Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shenk, Cassel Joseph November 4, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 11/6/2008
  Shenk, Cassel Joseph   
   
  Cassel Joseph Shenk, 95, formerly of Palmyra, a resident of the Masonic Village 
  since 2002, died of complications following hip surgery on Tuesday, November 4, 
  2008. He was the widower of Dorothy Emma Sell Shenk, who died August 29, 1981. 
  He was born in Lemoyne on October 2, 1913, to Joseph Walter and Harriet Cassel 
  Shenk. He retired as a construction superintendent for the state of 
  Pennsylvania. He was a 1931 graduate of Hershey High School, served proudly in 
  the U.S. Navy Seabee's unit during World War II, and was a past commander of 
  the Palmyra American Legion. He was a member of the Palm Lutheran Church, where 
  he served as chairman of the building committee for the present church. He was 
  a member of the Brownstone Lodge No. 666 F & A M, Hershey, the Harrisburg 
  Consistory, and was a past president of the Lebanon County Shrine Club. 
  Surviving are his daughter, Lynette J., wife of Dr. Ted Thompson of St. Paul, 
  Minn.; a granddaughter, Beth, wife of Demarick Patton of Orlando, Fla.; two 
  great-grandchildren, Raquel and Caydence Patton; and a brother, John Shenk of 
  Delaware. He is preceded in death by a brother, Walter; sisters Beulah and 
  Harriet; and a greatgranddaughter, Ashlyn Jenna Patton. Relatives and friends 
  are invited for a time of viewing on Friday, November 7, 2008, from 1-2 at the 
  Palm Lutheran Church, 11 W. Cherry St., Palmyra, followed by his funeral with 
  the Rev. Dr. John Merkel officiating. Burial will follow in the Grandview 
  Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to his 
  church, or to the Minnesota Medical Foundation, the Ashlyn Jenna 
  Patton/Thompson Fund # 1055, 200 Oak St., SE, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55455. 
  Rothermel Funeral Home Inc. is entrusted with funeral services.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 11/6/2008  
  
  
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