IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Clarice E.

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Shank

December 27, 1919 – October 18, 2013

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Clarice E. Shank, age 93, of Brookings, died Friday, October 18, 2013, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to the First Lutheran Church music program. Clarice Elizabeth (Manwiller) Shank was born in the town of Wyoming, Iowa, to Arthur and Matilda (Westphal) Manwiller on December 27, 1919. She grew up on an Iowa farm and attended the first eight grades in a one-room rural Iowa school. She attended high school in Olin, Iowa, graduating in 1937. Shortly afterward the family moved to Ames, Iowa, where she took some classes at Iowa State University. On December 20, 1941, she married D. Boyd Shank. She and her husband spent five years at the University of Arkansas. There she worked at the University library. In the fall of 1946 they moved to Brookings, South Dakota. She enrolled at what was then South Dakota State College and obtained her bachelor's degree in 1963 in the College of Home Economics, majoring in foods and nutrition. In 1970 she earned her master's degree, also from SDSU in the same field of study. She then taught foods and nutrition at SDSU. She was twice elected "teacher of the year" in the College of Home Economics. She retired in 1983 as Assistant Professor Emeritus. Clarice was a member of First Lutheran Church, where she sang in the choir, served on the church council, and participated in a church circle. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and Phi Upsilon Omicron honor societies. She was a member of the South Dakota Nutrition Council and the campus Nutrition and Food Science Club. She worked with Girl Scouts and belonged to an extension club. She enjoyed gardening, SDSU theater, and associating with Sunnyview neighbors. Survivors include her husband, Boyd Shank, of Brookings; two sons: David (Myrna) Shank of Biloxi, Mississippi, and Timothy (Robin) Shank of Redondo Beach, California; four grandsons; five great-grandsons; a great-granddaughter; a nephew; and three nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, a sister, and numerous cousins.
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