Jefferson County KS Archives Obituaries.....SCHENCK, Levi Lovejoy  July 20, 1961
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The Perry Mirror-Times
Jefferson County
Thursday
July 20, 1961

Levi Lovejoy Schenck.
Levi Lovejoy SCHENCK, age 91 years, seven months and 17 days, of Williamstown
died Saturday morning at the Dever Nursing Home, Lawrence.
He was born in Indiana, Nov. 21, 1869, the son of John and Mary Schenck. Five
brothers and 5 sisters have preceded him in death, one of whom was a twin
brother who died in infancy. He with his family moved to Kansas in about the
year 1870 and settled on a farm near Springdale. He has been a resident of
Kansas most of his 91 years.
He joined the Primitive Baptist Church at an early age and was ordained to the
ministry about the year 1914, following in the footsteps of his father who was
also an ordained Primitive Baptist minister. he was a staunch defender of the
faith and served as the pastor of several churches in Missouri and Kansas for
many years.
He wa married to Amy Arminta ZINN, June 29, 1892. To this union were born three
children: Mrs. Viola ALLEN of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Lottie STALLARD, Perry, and
a son, Garrett Ryker Schenck, who died in infancy. 
Nine years following the death of his wife, he married Mrs. Leonora Wood GRAY
who preceded him in death July 10, 1949.
Besides his two daughters, he is survived by a step daughter, Mrs. Rennie COWAN
of San Bernardino, Calif., five grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and many
friends. 




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