Phelos Joseph Sheltra1

M, #43887, b. Jul 4, 1917, d. Oct 7, 2008
Pedigree

Family 1

Tharon Cordelia Spiller b. Aug 31, 1923, d. Apr 15, 1975
Children

Family 2

Marion Elizabeth Shover b. May 12, 1923, d. Mar 2, 2005

Chronological Events

Birth*Jul 4, 1917 Phelos Joseph Sheltra was born on Jul 4, 1917 at Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.1,2 
Marriage*May 21, 1938 He married Tharon Cordelia Spiller, daughter of Alvin Barry Spiller and Helen Marjorie Turcotte, on May 21, 1938 at Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.1 
Marriage*Oct 13, 1943 Phelos Joseph Sheltra married Marion Elizabeth Shover on Oct 13, 1943 at Vermont, United States.3 
Death*Oct 7, 2008 Phelos Joseph Sheltra died on Oct 7, 2008, at age 91 at North Country Hospital & Health Center, Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States, from cancer of the lung.4 
ObituaryOct 9, 2008  OBITUARY: Phelos "Philip" Joseph Sheltra, 91, of Lowell passed away on Oct. 7, 2008 in Newport.

He was born on July 4, 1917 in Lowell, a son of Stephen and Mary (Shover) Sheltra.

On Oct. 13, 1943 he married Marion Shover who predeceased him.

Mr. Sheltra worked at the Asbestos Mines in Lowell and later was a highway construction worker for 27 years. He enjoyed puzzles, latch hook rugs, flower gardening, and was a neighborhood handyman. Philip moved to Barton from Lowell 16 years ago.

He is survived by his two children Patricia Thompson of Derby Line, and Helen Perron and her husband Ronnie of Connecticut; his sister Mae Coapland of Orleans; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his wife Marion Sheltra; and by four brothers and a sister.

Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 at the Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home 4670 Darling Hill Road, Newport, where funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 with Rev. Dallas St. Peter officiating. Interment will follow at the St. Ignatius Cemetery in Lowell.

Should friends desire contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Vermont Division, Inc., 121 Connor Way, Suite 240, P. O. Box 1460, Williston, VT 05495, or the Orleans Senior Center, c/o Irene Lanoue, Orleans, VT 05860.

On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford. com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Homes, locally family owned and operated.

Published in The Newport Daily Express (VT) - Thursday, October 9, 2008.5
 
Burial*Oct 11, 2008 He was buried on Oct 11, 2008 at Saint Ignatius Cemetery, Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 30881037.6 

Citations

  1. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  3. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  4. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  5. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  6. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.