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Ezra Christy Shelden

Birth: 19 Oct 1879
Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
Death: 1 Dec 1954 (aged 75)
Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
Burial: Douglas Park Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 98390613 View Source

Ezra Christy Shelden passed away Dec. 1, 1954 in Douglas. He was the son of Reuben and Ruby Shelden. He grew to manhood and received his education in the Ringold County community where he started in the farming business. He followed this profession most of his entire life in the states of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. After becoming unable to do much farming in the late 1946's, he came to Wyoming in 1948. He leaves to mourn his passing five sons, Leland F. of Byers, Co., Wilbur P. of Fossil, Ore., Lloyd E. (Rusty) of Bell Fourche, S.D., Reuben C. and Roy of Vienna, Mo.; four brothers, Leonard and Burr of Douglas, Roy of La Crescenta, Calif. and Guy of Mt. Ayr, Iowa; three sisters, Elnora Dorff of Diagonal, Iowa, Anna Carse of Omaha, Neb. and Myra Smith of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Two sisters preceded him in death. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget Dec. 9, 1954 and cemetery records.)

Ezra Christy Shelden passed away Dec. 1, 1954 in Douglas. He was the son of Reuben and Ruby Shelden. He grew to manhood and received his education in the Ringold County community where he started in the farming business. He followed this profession most of his entire life in the states of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. After becoming unable to do much farming in the late 1946's, he came to Wyoming in 1948. He leaves to mourn his passing five sons, Leland F. of Byers, Co., Wilbur P. of Fossil, Ore., Lloyd E. (Rusty) of Bell Fourche, S.D., Reuben C. and Roy of Vienna, Mo.; four brothers, Leonard and Burr of Douglas, Roy of La Crescenta, Calif. and Guy of Mt. Ayr, Iowa; three sisters, Elnora Dorff of Diagonal, Iowa, Anna Carse of Omaha, Neb. and Myra Smith of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Two sisters preceded him in death. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget Dec. 9, 1954 and cemetery records.)

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Mary Arminta "Mintia" Minzes Shelden

1890–1987

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Created by: Betty Alberts
Added: Oct 6, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98390613/ezra_christy-shelden: accessed ), memorial page for Ezra Christy Shelden (19 Oct 1879–1 Dec 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98390613, citing Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, USA; Maintained by Betty Alberts (contributor 47293729).

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