Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Shanks , Marjorie Elaine February 6, 2006
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The Bakersfield Californian
Shanks, Marjorie E.    
 
Marjorie E. Shanks 
Services: Tues., Feb. 14, 2:00 p.m. 

Marjorie E. Shanks 68, of 37845 Shanks Rd., died Monday, February 6, 2006, at 
Mercy Southwest Hospital, in Bakersfield, CA, after a 5-year fight with kidney 
disease. She remained optimistic about finding a cure or a kidney transplant 
until the very last few days. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, 
February 14, 2006, at Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 North Hawkeye Street, Nora 
Springs, Iowa with Gary Bauer officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Grove 
Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Tuesday at Sheckler 
Colonial Chapel 114 North Hawkeye Street, Nora Springs, Iowa. The family has 
requested in lieu of flowers that memorials may be directed to one of these 
kidney organizations in Marjories name, Memorial Renal Fund, 5143 Office Park 
Drive, Bakersfield, Ca 93303, to benefit patients on dialysis, or National 
Kidney Foundation of South California, 17100 Ventura Blvd., Suite 222, Encino, 
Ca 91326, to fund education and research regarding kidney diseases. Marjorie 
Elaine McDaniel was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 1, 1937, the 
daughter of Kenneth and Florence (Parsegian) McDaniel. She lived much of her 
early childhood in Boston and Bremerton, Washington while her father served as 
Chaplin to the United States Army from 1941 to 1959. Her mother was an 
interior decorator. Marjorie graduated from Bremerton High School in 
Washington State in 1955, and then attended Business College. She worked for 
Federal Housing Administration in Seattle and later as assistant in accounting 
for Oakwood Schools of Long Beach, California. Her talents included interior 
design, decorating and meticulous attention to numbers and details with unique 
flair for future business expansion trends. Marjorie was a gifted pianist and 
organist, often playing for her fathers church services and youth events. She 
loved dancing and riding horseback. Marjorie was united in marriage to George 
Shanks on June 29, 1973, in California. Together with her husband George built 
a successful construction company, in Ontario, CA, traveled extensively, 
piloted their own airplane which they used for business and pleasure, and 
later designed and built their retirement home near Twin Oaks, California. 
Marjorie is survived by her husband of 33 years George Shanks of Caliente, CA; 
her mother, Jerrie McDaniel of Bremerton, WA; children, Julie Hoppis of 
Manteca, CA, Lisa Holland, of Edmonds, WA, stepchildren, Debra Mull of Santa 
Rosa, CA, Teresa Hevener of Akron, Ohio, and Rick Shanks of Victorville, CA; 
grandchildren and stepgrandchildren, Rachael, Laurel, and McKenna Hoppis, Cole 
Holland, Jamie, Josh, and Jeremy Hevener, Garrett Lee, Sara Ann and Shawn 
Shanks, and Ryan Mull, great-grandchild, Emma Shanks; brother, Dennis McDaniel 
of Bremerton, WA, along with other relatives and friends. Marjorie is preceded 
in death by her father, Chaplin Kenneth McDaniel; stepson, Marty Shanks; and 
stepgranddaughter, Jennifer Mull. Sheckler Colonial Chapel (641) 749-2210 


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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 2/14/2006.  


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