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Magdalen Rose Uptmore Shelton

26 Nov 1922 – 12 Jul 2016

Birth	26 Nov 1922
Death	12 Jul 2016
Cemetery	Oaklawn Cemetery Decatur , Wise County , Texas , USA
Added by	Betty Fajkus Marek on 02 Apr 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166906469

Bio

Magdalen Uptmore Shelton, 93, died Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Decatur. Madge was born on Nov. 26, 1922, in the farming community of Tours, near Waco, to Thomas and Lena Uptmore. Her grandparents had come from Germany in the 1880s. As a young lady, she worked as a seamstress during World War II. She followed her love for clothes and fashion the rest of her life. She married Robert Godfrey Shelton on Nov. 16, 1942, in Waco. They lived in Waco, Kansas City, Mo. and Fort Worth. She lived in Fort Worth from 1951-2005 and was a member at Wesley Methodist Church. After raising her children, she worked for over 30 years in retail as a clothes seamstress and loved her job and customers. She moved to Governor's Ridge Assisted Living in Decatur in 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband; brother Tommy Uptmore; sisters, Betty Yoli and Delores Bair; son, Tommy Shelton; and daughter, Sharon Watkins. She is survived by her sister, Evelyn Varner of Austin; son, Gary Shelton and wife, Margie, of Decatur; grandchildren, Jeremy Shelton and wife, Hayley, of Decatur, Suzanne Shelton of Denton, and James Watkins and wife, Amber of Camden, Ark.; great-grandchildren, Blakely Shelton of Decatur and Kacie and Danica Watkins of Camden, Ark.

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Family

Parents

• Thomas George "Tom" Uptmore 1901–1968
• Lena C Schutza Uptmore 1903–1994

Spouse

• Robert Godfrey Shelton 1918–1996 FaG

Siblings

• Tommy Louis Uptmore 1924–1996
• Evelyn Margaret Uptmore Varner 1930–2024
• Delores Anne Uptmore Humphreys 1934–1999

Children

• Sharon Rose Shelton Watkins 1946–2005 FaG
• Tom Larkin Shelton 1951–2004 FaG

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