Martin
Sonk, 529 Brookfield Ave., Masury, formerly of Orangeville, Ohio,
died at 3:40 a.m. today (12-2-87) in O'Brien Memorial Nursing Home, Masury,
where he had been a patient [for]18 months.
He was 82.
Mr. Sonk was born
in Hartford, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1905, to Frank and Sarah
Toot Sonk.
He was a member of
Orangeville United Methodist Church.
He retired in 1970
from Shenango Valley Water Co. with 30 years’ service.
Mr. Sonk served in
the Army during World War II
Surviving are his
wife, the former Hilda Fredrickson, whom he
married June 10, 1944; a daughter, Mrs. Melinda
Kroko, Masury; five sisters, Mrs. Charlene
Richter and Mrs. Ethel Keller, both
Sharon, Mrs. Florence McClelland, Mercer, Mrs.
Evelyn Hudson, Cortland, Ohio, and Mrs. Freda
Cook in California; two brothers, Harlan Sonk,
Gales Ferry, Conn., and August Sonk, Boardman,
Ohio; and two grandchildren.
Four brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
The Herald, Sharon, PA
December 2, 1987