Herman "Hank" Carl Schink 1927 - 2017

BOLTE, SCHINK, GREEN, JOLLIFF

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-volunteer (email)
Date: 4/12/2017 at 11:57:08

Sioux City Journal
15 February 2017

MAPLETON, Iowa | Herman "Hank" C. Schink, 89, of Mapleton, formerly of Oto, Iowa, died on Feb. 12, 2017, at Maple Heights Nursing Home in Mapleton.

Cremation rites will be accorded. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Holly Springs Bible Fellowship, rural Holly Springs, Iowa, with the Rev. Jim Thomas officiating. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel in Sioux City.

Herman Carl Schink was born on April 8, 1927, near Climbing Hill, Iowa, the son of Peter and Irene (Bolte) Schink. He married Mary Ann Green on Jan. 17, 1948. The couple traveled all over the world while Herman was serving in the U.S. Air Force. He retired after 30 years of service in 1973.

Upon retirement from the Air Force, Herman received several technical degrees from junior college, raced and repaired sports cars, gardened and enjoyed collecting antiques, fishing and boating. He was the mayor of Oto for more than 10 years. Mary Ann died on Feb. 26, 2005. Herman later met and married Gloria Jolliff and they enjoyed traveling and dancing. They were married eight years before she died in 2014.

Survivors include two sons, Gene and his wife, Judy, and Gregg and his wife, Kathy; a daughter, Michelle O'Connell and her significant other, Jim Willits; and eight grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his two brothers.