SHELLEDY, Mildred (Carter) 1891-1981

CARTER, SHELLEDY, ASHBOUGH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/4/2010 at 17:42:02

Mildred Carter Shelledy, 1891-1981

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Mrs. Mildred Shelledy Funeral
Held in Osage February 7

Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred C. Shelledy, 89, who died at the St. Ansgar Good Samaritan Center February 4, were held February 7 at the United Methodist church in Osage with the Rev. Jack Speer officiating.

Mildred Carter Shelledy was born May 1, 1891 in Floyd county, the daughter of D. R. and Mary Ashbough Carter. She grew up in Charles City and was graduated from Charles City high school. She was a dental assistant in Charles City for a number of years. She married Frank Shelledy in Charles City May 1, 1913. They lived there for several years, and then made their home in Edinbourgh, Tex. for a short time.

They came back to Osage in 1921 and lived there until May 1975. Mrs. Shelledy then moved to Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge and lived there until February 1977, at which time she became a resident of the Good Samaritan Center here and resided there until her death.

Mrs. Shelledy was a 50-year member of the Bethany Chapter 249 Order of the Eastern Star, and an active member of the United Methodist church in Osage.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two brothers and one sister. She is survived by four children: Alvin R. Shelledy of Mesa, Arizona; Mrs. Leonard (Wilma) Herr of Carlsbad, N. M.; Keith Shelledy of Mesa, Arizona; Mrs. Manvil (Dorcas) Ask of Osage; 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Burial was in the Osage cemetery with Rev. Speer in charge of the committal services.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 12 FEB 1981]

Transcribed 2003 by Barbara Nagy

Note: Similar obit in Mitchell County Press, 11 FEB 1981
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The Soc. Sec. Death Index says:

MILDRED SHELLEDY was born: 01 May 1891
Died: Feb 1981
Last res: 50461 (Osage, Mitchell, IA)
SSN: 483-30-4936 issued in Iowa.