Norma Ruth Shirk (Camdenton)'s Obituary
Norma Ruth Shirk, daughter of Valentina and Lena (Tschudy) Deckard was born February 3, 1935, in Ridgeway, Ohio. She departed this life, September 10, 2023, at Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach, Missouri at the age of eighty-eight years, seven months and seven days.
On July 7, 1956, in Mount Victory, Ohio she was united in marriage to Clifford Shirk and to this union three children were born. Together they shared sixty-seven wonderful years of marriage.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Idella Loy; two brothers, Calvin Deckard and Dwight Deckard.
She is survived by her husband, Clifford Shirk of the home; two daughters, Desiree and Gregory Pantukhoff of St. Charles, Missouri and Sherry and Larry Bowling of Camdenton, Missouri; one son, Eric and Jill Shirk of Montgomery, Texas; four grandchildren, Parker Shirk (fiancé Madison Lummus), Lindsey Shirk, Wesley (McKayla) Bowling, and Heather Bowling (JR Wallace); four great-grandchildren, William Bowling, Maxdyn Bowling, Hunter Wallace and Colton Wallace; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Norma was raised in Ridgeway, Ohio and graduated from Ridgeway High School with the class of 1953. After graduating Norma moved to Columbus, Ohio and started her career in banking as a teller. A chance encounter with a young man named Clifford Shirk selling newspapers on a Kenton, Ohio street corner would turn into sixty-seven years of love and the building of a wonderful family. Norma and Clifford would move to the Lake of the Ozarks in 1973. Shortly thereafter Norma went to work at First National Bank and worked there until her retirement.
Norma made a profession of faith and was a member of the United Methodist Church of Camdenton for fifteen plus years.
In her spare time Norma and Clifford were involved in square dancing in their earlier years, loved to travel and Norma was a part of a Quilting Guild at the Camdenton United Methodist Church. Most importantly Norma dedicated herself to her family and her greatest moments of happiness and peace were spent with them.
She was a loving and a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and her accomplishments and will treasure the memories she created for her family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00a.m, Saturday, September 16, 2023, at the Camdenton United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Dale Blair Memorial Cemetery in Camdenton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 9:00a.m. until the time-of-service Saturday, September 16, 2023, at the Camdenton United Methodist Church.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association and left at the church the day of the service or mailed to the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home at 15 Clint Ave. Camdenton, Missouri 65020.
Arrangements are under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Camdenton, Missouri.
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