OBITUARY: John H. Shellenbarger, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 17 Nov 2002 ********************************************************************************* SHELLENBARGER, John H., Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 28 Dec 1948, p. 10 - Services for John H. Shellenbarger, 89, Central Point, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Thursday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Victor J. Mitchell officiating. The Medford I.O.O.F. lodge will conduct services in Central Point cemetery. Mr. Shellenbarger was born in Michigan, Nov. 1, 1859. He moved to this community ten years ago from Bixby, Okla. He was united in marriage Nov. 16, 1879 in Joplin, Mo., to Mary Ann Raynie, who survives. To this union eight children were born, three of whom survive. He was a member of the Church of Christ since 1912 and a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge 474, Bixby, Okla. Surviving besides his widow are three children, Dick T., Wenatchee, Wash.; Mrs. Nellie Griffitts and Mrs. Bessie Kimbrell, both of Central Point; a sister, Mrs. Mary V. Miller, Central Point, 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.