Charles D. SHOOK

News Death Notice

SHOOK, Charles D. Age 87, died on March 16, 2015. He was born to Charles H. Shook and Elizabeth Ann (Foster) Shook in Dayton, Ohio on August 14, 1927. He was pre-deceased by Cynthia Jones Shook, his wife of almost 58 years, in 2013 and Michael A. Swank, his son-in-law, in 2014. He is survived by his sister, Barbara S. Hazen; his children, Charles Howard Shook (Alise) of Atlanta, Georgia; Barbara Swank of Dayton; Caroline Miller (Steven) of Arnold, Maryland; and seven grandchildren: Catherine and Mary Martin Shook, Elizabeth and William Swank, and John, Madeleine and Charles Miller. He graduated from Fairview High School, received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an L.L.B. from the Ohio State University, and was admitted to the bar in 1952, when he began a cherished association with the firm currently known as Bieser, Greer & Landis that included many years as Senior Partner and lasted until he ceased active practice in 2014. Although widely traveled, he best enjoyed the time spent at the family lodge on Long Lake in Price County Wisconsin with his wife's parents, Lee and Ruth Jones, and her late brother, Howard Jones (Samantha) and his children and their own children. He avidly read books on history and natural history, was an aficionado of classical music, and deeply appreciated the outdoors, where he was an avid, and occasionally successful, angler of muskies and, as an enthusiastic birder, accumulated a life-list of approximately 1,700 species. He was a guarantor of the Vanguard Concerts, a member of The Lawyers Club of Dayton, Ye Buz Fuz Club, The 49ers Club, and the Miami Valley Hunt & Polo Club, of which he served more than twenty years as Secretary. Funeral services will be held on March 27th at Christ Church, 20 W 1st St., Dayton, Ohio, at 3:00 p.m. and followed by a reception at Ye Buz Fuz Club at 4:00 p.m. Memorial gifts can be sent to Vanguard Concerts at 6077 Far Hills Ave., #196, Dayton Ohio, 45459, or the charity of your choice.