- Date Of Birth: July 2, 1930
- Date Of Death: January 29, 2019
- State: Illinois
Luella Mary (Fouth) Shackelford, 88, of Mendota, formerly of LaMoille, passed away Tuesday morning, January 29, 2019, at the Mendota Lutheran Home. Luella was born July 2, 1930, in People’s Hospital, Peru to Arthur William and Rose (Hahn) Fouth.
She attended Park Grade School, a one-room country school, and graduated as valedictorian from LaMoille High School. She married Ronald Shackelford Sr. on April 28, 1968, and has three step-children. She was active in her church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Luella lived in Sandpoint, Idaho for some time and enjoyed that scenic area. She was employed there in a sporting goods store. She returned home to Illinois to be the caregiver for her aging parents until her father’s passing in November 2000 and her mother in April 2001. Luella worked at various jobs in Princeton, assisting a chiropractic doctor, in a clothing store and a drug store. After a fall that limited her mobility, she and her sister, Adella, lived together in LaMoille until April 2016 when she entered the Mendota Lutheran Home.
She is survived by her step-children, Carollyn Shackelford of Henderson, NV, Ronald (Dorothy) Shackelford Jr. of Tacoma, WA, and Laurie Shackelford of Yelm, WA; one sister, Adella Timm of Mendota; nieces and nephews, Ron (Melissa) Fetzer of rural Arlington, Julie (Bruce) Barganz of Mukwonago, WI, Brenda Dye of Malden, Theresa (Kiedock) Kim of Biggs, CA, Paula Henkel Pinter of West Brooklyn, Cynthia Daley of Oroville, CA, Beth (John) Donahue of Huntington Beach, CA, Brian (Melissa) Sondgeroth of Las Vegas, NV and Ben (Bethany) Sondgeroth of Sublette; step-grandchildren; great-nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Corrine Fetzer on September 22, 2015, and Norma Sondgeroth on July 25, 2018, and three brothers-in-law, Robert Timm, Merle Fetzer, and Eugene Sondgeroth.
