Wilbur Dale Shellenbarger
1923 - 2001 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. Wilbur Dale Shellenbarger was born on 24 Oct 1923 in Continental, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 13 Oct 2001 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Hancock County, Ohio. Other Events:
- Occupation: field engineer for telephone company
- Census: 1950, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Notes:
Wilbur ‘Bill’ Shellenbarger
(‘Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me ‘ – Dickinson)
October 13, 2001
Wilbur ‘Bill’ Shellenbarger, 77, of Fort Myers, died on October 13, 2001, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Bill was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 23, 1923. He married Dorothy Jean Branan on July 17, 1946, and she died on May 18, 1977. He then married Katy Howell on July 29, 2000, and she survives.
Also surviving are a son, Mark (Melanie) of Denver, Colorado; three daughters, Jill Toepfer and Sue (Tim) Grant of Toledo, Ohio, and Jodi (Pat) Kitchin of Houston, Texas; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Bill was an active member of the Forest Country Club, the Fort Myers Kiwanis Club and the Cypress Lake United Methodist Church.
Bill, an electrical engineer, retired from the Ohio Bell Telephone Company in 1984 after 36 years of service. He was a U.W. Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of Notre Dame University.
A memorial service to celebrate Bill’s life will be held at Cypress Lake United Methodist Church in Fort Myers on Saturday, November 10, 2001 at 3:00 p.m.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Cypress Lake United Methodist Church or the Hospice of Southwest Florida.
News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Friday, 9 November 2001.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202549891/wilbur-dale-shellenbargerFamily/Spouse: Dorothy Jean Branan. Dorothy was born on 23 Nov 1926 in Hancock County, Ohio; died on 18 May 1997 in Lee County, Florida; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Hancock County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]