Mary Omanella Schalk, 97

On February 5th 2021, Mary Omanella Guess Wayne Schalk passed away.

Mary Omanella Guess was born in Homerville, GA on March 4th, 1923 to Crawford Dewey and Martha Guess. She later moved to Tampa, FL where she married her husband Everette Wayne and raised their family. She worked for Sears and Roebuck for almost 40 years. After Everette’s passing, she met and later married Raymond Schalk. They then moved to Lakeland, FL.

She is proceeded by death by her parents, her two sisters, Wanda Beadles and Wilma Griffin, both of her husbands, her daughter Martha Henson and son Charles Wayne. She is survived by her brother Robert Guess, Granddaughter Andrea Hardy (Aaron), Grandson Gary Wayne (Melissa), 8 Great- Grandchildren, and 8 Great-Great Grandchildren, Carl Henson (son-in law), and Judy Wayne (daughter-in-law).

Services will be held February 8th, 2021 at 11 A.M. at Gentry-Morrison Serenity Gardens, 3350 Mall Hill Dr. Lakeland, FL 33810. Condolences may be sent to the family at Gentry-Morrison Funeral Homes.