John Robert Shek, 66, of Seminole, FL, died on March 23, 2024.
He was born in Saginaw, MI on July 13, 1957 to Dr. John Leonard Shek and Patricia Turnbull Shek. He was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (1975), the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (1979), Thomas Cooley Law School (1982), and Boston University Law School (1984). He was a father, a friend, an attorney, a fisherman, a painter, and a Daoist.
John was preceded in death by his parents, John L. and Patricia Shek, and is survived by his daughters, Madeleine and Katherine, his ex-wife Sandra, his sister Eugenie, his brother Peter Shuntleigh, his niece Millicent, his two nephews John Walter and Peter Leonard, and Michael Turnbull and his family.
John was an active member of the local community in the many places he lived and traveled in his adult life, from Marblehead, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island, to Charlotte, North Carolina, to Titusville, Gulfport, and Seminole, Florida. He was a kind and gregarious individual who made friends easily. John very highly valued his relationships with others, and loved his friends with his whole heart.
John was a truly passionate man. He brought a positive attitude and vivid spirit to everything he did. John was a devoted practitioner of Tai-chi and a faithful student of the Dao. He was a great fisherman. He was an artist of several mediums, most prolific in watercolor painting. He was also a poet, a sculptor, an avid art appreciator, a lover of music, and an admirer of the wonder and beauty of the natural world. Above all,
John was a loving father.
In lieu of a funeral service, a celebration of life will be held in the summer in Marblehead; details TBD. It was John's wish for any donations made in his name to go to the Pacifica Graduate Institute, 4767
Sterling Way, Carpenteria, CA 93013.