Loretta A. Sherk

Loretta A. Sherk, 88, formerly of Toledo, died early Monday morning at Otterbein Portage Valley Retirement Home in Pemberville. She was born on June 22, 1918 in Gibsonburg to the now deceased William J. and Lena E. (Herman) Reineck. Loretta was a 1936 graduate of Gibsonburg High School. On May 6, 1944 she married James R. Sherk at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Gibsonburg. He died July 13, 1963. Loretta was a Dietitian at Flower Hospital retiring from there in 1983. She had also worked for Redman Chewing Tobacco Co. She was a member of St. Michaels Catholic Church, Gibsonburg. She was also a former member of St. Annes (St. Martin de Porres) and Blessed Sacrament Catholic Churches and their Altar Rosary Societies in Toledo. Surviving is a son, William, of Sylvania and brother Bernard (Jeanne) Reineck of Atlanta. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, siblings William Jr., Louis W., Paul F., Vincent C., Charles, Cyril C., Frances (Sr. Mary Antonelle, SND) and Rev. Herman W. Reineck. Visitation will be Wednesday 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. at the Herman-Kinn-Veh Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Gibsonburg.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday at 10:30 at St. Michaels Catholic Church with Fr. Ted Miller officiating. Burial will follow at St. Lawrence Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. Michaels Catholic Church in Gibsonburg.