OBITUARY: Jolene Martin Shirk, 2005-2005, Mitchell Co., Iowa [Original version Published on www.mcpress.com Nov. 23, 2005] Jolene Martin Shirk OSAGE, IOWA--Funeral services for Jolene Martin Shirk, age 3 days, were held at the South Osage Mennonite Church in Osage, Iowa on Monday Nov. 21. Officiating at the service were Bishop Abner Oberholtzer, and ministers Irvin Weaver and Charles Zimmerman. Burial was in the church cemetery. Jolene Martin Shirk, daughter of Carl and Martha (Martin) Shirk was born on November 13, 2005 and passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. on Nov. 16, 2005. Jolene was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather Amos Martin and her paternal grandfather Ivan Shirk. Survivors include her parents Carl and Martha of rural Riceville, Iowa, five brothers, Gerald, Albert, Linford, Calvin, and Wilson and one sister Lillian all living at home. Also surviving are maternal grandmother Mary Martin of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and paternal grandmother Emma Shirk of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Copyright 2005 - K. Kittleson