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- Lola M. Shellenberger, 95, widow of George H. Shellenberger, died Sunday at Mayfair Manor Nursing Home following a brief illness. Born in Jessamine County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel D. and Lucy Hagedorn Moody.
Mrs. Shellenberger was a retired employee of Your Hardware and was a long time member of the Versailles Baptist Church. She had also been employed at the old bus station and the rail express in Versailles.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha S. (Ronald H.) Reed of Woodford County, Evelyn L. Shellenberger of Flagler Beach, FL, a stepson, Charles Roger (Shirley) Shellenberger of Lexington, four grandchildren Thomas Reed, Carrie Rudzik, Karl Shellenberger, Sona Jewell, Nine great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Edith Rohrer, Ruth Figg, and a brother, Raymond Moody.
Visitation is 4:00 to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, May 27 at Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home. Funeral services are 11:00 am, Wednesday, at the funeral home, with Rev. John Brandon officiating. Burial will follow at the Versailles Cemetery. Pallbearers are Tom Stone, Jason Rudzick, Karl Shellenberger, Sam Rhorer, Freddy Lane, and J. M. Lane. Honorary pallbearers will be the KFC Friday night group, Evelyn Brandon, Nellie Donnell, Betty Dozier, Frances James, Roberta Hume, Wanda Hill, Joyce Robinson, Joyce Perkins, Eva Tingle, Louise May, Margaret Whalen, Bonnie Sharp and Joyce Craig
Memorials are suggested to Versailles Baptist Church Building Fund, 125 N. Green Street, Versailles, KY 40383
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- LKH note:
Lola's parents:
Samuel and Lucy both died typhoid fever within two and half months of each other leaving 4 children under the age of eight.
In the 1930 census their three daughters, Lola May (age 11), Ruth (age 9) and Edith (age 8), are wards living in the Knights of Pythias Home in Fayette County, Kentucky.
In the 1930 census their son, Raymond, age 6, is in the household of his maternal grandparents, Lambert and Mattie Hagedorn in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
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