Family/Spouse: SHELTON, Jay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wallace + KELLY, Betty. Betty (daughter of KELLY, Clarence and STALLARD, Gertrude) was born on 18 Jan 1925 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; died on 9 Dec 2015 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Posted: Friday, December 11, 2015 4:30 pm


Betty Shackle, 90, of Buffalo, NY, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015 while being cared for by Hospice Buffalo.

Betty was born Jan 18, 1925 in Buffalo, NY, daughter of Clarence and Gertrude Kelly. The family later moved to North Tonawanda which became her home.

While working during WWII at Bell Aircraft in the Buffalo area, she met and married Wallace Shackle and began a family. After raising her children she turned her attention to caring for others and became an LPN. Throughout her life, her focus and passion remained with her large family which meant traveling often to visit.

Betty was predeceased by the love of her life, her husband, Wallace L. Shackle, of 62 years on December 25, 2006, and her son Thomas W. Shackle on February 5, 2011.

The eldest of eight children she is survived by her two daughters, Janet K. (Jay) Shelton of Sammamish, WA, and Melissa G. (Edward) Taylor of St. Cloud, FL; sisters, Muriel 'Pinky' (Kenneth) Ferchen of Niagara Falls, NY, Diane (John) Farino of North Tonawanda, NY; brother, Donald Kelly (Sara) of North Tonawanda, NY. Betty was predeceased by siblings, Doris (Robert) DeWees of Sarasota, FL, Robert Kelly of Boca Raton, FL, Raymond Kelly of Niagara Falls, NY, and Beverly (Howard) Miller of Chicago, IL. She will continue to live in the hearts of her five grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Many thanks go to Hospice Buffalo and Schofield Nursing Home for the kind and compassionate care Betty received. A memorial service is planned for Monday, December 14, 2015 at 11:30 am at DuBois Funeral Home in Bergholz in the town of Wheatfield.

Clarence + STALLARD, Gertrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]