{"id":93642,"date":"2025-05-15T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=93642"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:03:41","slug":"merl-leon-shank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=93642","title":{"rendered":"Merl Leon Shank"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\t\r\njQuery(document).ready(function () {var html = '<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html).insertAfter(\".elementor-widget-theme-post-content\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\tvar html1 = '<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html1).insertBefore(\".elementor-element-156402f\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/\/pagead\/js\/?client=0531879237494766\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4268950360\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     ().push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n \r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\t\r\njQuery(document).ready(function () {var html = '<ins class=\"\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins><script>(=window. || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html).insertAfter(\"div.elementor-element.elementor-element-31b33ad.elementor-widget.elementor-widget-image\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\tvar html1 = '<ins class=\"\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins><script>(=window. || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html1).insertBefore(\"div.elementor-element.elementor-element-e95eabd.elementor-widget.elementor-widget-image\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/\/pagead\/js\/.js?client=0531879237494766\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4268950360\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     ( = window. || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93643\" src=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obit_placeholder_14-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obit_placeholder_14-1-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/obit_placeholder_14-1-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\r\n\r\nMerl Leon Shank, 77, of rural Claypool, Indiana, died at 8:43 am, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital in Warsaw. \u00a0He was born on April 5, 1948, in Rochester, Indiana, to Garl and Virginia M. (Spurgeon) Shank.\r\n\r\nMerl received a certificate in welding from the Heartland Career Center before serving in the US Air Force. He worked for Par-Kan and also Wabash Valley Manufacturing, both in Silver Lake, Indiana. Merl was a member of a car club in Rochester. He enjoyed fishing and lake life.\r\n\r\nHe is survived by his sister, Donna Swihart of Wabash, nieces and nephew: Cheryl Sherman of Wabash, Jama Oldsen of Columbia City, Indiana, Debra (Chris) Moore of Akron, Indiana, Mark Shank of Warsaw, and Laura (Ryan) Riggle of Warsaw. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Charles E. \"Chuck\" Shank and Gerald D. \"Bud\" Shank, and niece, Cindy Kennedy.\r\n\r\nFuneral services will be 10:30 am, Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Roann Chapel, 335 S. Chippewa Rd., Roann, with Pastor Robb Rensberger officiating. 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