St. Clair County Obits

BONNIE SHELBY

St. Clair County Courier
23 April 1970

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, April 22 at Goodrich Chapel for Bonnie Shelby, 58, of Osceola who died April 19 at Sac-Osage Hospital.

Officiating at the service was Rev. J.E. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Kiefer, accompanied by Mrs. Beryl Kiefer, furnished the music.

Pallbearers were Emmett Bond, Russell Howe, Harold Burrow, Leo Wisner, John Belisle and Lester Birdsong. Burial was made in the Osceola Cemetery.

Mrs. Shelby had been in business at the 5 & 10 cent store for 30 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Among her survivors are her husband, Spencer; three sons, Joe, Jack and Jerry, all of Osceola; one daughter, Mrs. Janelle Nelson, Osceola; four sisters, Mrs. Merl Bitzer, Kansas City, Mrs. Wanda Beckerdite, Marshfield, Mrs. Nellie Brown, Mt. Vernon, Mrs. bettie Joe Schaeper, St. Louis; two brothers, Lowell Creek of Charity, Clell Creek of Collins and a brother-in-law Otis Gerrell of Springfield and eight grandchildren.

The Osceola Businesses were closed during the services by a proclamation issued by mayor Glen F. Toalson.