Sharyn Mae Strenk

Sharyn Mae Strenk

Sharyn Strenk Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jul. 1, 2009.
Pawleys IslandSharyn M. StrenkSharyn Mae Strenk, 64 of died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center following a battle with brain cancer that lead to pneumonia complications.Born in Newark, NJ, she was the oldest of four children. Mrs. Strenk graduated with a Bachelor Arts in Home Economics from Montclair State College in 1967 and moved to Toms River, NJ where she married Joseph J. Strenk, Jr. of Haledon, NJ. She spent her life as a homemaker, proud owner and operator of Heart to Heart Gifts in Barnegat, NJ and most recently as a home designer and decorator. After retirement, she moved to Pawleys Island, SC to enjoy what she and her husband called paradise.Surviving are her husband, Joe and children and their spouses, Joseph, III and Michelle, Sandra and Joe and Jeff and Ellie and eight grandchildren. She is also survived by her parents, Joe and Marjorie Battista and three brothers, Barry, Robert and wife Karen and James.Services will be 11:00 AM, Monday, July 6, 2009 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Georgetown. Interment will follow in Pennyroyal Cemetery.The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00, Sunday, July 5, 2009 at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Litchfield-Pawleys Island Chapel with a prayer service at 6:00 PM.Memorials may be made to American Brain Tumor Assoc., 2720 River Road, Des Plaines, Ill 60015 or at www.abta.org.

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