{"id":28520,"date":"2012-09-05T16:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T21:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=28520"},"modified":"2012-09-05T16:15:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T21:15:21","slug":"stanley-m-shellabarger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/09\/05\/stanley-m-shellabarger\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley M. Shellabarger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stanley M. Shellabarger, 92, of Rockford, died at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at the Laurels of Shane Hill, where he was a patient.<\/p>\n<p>He was born August 26, 1920, in Brookville, the son of Ray and Arkana (Crouch) Shellabarger. On November 9, 1945, he married Louise (Rowland) Shellabarger, who survives in Rockford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8711\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/American-Flag-for-obituaries-6-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a>Other survivors include four sons, Rodney (Dorene) Shellabarger of Van Wert, Craig (Barb) Shellabarger of Celina, Randy (Colleen) Shellabarger of Rockford and Mike (Angie) Shellabarger of Middle Point; a brother, Wayne (Martha) Shellabarger of Mendon; two sisters, Francis (Frank) Stoner and Vivian Hodge, both of Celina; 14 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Shellabarger of Celina.<\/p>\n<p>Two brothers, John and Lowell Shellabarger, and one sister, Evelyn Spees, also preceded him in death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, September 10, at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home in Rockford, with Pastor Marvin Schwartz officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Rockford, with graveside military rites performed by Rockford American Legion post.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Calling hours are from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, September 9, and an hour prior to services Monday at the funeral home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferred memorials: Rockford Recreation Association or to Rockford Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n<p>Messages of condolence may be sent to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ketchamripley.com\">www.ketchamripley.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanley M. Shellabarger, 92, of Rockford, died at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at the Laurels of Shane Hill, where he was a patient. He was born August 26, 1920, in Brookville, the son of Ray and Arkana (Crouch) Shellabarger. On November 9, 1945, he married Louise (Rowland) Shellabarger, who survives in Rockford. Other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 19:46:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}