Marilyn B. Shackelford
Sept. 13, 1920-Oct. 3, 1977
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 4, 1977, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Mrs. Marilynn B. Shackelford, 57, of 2115 Spansail Dr., died at 9:45 a.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital following an illness of two days.
A registered nurse at Pawating, she was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and Veterans of World War II, the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
Mrs. Shackelford lived in the Niles area all her life. She was born on Sept. 13, 1920, in Niles and on Aug. 2, 1942, married Thomas B. Shackelford Sr. in Frederick, Okla. He died on Dec. 16, 1976.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Dola Brodie of Niles; three sons, Thomas B. Jr., of Elkhrt[sic], Gordon and Thaddeus of Niles; three daughters, Mrs. Marilynn Weybright of Missoula, Mont., Miss Virginia Shackelford of Niles and Mrs. Susan Dickerson of Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Gerard Blais of Schaghticoke, N.Y., and Mrs. Fred Opfer of Decatur; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home, the Rev. Donald L. Harris of Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m .Tuesday at the Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Pawating Hospital Memorial Fund.