in Dickens and now is employed in Des Moines.
Mr. Shirk is attending Iowa State college in Ames, where he is a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
Obituaries
Cedar Rapids Gazette, August 27, 198810832
SIGOURNEY
Donald Shirk, 71, died Thursday in his home following a sudden illness. He was Iowa State Extension Service director in Keokuk County for 28 years.
Surviving are his wife, Wanda; a daughter, Barbara Coffman of Sigourney; three sons, Ronne of Los Angeles, Steven of Wilton and Gregory of Omaha, Neb.; two brothers, Delbert of Garwin and Dale of Marshalltown; and six grandchildren.
Services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, United Methodist Church. Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Holm's A memorial fund has been established.
News-Review, October 12, 201610834
Wanda Nadine (Michael) Shirk, 88, died October 6, 2016 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born at home on Lost Island Lake, Ruthven, Iowa to Lloyd Charles and Hazel Esther (Eckley) Michael on January 15, 1928. She graduated from Lake Center Consolidated School. On August 30, 1947 she married Donald Shirk at Union Park Methodist Church in Des Moines. They lived in Austin, Minnesota, Vinton, Iowa, and moved to Sigourney in 1953. She was a member of the Sigourney United Methodist Church, UMW, and Aspasia Chapter of Eastern Star. Wanda enjoyed following her children and grandchildren’s activities.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Don August 25, 1988, son Ronnie Shirk and granddaughter Faith Shirk.
She is survived by her daughter Barbara (Richard) Coffman of Sigourney, two sons Steven (Susan) Shirk of Wilton, Gregory (Lisa) Shirk of Mason City, seven grandchildren Michelle Streigle, Christopher Coffman Rebekah Bell, Ben Shirk, Katherine Clark, Brittney Asby, Kyra Shirk, 16 great grandchildren, one brother Weldon “Bill” Michael of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Funeral Service 10:00 A.M. Monday Sigourney United Methodist Church
Visitation: 4:00 – 6:00 P.M. Sunday Holm Funeral Home
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery - Sigourney
A Memorial Fund has been established.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| January 21, 192010829 | Melrose, Grundy, Iowa |
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| April 25, 193010830 | Melrose, Grundy, Iowa |
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| May 20, 194010831 | Taylor, Marshall, Iowa |
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