Grace E (Arnold) Shanks (1904 - 1989)

Born 9 Sep 1904 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur C Shanks — married 27 May 1927 in Secor, Woodford County, Illinois, United States

Died 1 Jan 1989 at age 84 in Roanke, Woodford County, Illinois, United States

Biography

Grace was born in 1904. She is the daughter of Joseph Arnold and Mary Willhoite. She passed away in 1989.

Obituary^[1]

Grace A. Shanks, 84, of El Paso died at 4 a.m. yesterday (Jan. 1, 1989) at Roanoke Apostolic Nursing Home, where she had been a patient since Nov. 28.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Remmert Funeral Home, Roanoke, John Hooper officiating. Burial will be in Roanoke City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

She was born Sept. 9, 1904, in Cooksville, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Wilhoite Arnold. She married Arthur C. Shanks on May 27, 1927, in Secor. He died Oct. 24, 1981.

Surviving are three sons, Donald, Loganville, Ga.; Brian, Carbondale, Colo.; and Bernard, Roseville, Calif.; a daughter, Jeanne Schirer, Roanoke; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A son, a brother and three sisters preceded her in death.

Mrs. Shanks taught in the Cooksville and El Paso school districts. She was a member of the Secor Church of Christ.

Memorials may be made to the Eastern European Mission and Outreach Effort of the Churches of Christ.

Sources

1. ↑ Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) — Monday, January 2, 1989

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6Z-T87 : 29 October 2015), Grace Arnold in household of Joseph Arnold, Blue Mound, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 12A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,319.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJH4-QG8 : 14 December 2015), Grace Arnold in household of Joseph Arnold, Blue Mound, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 8A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,387.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MP-S3Y : 8 December 2015), Grace E Shanks in entry for Arthur C Shanks, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTZ-9KD : accessed 31 August 2016), Grace Shanks in household of Arthur Shanks, El Paso, El Paso Township, Woodford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102-6, sheet 7A, family 162, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 916.

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