James Edward "Ed" SHERFICK

1930 - 2012  (82 years)

• Name	James Edward "Ed" SHERFICK
  Nickname	Ed
  Born	3 Feb 1930	New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Oct 2012	Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
  Buried	Spring Hill Cemetery, Shoals, Martin County, Indiana, USA
  Notes	Ed and Billy Sherfick started working in their father's factory in 1945. Brother Tom never worked at the factory, but worked at the Sherfick Music Company instead as a salesman. He traveled to various places to try to place jukeboxes on their locations. He took trucks of jukeboxes. Ed learned to be an electrician while in high school. When he was 16 years old, he wired the home of his grandmother, Becky Ann Sherfick in West Shoals, Indiana. He ended up rewiring the whole house, borrowing the tools from Herman Thimbling, a worker at his father's factory. Ed wired the home after school. He would get off the bus there, and one of the music business people would pick him up. This home was later the same home of his future wife's parents, George and Maggie Wade. After their deaths, Ed and Mary purchased the home and made it into a craft business, Sherfick Ceramics and Gifts. Edward also hooked up the bell system at his local high school, Shoals High School. Ora Terry was his teacher and asked him to do it. He encouraged Ed to be an electrician before graduation. Ed Sherfick was in the Air Force in the Korean War during the time that the Sherfick Music Factory burned. A friend from Terre Haute, John Hickman, was stationed in Wyoming with him. John had called his parents the day the factory burned, and they told him that they had heard about the factory burning on the Terre Haute radio stations. John told Ed. He wasn't able to return home until 8 months later in December on a 3-day pass for Christmas. He and John drove straight through from Wyoming to Indiana. Ed said that nothing had been done to the factory in those 8 months. (From Ed Sherfick and December photos at his father's home.) Military Service: Air Force--Warren Air Force Base, also Japan, more to come. Here is a newspaper clipping-- LEAVES FOR CAMP A 2-C James E. Sherfick left Monday, March 16, for Camp Stoneman, California, for duty in the Far East. A 2-C Sherfick recently completed a course in cryptographyic schooling at Ft. Devan, Massachusetts. While home on a 35-day furlough, Mr. Sherfick was married to Miss Mary Mae Wade. Mrs. Sherfick will remain here for the present. Wedding Announcement--Shoals News, Shoals, Indiana, Friday, March 6, 1953: Mary Mae Wade Weds A 2-C Edward Sherfick In a pretty ceremony Thursday, February 19, Miss Mary Mae Wade, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wade, of east of Shoals, became the bride of A 2-C Edward Sherfick, son of Mrs. Bettie Chestnut and Thomas D. Sherfick. The double ring ceremony was read by Bro. Joseph Miller, of Terre Haute, at 8PM in the Church of Christ, in West Shoals. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. William Hyslop, of Terre Haute, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, Mrs. Hyslop wore a navy blue dress with matching accessories and a corsage of white carnations. The bride chose for her wedding a dress of winter white wool jersey with blue accessories and a corsage of red rosebuds. Immediately following the wedding, a reception was held for the wedding party and close friends at the home of the bride's parents. Mrs. Sherfick is a graduate of the Shoals High School. Mr. Sherfick also graduated from the Shoals High School and is now serving in the U. S. Air Force. Following the reception, Mr. and Mrs. Sherfick left on a honeymoon trip through the South. Those from out-of-town here to attend the wedding were Bro. Joseph Miller and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hyslop, of Terre Haute, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Freeman, of Rosedale, Indiana, Mr. and Mrs. William Peay, of Evansville, Ind., Mrs. Eva Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wade and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wade, all of Loogootee.
  Person ID	I5	My Family Tree | Wade Side
  Last Modified	7 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Daniel "Tom" SHERFICK,   b. 6 Jan 1901, Martin County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1968, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	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
  Sherfick Inc.		Music Service: Sherfick Logo with phone number Water slip decal associated with Sherfick Music Company
  Albums		Tom and Bettie Sherfick (16) Photos of Tom Sherfick and Bettie Hutton Sherfick, their second spouses, their children, and children's spouses.
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	M.M. WADE
  Children	+ 1. C.J. SHERFICK + 2. S.M. SHERFICK
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Feb 1930 - New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA Died - 3 Oct 2012 - Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA Buried - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Shoals, Martin County, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Ed Sherfick
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  		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).
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  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. » Slide Show		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
  		Furniture: 1947 Sherfick Furniture Factory Employees Bill Sherfick is sitting in the first row on the left end, and Ed Sherfick is the 7th from the left end. The photo was taken in June of 1947 and appeared on the front of the Shoals News paper on September 5, 1947.
  		Music Service: Ed Sherfick in Front of Sherficks Music Dad in High School, about 1948
  		Music Service: Office workers at the Sherfick Music Service This photo was of the workers in the main office of the Sherfick Music Service. Front Row: Tom Sherfick, Jessie Sherfick, Mary Mae Wade, Lucille Sherfick, Barbara Harker, Betty Curran, and Norma Conrad Back Row: Sue Storm, Helena Asbell, Carolyn Sims?, Betty Harder, Wilma Kidwell

  
  

  Scrapbook Pages » Slide Show		Thanksgiving Meal Francis, Wayne, and John Wade at Ed Sherfick's home for Thanksgiving in the Sixties.
  		Eddie Sherfick as a child
  		Dad's Cars
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  		In the Sherfick Garden, Shoals
  		Billy, Lucille, and Ed
  		Grandma Bettie and Dad
  		3 Sons
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  		Dad in 1951
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  Military Heroes » Slide Show		Ed Sherfick Air Force
  		Dad at Warren Air Force Base Korean War
  		Dad at Warren Air Force Base Korean War
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