Beulah M. Shank, 87             Beulah May Shank, 87, a resident of Crestwood, passed away December 21, 2011 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.             Mrs. Shank was born on March 10, 1924 in Beckley, West Virginia and was the only daughter of the late Robert Anderson Brady and Annie Elizabeth Karnes Brady.  She was a homemaker and over her life time, raised thirty-three foster children in her home. After she married in 1941, she and her husband moved to Denbigh, Virginia where they lived until returning to the Greenmount Community in 1951.  She had been a resident of the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community since 1999.  Mrs. Shank was a member of Greenmount Church of the Brethren where she was actively involved with the Busy Bees.             On June 10, 1941 she married Leonard “Sandy” Shank who preceded her in death on February 22, 1999.             Surviving are three children, Leonard Shank, Jr. and wife Esther May of Harrisonburg, Melvin James “Jim” Shank, and wife Dawn of Charlottesville, Joyce Shank Jellum and husband Robert “Bob” of Harrisonburg, a foster child raised in her home, Patsy Nesselrodt, twelve grandchildren, Richard Shank, Steven Shank, Bruce Shank, Krista Rodes, Kara Davis, Jeremy Shank, Laura Miller, Lisa Copeland, Lisa Zimmerman, Lynn Timmons, Erik Jellum, Nathan Jellum and twenty six great grandchildren.             Along with her husband, Mrs. Shank was preceded in death by a son, John Robert Shank who passed away March 31, 1995.             Pastor Ken Dolan will conduct a funeral service on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Greenmount Church of the Brethren.  Interment will follow at Greenmount Cemetery.             The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at the McMullen Funeral Home in Harrisonburg.             Memorial contributions may be made to the Greenmount Church of the Brethren, 4881 Greenmount Road, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22802.             Online condolences may be made to the family at www.mcmullenfh.com.