Obituary

Oscar S. Shirk, 85, builder of the Shirkmere Apartment Hotel, of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Shirk resided in the penthouse at the hotel. Born September 25, 1875 in Allegan County, Michigan. Came to Sedgwick, Kansas at age 12 and then to Wichita in 1894. Married the former Bessie Swinford in 1896. She died in 1949. Opened his own real estate office in 1898. Remarried in 1941 to the former Mrs. Cora Swarthout. Survivors include wife, Cora, a daughter, Mrs. Hampton Gossard, 146 Morningside Drive, a grandson, O. S. Gossard, 1932 Scott, and three great-grandchildren. Interment in Old Mission Mausoleum.

The Wichita Eagle, October 21, 1960. Page 5A.