Former Covington resident and businessman.
Age 91.
Passed away Friday at the Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette.
Son of Frank and Helen VanDorn Shelby.
Married Edna. They were married 71 years. She survives.
Also surviving are son Ronald (Susan) Shelby; daughters Beth Goodrick and Katherine Shelby; grandson Greg Goodrick; granddaughter Heidi Zenor; grandson Brock (Amanda) Goodrick; grandson Richard (Christina) Shelby; 4 great grandchildren; siblings Robert (Helen) Shelby, Donald (Martha) Shelby; Virginia Bennett; Emma (Richard) Davis and Mary Hoagland; 18 nieces and nephews.
1944 graduate of Covington High School.
He enlisted into the United States Army in the fall of 1944, serving at Camp Atterbury before basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, followed by officer training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He served as a Second Lieutenant, 41st Engineer General Service Regiment in Namur, Belgium and Bremerhaven, Germany. He was awarded the Expert Infantryman Badge, American Theater Ribbon, World War II Army of Occupation Germany Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
After being released from the Army, he returned to Covington, Indiana to farm on the family farm, which is a Hoosier Homestead Farm, having been in the family continuously from November 1824 to the present.
From November 1950 to the summer of 1987, Richard owned and operated Shelby Furniture in Covington, Indiana. After closing his store, he worked at L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis in the carpet department before moving to Florida in 1988, where he worked at Haverty Furniture until he retired in 1998. Richard and his wife relocated to Lafayette, Indiana in September 2016, just in time to celebrate his 90th birthday with his extended family.
Richard was a member of the Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, a past master of the Fountain Masonic Lodge (Covington, Indiana), and Scottish Rite in Indianapolis. He was awarded the commission of Kentucky Colonel. Richard found great pleasure in riding horses on the family farm, working with his tools, selling furniture, genealogy, playing bridge, and working with stained glass. He loved the outdoors and hunting morel mushrooms in the spring in Indiana. The greatest joy in his life was spending time with his family and being reunited with his family in Indiana in the past two years brought him great pleasure.
Funeral service 1pm Tuesday, June 12 at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Bruce Thornsbrough officiating.
Visitation 5-7pm Monday with Masonic service at the conclusion of visitation.
Memorial donations to Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Helen VanDorn Shelby Scholarship at the Western Indiana Community Foundation or a charity of your choice.
Richard's family would like to thank the staff at the Indiana Veteran's Home for the care and comfort that they provided to him.
Age 91.
Passed away Friday at the Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette.
Son of Frank and Helen VanDorn Shelby.
Married Edna. They were married 71 years. She survives.
Also surviving are son Ronald (Susan) Shelby; daughters Beth Goodrick and Katherine Shelby; grandson Greg Goodrick; granddaughter Heidi Zenor; grandson Brock (Amanda) Goodrick; grandson Richard (Christina) Shelby; 4 great grandchildren; siblings Robert (Helen) Shelby, Donald (Martha) Shelby; Virginia Bennett; Emma (Richard) Davis and Mary Hoagland; 18 nieces and nephews.
1944 graduate of Covington High School.
He enlisted into the United States Army in the fall of 1944, serving at Camp Atterbury before basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, followed by officer training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He served as a Second Lieutenant, 41st Engineer General Service Regiment in Namur, Belgium and Bremerhaven, Germany. He was awarded the Expert Infantryman Badge, American Theater Ribbon, World War II Army of Occupation Germany Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
After being released from the Army, he returned to Covington, Indiana to farm on the family farm, which is a Hoosier Homestead Farm, having been in the family continuously from November 1824 to the present.
From November 1950 to the summer of 1987, Richard owned and operated Shelby Furniture in Covington, Indiana. After closing his store, he worked at L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis in the carpet department before moving to Florida in 1988, where he worked at Haverty Furniture until he retired in 1998. Richard and his wife relocated to Lafayette, Indiana in September 2016, just in time to celebrate his 90th birthday with his extended family.
Richard was a member of the Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, a past master of the Fountain Masonic Lodge (Covington, Indiana), and Scottish Rite in Indianapolis. He was awarded the commission of Kentucky Colonel. Richard found great pleasure in riding horses on the family farm, working with his tools, selling furniture, genealogy, playing bridge, and working with stained glass. He loved the outdoors and hunting morel mushrooms in the spring in Indiana. The greatest joy in his life was spending time with his family and being reunited with his family in Indiana in the past two years brought him great pleasure.
Funeral service 1pm Tuesday, June 12 at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Bruce Thornsbrough officiating.
Visitation 5-7pm Monday with Masonic service at the conclusion of visitation.
Memorial donations to Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Helen VanDorn Shelby Scholarship at the Western Indiana Community Foundation or a charity of your choice.
Richard's family would like to thank the staff at the Indiana Veteran's Home for the care and comfort that they provided to him.
Former Covington resident and businessman.
Age 91.
Passed away Friday at the Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette.
Son of Frank and Helen VanDorn Shelby.
Married Edna. They were married 71 years. She survives.
Also surviving are son Ronald (Susan) Shelby; daughters Beth Goodrick and Katherine Shelby; grandson Greg Goodrick; granddaughter Heidi Zenor; grandson Brock (Amanda) Goodrick; grandson Richard (Christina) Shelby; 4 great grandchildren; siblings Robert (Helen) Shelby, Donald (Martha) Shelby; Virginia Bennett; Emma (Richard) Davis and Mary Hoagland; 18 nieces and nephews.
1944 graduate of Covington High School.
He enlisted into the United States Army in the fall of 1944, serving at Camp Atterbury before basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, followed by officer training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He served as a Second Lieutenant, 41st Engineer General Service Regiment in Namur, Belgium and Bremerhaven, Germany. He was awarded the Expert Infantryman Badge, American Theater Ribbon, World War II Army of Occupation Germany Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
After being released from the Army, he returned to Covington, Indiana to farm on the family farm, which is a Hoosier Homestead Farm, having been in the family continuously from November 1824 to the present.
From November 1950 to the summer of 1987, Richard owned and operated Shelby Furniture in Covington, Indiana. After closing his store, he worked at L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis in the carpet department before moving to Florida in 1988, where he worked at Haverty Furniture until he retired in 1998. Richard and his wife relocated to Lafayette, Indiana in September 2016, just in time to celebrate his 90th birthday with his extended family.
Richard was a member of the Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, a past master of the Fountain Masonic Lodge (Covington, Indiana), and Scottish Rite in Indianapolis. He was awarded the commission of Kentucky Colonel. Richard found great pleasure in riding horses on the family farm, working with his tools, selling furniture, genealogy, playing bridge, and working with stained glass. He loved the outdoors and hunting morel mushrooms in the spring in Indiana. The greatest joy in his life was spending time with his family and being reunited with his family in Indiana in the past two years brought him great pleasure.
Funeral service 1pm Tuesday, June 12 at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Bruce Thornsbrough officiating.
Visitation 5-7pm Monday with Masonic service at the conclusion of visitation.
Memorial donations to Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Helen VanDorn Shelby Scholarship at the Western Indiana Community Foundation or a charity of your choice.
Richard's family would like to thank the staff at the Indiana Veteran's Home for the care and comfort that they provided to him.
Age 91.
Passed away Friday at the Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette.
Son of Frank and Helen VanDorn Shelby.
Married Edna. They were married 71 years. She survives.
Also surviving are son Ronald (Susan) Shelby; daughters Beth Goodrick and Katherine Shelby; grandson Greg Goodrick; granddaughter Heidi Zenor; grandson Brock (Amanda) Goodrick; grandson Richard (Christina) Shelby; 4 great grandchildren; siblings Robert (Helen) Shelby, Donald (Martha) Shelby; Virginia Bennett; Emma (Richard) Davis and Mary Hoagland; 18 nieces and nephews.
1944 graduate of Covington High School.
He enlisted into the United States Army in the fall of 1944, serving at Camp Atterbury before basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, followed by officer training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He served as a Second Lieutenant, 41st Engineer General Service Regiment in Namur, Belgium and Bremerhaven, Germany. He was awarded the Expert Infantryman Badge, American Theater Ribbon, World War II Army of Occupation Germany Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
After being released from the Army, he returned to Covington, Indiana to farm on the family farm, which is a Hoosier Homestead Farm, having been in the family continuously from November 1824 to the present.
From November 1950 to the summer of 1987, Richard owned and operated Shelby Furniture in Covington, Indiana. After closing his store, he worked at L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis in the carpet department before moving to Florida in 1988, where he worked at Haverty Furniture until he retired in 1998. Richard and his wife relocated to Lafayette, Indiana in September 2016, just in time to celebrate his 90th birthday with his extended family.
Richard was a member of the Lions Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, a past master of the Fountain Masonic Lodge (Covington, Indiana), and Scottish Rite in Indianapolis. He was awarded the commission of Kentucky Colonel. Richard found great pleasure in riding horses on the family farm, working with his tools, selling furniture, genealogy, playing bridge, and working with stained glass. He loved the outdoors and hunting morel mushrooms in the spring in Indiana. The greatest joy in his life was spending time with his family and being reunited with his family in Indiana in the past two years brought him great pleasure.
Funeral service 1pm Tuesday, June 12 at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Bruce Thornsbrough officiating.
Visitation 5-7pm Monday with Masonic service at the conclusion of visitation.
Memorial donations to Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Helen VanDorn Shelby Scholarship at the Western Indiana Community Foundation or a charity of your choice.
Richard's family would like to thank the staff at the Indiana Veteran's Home for the care and comfort that they provided to him.
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