Anne C Shelley
Ann Carol Shelley, the widow of the Reverend Harold K. Shelley, died peacefully Nov. 8, 2015. She was 84.
She was born in Teaneck, N.J., Dec. 11, 1930. She was a leader in Girl Scouts, an officer in the PTA, a teacher in Sunday school and a full-time housewife in New Jersey.
After her first husband, Stanley U. Britten died. She moved to Haverhill Corner NH in 1967. In 1968, she married Rev. Harold K. Shelley, who was minister of the Keene Unitarian-Universalist Church.
Carol attended Keene State College, graduating in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in science and in 1983, a master’s degree in education. She was the first in her family to graduate college.
Carol was a special education teacher for 13 years at the Marlborough School, and then went on to be the special education coordinator for the Monadnock Regional School District.
She was active in the Keene Unitarian-Universalist Church, the Keene Senior Center, Friends of the Thorne Art Gallery, American Association of University Women, Cheshire Retired Teachers Association, N.H. Retired Educators Association and a member of NOW.
When Harold left Keene and began serving interim ministries in Florida, she was still employed and remained in Marlborough where she became a member of the Friends of the Frost Free Library, voter checklist supervisor and voter registrar.
Survivors include her daughter, Denise P. Hood and her husband, Steven; a son, John S. Shelley and his wife, Linda; a sister, Ellen Knatz; a stepson, Greg Shelley and his wife, Cathy; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
For those who wish, the family requests that donations be made in Mrs. Shelley’s memory to Patient Care Needs of Hospice, in care of Home Healthcare Hospice and Community Services, P.O. Box 564, Keene 03431-0564.