Bates County Obituaries

 

SCHENKER, Elva Katherine (1918 - 2007)
Hill & Son Funeral Home, Appleton City, Mo.
Elva Katherine Schenker, daughter of Earnest and Crystabell (Money) Wainwright, was born January 18, 1918 in Butler, Missouri. She departed this life December 24, 2007 at Appleton City Manor Nursing Home in Appleton City, Missouri at 89 years of age. Katherine was raised in Taberville, Missouri and spent most of her life in the Rockville, Missouri area. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missouri where she had attended faithfully. Cecil Schenker and Katherine were united in marriage February 19, 1939 and to this union five children were born. Mrs. Schenker was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Caring for her family was of the utmost importance to her throughout her life. She enjoyed sewing and painting, and was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed it.  Preceding Katherine in death were her parents, her husband, two children Charlotte and Rex Schenker, and a brother Billy Wainwright.  Survivors include three children: Bill Schenker and wife Karen of Oswego, Kansas, Kay Werling of Independence, Missouri and Wayne Schenker and wife Lois of Rockville, Missouri, a daughter-in-law Starr Marshall of Rockville, Missouri, eleven grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson, and many nieces and nephews.
Service: Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missourion Friday, December 28, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.  Minister: Pastor Daniel Mackey.  Visitation: Hill & Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri on Thursday, December 27, 2007 between 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Interment: Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Prairie City, Missouri.  Memorials: Zion Lutheran Church or Evelyn Brown Laney Hospice