SHANKS, Marjorie E. (McDaniel) 1937-2006

SHANKS, PARSEGIAN, MCDANIEL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/31/2011 at 14:38:46

Shanks, Marjorie E.

CALIENTE, Calif. - Marjorie E. Shanks, 68, of 37845 Shanks Road, died Monday, February 6, 2006, at Mercy Southwest Hospital, Bakersfield, California, after a 5-year fight with kidney disease. She remained optimistic about finding a cure or a kidney transplant until the very last few days.

Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye St., Nora Springs, with Gary Bauer officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Grove Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Tuesday at Sheckler Colonial Chapel.

The family has requested in lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to one of these kidney organizations in Marjorie's name: Memorial Renal Fund, 5143 Office Park Drive, Bakersfield, California 93303, to benefit patients on dialysis; or the National Kidney Foundation of South California, 17100 Ventura Blvd., Suite 222, Encino, California 91326, to fund education and research regarding kidney diseases.

Marjorie Elaine McDaniel was born in Boston, Mass., on Oct. 1, 1937, the daughter of Kenneth and Florence (Parsegian) McDaniel. She lived much of her early childhood in Boston and Bremerton, Wash., while her father served as chaplin in the United States Army from 1941 to 1959. Her mother was an interior decorator. Marjorie graduated from Bremerton High School in Washington state in 1955, and then attended business college. She worked for Federal Housing Administration in Seattle and later as assistant in accounting for Oakwood Schools of Long Beach, Calif.

Her talents included interior design, decorating, and meticulous attention to numbers and details with unique flair for future business expansion trends. Marjorie was a gifted pianist and organist, often playing for her father's church services and youth events. She loved dancing and riding horseback.

Marjorie was united in marriage to George Shanks on June 29, 1973, in California. Together with her husband, George, she built a successful construction company, in Ontario, Calif., traveled extensively, piloted their own airplane, which they used for business and pleasure, and later designed and built their retirement home near Twin Oaks, Calif.

Marjorie is survived by her husband of 33 years, George Shanks, of Caliente, Calif.; her mother, Jerrie McDaniel, of Bremerton, Wash.; children, Julie Hoppis of Manteca, Calif., and Lisa Holland, of Edmonds, Wash.; stepchildren, Debra Mull of Santa Rosa, Calif., Teresa Heavener of Akron, Ohio, and Rick Shanks of Victorville, Calif.; grandchildren and step-grandchildren, Rachael, Laurel and McKenna Hoppis, Cole Holland, Jamie, Josh and Jeremy Heavener, Garrett Lee, Sara Ann and Shawn Shanks, and Ryan Mull; great-grandchild, Emma Shanks; a brother, Dennis McDaniel, of Bremerton, Wash.; along with other relatives and friends.

Marjorie is preceded in death by her father, Chaplin Kenneth McDaniel; step-son, Marty Shanks; and step-granddaughter, Jennifer Mull.

Sheckler Colonial Chapel, (641) 749-2210.
www.colonialchapels.com

[ Published in the Globe Gazette, 2/12/2006 ]