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| Father | Jonas W. Warvel (b. 22 February 1870, d. 8 August 1936) |
| Mother | Ethel Goodbarn (b. 13 June 1886, d. 22 June 1977) |
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| Father | Leslie Thomas Miller |
| Mother | Anna Elizabeth McBee |
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| Daughter | Rosemary Elizabeth DeVault+ (b. 7 February 1941, d. 18 June 2012) |
OBITUARY - The Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana; Tuesday, November 8, 1988; Page 10 (via Newspapers.com):
Mary E. Koopman, 73, 1221 N. Lafontaine St., died Sunday, Nov. 6, 1988, in Saint Joseph Hospital & Health Center.
She was born April 15, 1915, in Marion County, a daughter of Leslie and Anna (McBee) Miller. She married William Koopman, who died in 1983.
Surviving are a daughter, Rosemary E. Shelley of Kokomo; two brothers, Jim and Manley Miller, addresses unavailable; two sisters, Mildred Haggard and Viola Westfall, address unavailable; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Koopman was retired from Harvester International in Indianapolis and was a member of Deaf Club of Kokomo, National Campers and Hikers Association Unit 1 Chapter 41, Kokomo Teepee Toters and International Association of Turtles Inc.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Little and Sons Funeral Home in Beech Grove. The Rev. Thomas Strong will officiate. Entombment will be in Washington Park East Mausoleum in Indianapolis. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.
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| Daughter | Mary Elizabeth Miller+ (b. 15 April 1915, d. 6 November 1988) |
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| Daughter | Mary Elizabeth Miller+ (b. 15 April 1915, d. 6 November 1988) |
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| Father | Ralph Earl DeVault (b. 11 December 1920, d. 15 February 1987) |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth Miller (b. 15 April 1915, d. 6 November 1988) |
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| Daughter | Mary Elizabeth Shelley |
| Son | Keith Donald Shelley, Jr. |
| Son | Lesley William Shelley+ |
OBITUARY -
Rosemary Elizabeth Shelley, 71, Kokomo, passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012, at St. Joseph Hospital. She was born February 17, 1941, in Beech Grove, to the late William and Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Koopman. On June 30, 1962, she married Donald K. Shelley, and he survives.
She graduated from the Indiana School for the Deaf and worked for Cantina in the cafeteria at Delco in the 80’s. She was a member of the Kokomo Deaf Club.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Keith Shelley, St. Paul, Indiana, and Leslie (Tammy) Shelley, Kokomo; one daughter, M. Elizabeth Rother, Lexington, Kentucky; five grandchildren, Lee Shelley, Allison Shelley, Derek (Stephanie) Shelley, Zenas Rother, and Katelyn Shelley; and three great-grandchildren, Alexis Shelley, Joseph Hahn, and Brennan Shelley.
A gathering of friends and family will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday at Leslie’s house. Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online messages of condolence may be made at www.sunsetmemorygarden.com.
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| Father | Richard Elmo Shelley (b. 28 March 1914, d. 6 December 1977) |
| Mother | Levernia Louise Swift (b. 30 January 1918, d. 14 July 1993) |
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| Daughter | Mary Elizabeth Shelley |
| Son | Keith Donald Shelley, Jr. |
| Son | Lesley William Shelley+ |
OBITUARY - https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/kokomo-in/donald-shelley-7792199
Donald K. Shelley, 78, formerly of Kokomo, passed away February 24th, at home in Mesa, Arizona.
Born March 16, 1939, Lebanon, IN, he was one of nine children and became deaf at the age of 5 after surviving spinal meningitis. He attended the Indiana School for the Deaf, where he participated in track and football. When he was 12, he met the love of his life, Rosemary, for whom he would hitchhike from Frankfort to East Indy to see. After ten years of on and off dating, they wed on June 30, 1962 in Buck Creek Chapel in Indianapolis.
He was on several bowling leagues and was a weekend fisherman in his younger days. He remodeled his house, rewiring the electrical lines, repairing and replacing the shingles on the roof and helping friends with their home projects. He built a shed behind his house for his tools, etc., from the ground up. He is a former member of the Eagles and retired from Haynes International in 1997. He had a penchant for gardening flowers, many of which ended up in a vase on the table for his beloved wife. Albeit a quiet man, he had a great sense of humor.
Don also loved camping, sitting on his porch, word searches, online catalogs, A&W root beer, instant coffee, Klondike Bars, ice cream sandwiches, and most snacks of the processed variety. Not necessarily in that order. He also hated salads and being told what to do.
He spent the last years with his daughter in Arizona and lived in the flight path of Phoenix Harbor Airport and would watch planes arriving all day. He had traveled to the ocean in California.
Surviving are his children: Mary Elizabeth Rother, Leslie (Tammy) Shelley, and Keith Shelley, grandchildren: Allison, Derek (Stephanie), Zenas, and Katelyn, great grandchildren: Alexis, Joseph, Brennan, Esme and Orion, and Edward, and his siblings: William, Michael, and Denise.
Preceded in death by: wife of nearly 50 years, Rosemary, his parents, Richard and Levernia Shelley, his siblings, Margaret, Marilyn, Joyce, Judi, and Richard Jr., grandson, Vincent Lee, and great grandsons Michael and Lucas.
A gathering of friends and family will be held from 10:30-2:30 at Sunset Memory Garden, 2097 W. Alto Road, Kokomo, IN 46902.
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| Son | Donald Keith Shelley+ (b. 16 March 1939, d. 24 February 2018) |
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| Son | Donald Keith Shelley+ (b. 16 March 1939, d. 24 February 2018) |
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