Hundreds or mourners gathered at Christ Church to pay their final respects to Frances Weir Shelden, known throughout Grosse Pointe, Detroit, and the nation for her devotion and patronage for the arts.
Mrs. Shelden, widow of Allan Shelden III, told the Grosse Pointe News in an earlier interview that her interest in art dated back to her college days at Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied the works of the masters.
A woman of wealth and taste, Mrs. Shelden and her husband donated numerous art works to the Detroit Institute of Arts, including a 19th century plaster by French artist Baptiste Carpeaux; a 20th century bronze by Paul Manship; an altarpiece by Charles Lebrun and a number of Persian ceramics.
Mrs. Shelden was also a patron of local art and decorated her Provencal Road home with the works of Michigan artists, including Hughie Lee-Smith, John Carroll, E. Cole, and Evelyn Brackett.
Friends of the family remember Mrs. Shelden as a gracious hostess and recall when her home was the site of countless dinner parties and dances.
The house was also often featured on the Grosse Pointe home tour with Mrs. Shelden personally welcoming hundreds of visitors.
Born Frances Weir to a Steubenville, Ohio family that made its fortune in steel, she met Allen Shelden III while on a visit to Grosse Pointe. They were married in 1939 and their wedding made the society pages in Detroit and across the country. They honeymooned in Bermuda and Europe before settling down in a home on Kerby Road. They later moved into the former James Webber house on provencal.
Her father was David Manson Weir, who along with his older brother Ernest Tener Weir Sr., built Weirton Steel (and later, National Steel Corporation), one of the great independent steelmakers of the 20th Century.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Shelden were avid golfers and hunters, often retiring to a preserve the family owned in Rochester to hunt birds.
Bresides her devotion t the arts, Mrs. Shelden was also involved with the United Foundation, Grosse Pointe Artists Market, Red Cross, Garden Club of Michigan, Tau Beta, the Junior League of Detroit, and the friends of Modern Art.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Shelden was preceded in death by a son Allan Shelden IV in 1970, her father David Manson Weir in 1929, her mother Frances Lowe Weir Millsop in 1975, and a sister, Margaret Manson Weir Bonbright in 1984.
Mrs. Shelden, widow of Allan Shelden III, told the Grosse Pointe News in an earlier interview that her interest in art dated back to her college days at Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied the works of the masters.
A woman of wealth and taste, Mrs. Shelden and her husband donated numerous art works to the Detroit Institute of Arts, including a 19th century plaster by French artist Baptiste Carpeaux; a 20th century bronze by Paul Manship; an altarpiece by Charles Lebrun and a number of Persian ceramics.
Mrs. Shelden was also a patron of local art and decorated her Provencal Road home with the works of Michigan artists, including Hughie Lee-Smith, John Carroll, E. Cole, and Evelyn Brackett.
Friends of the family remember Mrs. Shelden as a gracious hostess and recall when her home was the site of countless dinner parties and dances.
The house was also often featured on the Grosse Pointe home tour with Mrs. Shelden personally welcoming hundreds of visitors.
Born Frances Weir to a Steubenville, Ohio family that made its fortune in steel, she met Allen Shelden III while on a visit to Grosse Pointe. They were married in 1939 and their wedding made the society pages in Detroit and across the country. They honeymooned in Bermuda and Europe before settling down in a home on Kerby Road. They later moved into the former James Webber house on provencal.
Her father was David Manson Weir, who along with his older brother Ernest Tener Weir Sr., built Weirton Steel (and later, National Steel Corporation), one of the great independent steelmakers of the 20th Century.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Shelden were avid golfers and hunters, often retiring to a preserve the family owned in Rochester to hunt birds.
Bresides her devotion t the arts, Mrs. Shelden was also involved with the United Foundation, Grosse Pointe Artists Market, Red Cross, Garden Club of Michigan, Tau Beta, the Junior League of Detroit, and the friends of Modern Art.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Shelden was preceded in death by a son Allan Shelden IV in 1970, her father David Manson Weir in 1929, her mother Frances Lowe Weir Millsop in 1975, and a sister, Margaret Manson Weir Bonbright in 1984.
Hundreds or mourners gathered at Christ Church to pay their final respects to Frances Weir Shelden, known throughout Grosse Pointe, Detroit, and the nation for her devotion and patronage for the arts.
Mrs. Shelden, widow of Allan Shelden III, told the Grosse Pointe News in an earlier interview that her interest in art dated back to her college days at Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied the works of the masters.
A woman of wealth and taste, Mrs. Shelden and her husband donated numerous art works to the Detroit Institute of Arts, including a 19th century plaster by French artist Baptiste Carpeaux; a 20th century bronze by Paul Manship; an altarpiece by Charles Lebrun and a number of Persian ceramics.
Mrs. Shelden was also a patron of local art and decorated her Provencal Road home with the works of Michigan artists, including Hughie Lee-Smith, John Carroll, E. Cole, and Evelyn Brackett.
Friends of the family remember Mrs. Shelden as a gracious hostess and recall when her home was the site of countless dinner parties and dances.
The house was also often featured on the Grosse Pointe home tour with Mrs. Shelden personally welcoming hundreds of visitors.
Born Frances Weir to a Steubenville, Ohio family that made its fortune in steel, she met Allen Shelden III while on a visit to Grosse Pointe. They were married in 1939 and their wedding made the society pages in Detroit and across the country. They honeymooned in Bermuda and Europe before settling down in a home on Kerby Road. They later moved into the former James Webber house on provencal.
Her father was David Manson Weir, who along with his older brother Ernest Tener Weir Sr., built Weirton Steel (and later, National Steel Corporation), one of the great independent steelmakers of the 20th Century.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Shelden were avid golfers and hunters, often retiring to a preserve the family owned in Rochester to hunt birds.
Bresides her devotion t the arts, Mrs. Shelden was also involved with the United Foundation, Grosse Pointe Artists Market, Red Cross, Garden Club of Michigan, Tau Beta, the Junior League of Detroit, and the friends of Modern Art.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Shelden was preceded in death by a son Allan Shelden IV in 1970, her father David Manson Weir in 1929, her mother Frances Lowe Weir Millsop in 1975, and a sister, Margaret Manson Weir Bonbright in 1984.
Mrs. Shelden, widow of Allan Shelden III, told the Grosse Pointe News in an earlier interview that her interest in art dated back to her college days at Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied the works of the masters.
A woman of wealth and taste, Mrs. Shelden and her husband donated numerous art works to the Detroit Institute of Arts, including a 19th century plaster by French artist Baptiste Carpeaux; a 20th century bronze by Paul Manship; an altarpiece by Charles Lebrun and a number of Persian ceramics.
Mrs. Shelden was also a patron of local art and decorated her Provencal Road home with the works of Michigan artists, including Hughie Lee-Smith, John Carroll, E. Cole, and Evelyn Brackett.
Friends of the family remember Mrs. Shelden as a gracious hostess and recall when her home was the site of countless dinner parties and dances.
The house was also often featured on the Grosse Pointe home tour with Mrs. Shelden personally welcoming hundreds of visitors.
Born Frances Weir to a Steubenville, Ohio family that made its fortune in steel, she met Allen Shelden III while on a visit to Grosse Pointe. They were married in 1939 and their wedding made the society pages in Detroit and across the country. They honeymooned in Bermuda and Europe before settling down in a home on Kerby Road. They later moved into the former James Webber house on provencal.
Her father was David Manson Weir, who along with his older brother Ernest Tener Weir Sr., built Weirton Steel (and later, National Steel Corporation), one of the great independent steelmakers of the 20th Century.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Shelden were avid golfers and hunters, often retiring to a preserve the family owned in Rochester to hunt birds.
Bresides her devotion t the arts, Mrs. Shelden was also involved with the United Foundation, Grosse Pointe Artists Market, Red Cross, Garden Club of Michigan, Tau Beta, the Junior League of Detroit, and the friends of Modern Art.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Shelden was preceded in death by a son Allan Shelden IV in 1970, her father David Manson Weir in 1929, her mother Frances Lowe Weir Millsop in 1975, and a sister, Margaret Manson Weir Bonbright in 1984.
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