Thomas Daniel "Tom" SHERFICK
1901 - 1968 (67 years)
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Name Thomas Daniel "Tom" SHERFICK Nickname Tom Born 6 Jan 1901 Martin County, Indiana, USA 
Gender Male Died 10 Dec 1968 Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, USA Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Shoals, Martin County, Indiana, USA Notes - In 1925 Tom Sherfick owned a Dahlia Farm in New Albany, Indiana where children were born. Also had bee farm and Honey Sales.
In 1946 Tom Sherfick owned a furniture factory in Shoals that employed at peak production 208 people. The factory made television cabinets for Admiral and Philco as well as the cabinets for Farnsworth Radio out of Marion, Indiana. One of the employees of the television company working at the factory was Don Bowling, future mayor of Loogootee, Indiana.
Later, the Sherfick Furniture Factory started producing tables and china cabinets for Tell City Furniture of Tell City, Indiana. Fire destroyed the factory while sons were in service in Korean War on April 17, 1952.
In March 1965 Sherfick Music Company closed operations, including offices in Evansville and Terre Haute. At peak production, the company employed 44 people.
Tom Sherfick died of a heart attack while at a local restaurant. He died in the ambulance before reaching the hospital.
Obituary:
Thos.D. Sherfick Dies Unexpectedly
Thomas D. Sherfick, 67, Shoals, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Daviess County Hospital at 3:45 PM Tuesday (12-10-68) Mr. Sherfick, an insurance salesman, was a member of the United Methodist Church, I.O.O.F., Shoals Lions Club, Modern Woodsman Lodge, and the Washington Elks Club. He was engaged in the manufacturing business in Shoals for many years and was widely known. He was born Jan 6, 1901 in Martin County, a son of the late Samuel S. Sherfick and Becky Ann Tredway Sherfick. He married Jessie Tredway and she survives. Other survivers include one daughter, Mrs. William Peay, Evansville; two sons, James E. Sherfick, Shoals; Charles William Sherfick, of Columbus, IN; two brothers, Samuel Sherfick of New Albany; John Sherfick, Indianapolis, three sisters, Mrs. Grace Hundley, Monticello, IN, Everett Sherfick, Shoals; and one half-sister, Mrs. Jessie Pendley, Greenfield, IN. Funeral in Shoals, 1:00PM Friday witht the Rev. Bruce Buckley officiating and burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11:00 AM Thursday.
From the Washington Times-Herald dated Dec. 11, 1968
Person ID I168 My Family Tree | Sherfick Side Last Modified 21 Jul 2009
Father Samuel S. SHERFICK, b. 3 Nov 1867, Washington County, Ohio, USA , d. 30 Jan 1941, Martin County, Indiana, USA (Age 73 years) Mother Rebecca Anna "Becky Ann" TREDWAY, b. 9 Mar 1875, Martin County, Indiana, USA , d. 5 Oct 1957, Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years) Married 7 Sep 1899 Martin County, Indiana, USA Family ID F69 Group Sheet
Family 1 Elizabeth Jane "Bettie" HUTTON, b. 16 Aug 1904, Martin County, Indiana, USA , d. 15 Jul 1991, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, USA (Age 86 years) Married 1 Jun 1924 Martin County, Indiana, USA Children + 1. Lucille Allene SHERFICK, b. 4 Jan 1925, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA , d. 15 Sep 2006, Huntingburg, Dubois County, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years)+ 2. Thomas Lee "Tommy" SHERFICK, b. 11 Oct 1926, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA , d. 20 Jun 1954, Martin County, Indiana, USA (Age 27 years)+ 3. Charles William "Billy" SHERFICK, Senior, b. 14 Jul 1928, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA , d. 6 Feb 2005, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years)+ 4. James Edward "Ed" SHERFICK, b. 3 Feb 1930, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA , d. 3 Oct 2012, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years)Sherfick Inc. 
Music Service: Sherfick Logo with phone number
Water slip decal associated with Sherfick Music CompanyAlbums 
Tom and Bettie Sherfick (16)
Photos of Tom Sherfick and Bettie Hutton Sherfick, their second spouses, their children, and children's spouses.Last Modified 29 Nov 2008 Family ID F62 Group Sheet
Family 2 Jessie Vernan TREDWAY, b. 12 Jul 1909, Martin County, Indiana, USA , d. 11 May 1973, Martin County, Indiana, USA (Age 63 years) Married 10 Oct 1942 Last Modified 7 Aug 2005 Family ID F63 Group Sheet
- In 1925 Tom Sherfick owned a Dahlia Farm in New Albany, Indiana where children were born. Also had bee farm and Honey Sales.
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Event Map 
Born - 6 Jan 1901 - Martin County, Indiana, USA 
Married - 1 Jun 1924 - Martin County, Indiana, USA 
Died - 10 Dec 1968 - Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, USA 
Buried - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Shoals, Martin County, Indiana, USA 
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Photos 
Tom Sherfick 
Ed, Bill, and Tom Sherfick with their dad
3 sons and father looking dapper.
Tom and Three Sons
Another photo in Tom Sherfick's driveway. Notice the Queen Funeral Home in the background (before the current remodeling).
Grandpa in the Dahlias 
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 
Bill, Donna, and Tom Sherfick Tom and Bettie
Headstones 
Thomas Daniel Sherfick 
Thomas Daniel Sherfick and brother Samuel Sherfick
Sherfick Brothers
Histories 
Shoals High School, Junior Class in 1919
Girls' Row: Grace Baker, Henrietta Rogers, Mae Tredway, Mary Siebert, Pauline Baker, Mary Ellis.
Boys' Row: Wiley Poindexter, Charles McCarty, Thomas Sherfick, Claybourne Engleman, Frank Haga.
Videos 
Sherfick Reunion
These are pictures from a Sherfick Reunion held at the home of Tom and Bettie Sherfick. In the same album were pictures from various families or friends. I don't know who these people are. If anyone can identify them, please let me know. The first few pictures are of Tom, Bettie, Tom's mother and sisters, and Tom's sisters' families.
Sherfick Inc. 
Bio: Events In the Life Of Thomas D. Sherfick Taken from the Shoals News; 5 Sep 1947
The old saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” could well be taken as the motto by which Thomas D. Sherfick has achieved his latest and biggest success in that of Sherfick’s Inc. True, there has been other successes before this one, and there has been ventures that have failed. Always, though, Thom Sherfick has tried and tried again. As a result, we have Sherfick’s, Inc., a growing concern, employing one hundred and fifteen men and women, which is bringing much prosperity to Shoals and the surround community.
Click to read first page. Back page unfortunately was lost.
Bio: Thomas Sherfick Bio in Indiana Book
Indiana From Frontier to Industrial Commonwealth
By John Donald Barnhart, Donald Francis Carmony
Published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1954
Item notes: v. 3, page 60
Original from the University of Virginia
Digitized Jan 17, 2008
Dahlia: They Called Him Grandmother
Read Henry Wood's newspaper article to find out why they called Tom Sherfick "Grandmother."
Dahlia: THOMAS D. SHERFICK AND HIS INDIANA DAHLIA FARM Boyhood Hobby Brings Good Fortune
By Henry S. Wood
Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Indiana, Oct 17th, Agricultural Page
Dahlia: Sherfick Farms
This is a view from the road of Sherfick Farms, located in Lost River Township of Martin County, and originally owned by Samuel Sherfick and then his son Thomas Sherfick.
Dahlia: Profitable Flower Business Begins With 4 Canna Bulbs
Thomas Sherfick Invests $1.00 to Good Purpose
By J. J. Reid
Dahlia: Tom in the Dahlia Field 
Dahlia: Issuance of New Catalogues Makes Another Step Up For “Tom” Sherfick
From the Loogootee Tribune; Loogootee, Indiana
(Note in Bettie Sherfick’s hand: The catalogues were printed at Loogootee, Ind.--
3000 printed Jan 28, 1926)
Furniture: Fire At Sherfick Factory, Shoals News Article
FIRE DESTROYS SHERFICK MFG. CO. HERE THURSDAY MORNING (UPDATED WITH MISSING PAGE!)
The large brick and concrete block building, housing the Sherfick Manufacturing Company, was completely destroyed by a fast moving fire early Thursday morning. The flames, fed by lacquer, varnish and other finishing liquids spread so rapidly that the entire plant was in shambles within forty minutes after the fire started.
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Music Service: Sherfick Music Company, about 1939-1941
Thomas D. Sherfick, Ellis Licht, Jessie V. Stiles, Jessie Tredway, Vera Miller, Edna Mae Keller
Music Service: Sherfick Music Service
Taken about 1946 as Tommy was in the Service, Ed and Bill were students at Shoals High School. Howard Sherfick also was back from military service.
Left to right, First Row kneeling:
Robert Abel, Herman "Pluto" Brown, Phillip Thimbling, Unknown Love (drummer in the Sherfick Orchestra), Clay Gammon, Casey Asbell, Curt Abel (witness at Tom and Bettie's wedding).
Second Row standing:
Bud Paffenberger (top salesman from Jasper, IN), unknown man from Terre Haute operations, Raymond Fox, Unknown man (owned Gary Salmon's barbershop building and was a janitor), another unknown man from Terre Haute, Ernie Beavers, Noble Ferguson, Bill Mullis (Lucille Sherfick's first husband), Howard Sherfick, Morris Gillick (did punch boards from Loogootee, IN), Thomas D. Sherfick.
Music Service: Thomas D. Sherfick 
Music Service: 1941 Blowup of Tom Sherfick beside Train 
Music Service: Music Service and Tom with his cars
Closeup view
Music Service: Thomas Daniel Sherfick Photo Op 1 For Wurlitzer 
Music Service: Tom, Tommy, Jessie, and Barbara at Wurlitzer function 
Music Service: Randy Atcher and Tom Sherfick
Another Photo in the Music Service at Shoals, IN.
From Rex Sims:
Randy Atcher was the star of T-Bar-V-Ranch Time, a children's TV show that ran in the 1950's and 1960's on WHAS 11 in Louisville, KY.
Bio: Thomas D. Sherfick Is Made a Kentucky Colonel
July 28, 1968
Scrapbook Pages 
Young Sherficks 
Lucille and Tom Sherfick in Dahlias At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 
Tom and Jessie Sherfick 
In the Sherfick Garden, Shoals 
Tom and Bettie Sherfick, Dahlia business At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 
They Called Him Grandmother, page 2 
They Called Him Grandmother, page 1 
3 Sons