Date Of Burial: 9/26/1972
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Cemetery section was searched on July 3, 2017.
No marker was found.
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Mrs. Sophia Shelton, of RR 1 Mechanicsburg formerly of Springfield, died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, 1972, at St. John's Hospital.
Born in Pekin, the daughter of Edward and Lottie Fischer Bissell, she married William Ray Shelton. He died in 1949.
She was a member of Third Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Shirley) Kuhn of Mechanicsburg; three grandsons, Thomas, Gene and David Kuhn, all of Mechanicsburg; one granddaughter, Mrs. John (Sharon) Johnson of Springfield; and one great-grandson.
Services were at the Staab Funeral Home.
Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery.
Date: Sunday, September 24, 1972
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois)
Page: 18
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Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Sophia Shelton
State of Issue: Illinois
Date of Birth: Monday December 28, 1891
Date of Death: September 1972
Est. Age at Death: 80 years, 8 months
Last known residence:
City: Mechanicsburg; Bolivia; Roby
County: Sangamon
State: Illinois
ZIP Code: 62545
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Date Of Burial: 9/26/1972
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Cemetery section was searched on July 3, 2017.
No marker was found.
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Mrs. Sophia Shelton, of RR 1 Mechanicsburg formerly of Springfield, died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, 1972, at St. John's Hospital.
Born in Pekin, the daughter of Edward and Lottie Fischer Bissell, she married William Ray Shelton. He died in 1949.
She was a member of Third Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Shirley) Kuhn of Mechanicsburg; three grandsons, Thomas, Gene and David Kuhn, all of Mechanicsburg; one granddaughter, Mrs. John (Sharon) Johnson of Springfield; and one great-grandson.
Services were at the Staab Funeral Home.
Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery.
Date: Sunday, September 24, 1972
Paper: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois)
Page: 18
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Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Sophia Shelton
State of Issue: Illinois
Date of Birth: Monday December 28, 1891
Date of Death: September 1972
Est. Age at Death: 80 years, 8 months
Last known residence:
City: Mechanicsburg; Bolivia; Roby
County: Sangamon
State: Illinois
ZIP Code: 62545
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