Final Rest For a Trojan Brother
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:42 pm
Received this in an email a short time ago...FYI. Thought I would pass it along and post it here.
It is with great sadness that I have to start the New Year [2010] with the sad news of one of our friends and brothers from the Trojan Family. He has attended all the Trojan Rendezvous that we have had on the Chesapeake Bay, starting at Great Oaks to the last one at Higgins Yacht Yard.
Jere will be greatly missed.
Kent
Jere C. Shank, 59 of Rock Harbor Drive, Rock Hall, MD, and also of Chester, MD, passed away Saturday evening at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, after a brave battle with cancer.
Born in Hazleton, PA on May 7, 1950, he was the son of Carson and Virginia (Zehner) Shank, of Rock Glen, and spent the past 3 years in Maryland after moving from Mendham, NJ.
He was employed as a software programmer for BAE Systems, in Wayne, NJ. Jere loved skiing, boating, and running. He was a PSIA Certified Ski Instructor, and was a U.S. Coast Guard Certified Ship Captain who had his 100 Ton Captain’s License.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, Christopher, who passed away in 1970.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife Carol Britten, with whom he would have celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on April 17, 2010; a son Jeremy, Milford, NJ; brother Lewis and his wife Cheryl, Sugarloaf; three sisters, Vicki Harman and her husband Mark, Rock Glen; Cynthia Tressler and her husband William, Sugarloaf; Patti Zelenak and her husband David, Hazleton; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
Memorial donations can be made to the Jere Shank Memorial Fund, Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) Foundation, 2001 Medical Parkway, Suite 240, Annapolis, MD 21401, or at aahs.org or to the charity of donor’s choice.
Condolences can be emailed from and more information is available at http://www.harmanfuneral.com.
It is with great sadness that I have to start the New Year [2010] with the sad news of one of our friends and brothers from the Trojan Family. He has attended all the Trojan Rendezvous that we have had on the Chesapeake Bay, starting at Great Oaks to the last one at Higgins Yacht Yard.
Jere will be greatly missed.
Kent
Jere C. Shank, 59 of Rock Harbor Drive, Rock Hall, MD, and also of Chester, MD, passed away Saturday evening at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, after a brave battle with cancer.
Born in Hazleton, PA on May 7, 1950, he was the son of Carson and Virginia (Zehner) Shank, of Rock Glen, and spent the past 3 years in Maryland after moving from Mendham, NJ.
He was employed as a software programmer for BAE Systems, in Wayne, NJ. Jere loved skiing, boating, and running. He was a PSIA Certified Ski Instructor, and was a U.S. Coast Guard Certified Ship Captain who had his 100 Ton Captain’s License.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, Christopher, who passed away in 1970.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife Carol Britten, with whom he would have celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on April 17, 2010; a son Jeremy, Milford, NJ; brother Lewis and his wife Cheryl, Sugarloaf; three sisters, Vicki Harman and her husband Mark, Rock Glen; Cynthia Tressler and her husband William, Sugarloaf; Patti Zelenak and her husband David, Hazleton; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
Memorial donations can be made to the Jere Shank Memorial Fund, Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) Foundation, 2001 Medical Parkway, Suite 240, Annapolis, MD 21401, or at aahs.org or to the charity of donor’s choice.
Condolences can be emailed from and more information is available at http://www.harmanfuneral.com.
