John Shank, the son of John and Mary Shank, was born February 20, 1879 in
  Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Detroit, Kansas at the
  age of three weeks. He married Minnie Rudd October 31, 1906. She was the daughter
  of Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Rudd, the third child in the family of five. John worked for
  the International Harvester Company for about twenty-five years. Mrs. Shank died
  February 10, 1934 and is buried in the Woodbine Cemetery. They wer the parents of
  two children: Alma and Allan.
        Later John married Orpha McCoy Brown, widow of Fred Brown. They lived in
   Woodbine where Lowell Middleton lives. John passed away July 16, 1941 and is
   buried at Woodbine. He was the brother of Susie Meredith of Abilene, Abe and Ben
   of Navarre, and E.L. Shank of Woodbine.
        Orpha moved back to the home in Woodbine until 1981 when she moved to the 
   Lutheran Home in Herington. The Dolans live in the former Shank home.  
               
  Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987, 
          Woodbine through the years pg. 119
          From Historical Records