Surnames: SHEFCHIK, ST. ANDREWS, BLAKE, GREGORY WELCH MENEHAN ABBOTT WILLIAMS HELMIG

----Source: Loyal TRG 26 May 2004

Shefchik, Lawrence (? - 9 May 2004)

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Shefchik, 74, Barstow, Calif., died Sunday, May 9, 2004. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 14, at the Masonic Lodge, Barstow, Calif. Private burial was held at Riverside National Cemetery. Lawrence Joseph Shefchik graduated from Loyal High School in 1947. He served in the Marines during the Korean War for five years. He worked for the Union Pacific and Santa Fe Railroan in Barstow, Yermo, and San Bernadino, Calif., for 40 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge # 682 in Barstow for 20 years and a member of Calvary Chapel in Barstow for four years. His interests included woodworking.

Survivors include his wife Nina Shefchik, Barstow, Calif.; his daughters, Karen St. Andrews, Rialto, Calif., Linda Blake, Carson City, Nev., and Ruth Ann [Jerry] Shefchik, Barstow, Calif.; his sons, Michael [Mary] Shefchik, Wrughtwood, Calif., and Lawrence Jr. [Tracy] Shefchik, Barstow, Calif.; his brothers, Edward Shefchik, Wilmington, N.c., Richard [Diann] Shefchik, Marshfield, Raymond [Ruth] Shefchik, Kenosha, and J.R. [Sue] Shefchik, Cedarburg; his sisters, Angie [Daryl] Gregory, Medford, Eleanor [Jack] Welch, Moorcroft, Wyo., Jean [Larry] Menehan, Racine, and Joan [Dave] Abbott, Carroll, Ill.; his sister-in-laws, Mary [Elmer] Shefchik, Kenosha, Barbara Williams, Grangeville, Idaho, and Linda Helmig, Barstow, Calif.; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Emil and Hildegard Shefchik; and one brother, Elmer.