Obituaries: Shelton

Posted on November 21, 2017

Edna Shelton

Edna Pearl Shelton, 100, of Fairbury, passed away at 8:30 a.m., Nov. 19, 2017, at McLean County Nursing Home, Normal.

Her funeral will be held at 11:00am, Friday, November 24, 2017, at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury.

Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m., also on Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice of charity.

Edna was born Nov. 25, 1916, in Chatsworth the daughter of Jesse Howard and Sally Jane Garmon Crews.

She married Charles Shelley on Jan. 14, 1933, in Glasgow, Ky. She then married in her later years George Shelton on Oct. 20, 1993. They both preceded her in death.

Surviving are her daughter, Virginia (Delbert) Morgan and son, Steven (Elizabeth) Shelley both of Bloomington; four grandchildren, Karen Salinas, Kimberly Hoffman, Michelle (John) Roosa, and Stephanie Shelley and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by son, Danny Shelley, one grandchild, two brothers and two sisters.

Edna was a nursing assistant in the Fairbury and Gilman areas for many years.

An online registry is available at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com.

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