Submitted by: John C. Monk

 

 

Ernie Shelor Jr.

 

June 26, 1928 - Jan. 1, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Ernie Shelor Jr., 81, of South Bend, passed away on Friday, January 1st in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka. Ernie was born in Lafayette, IL, on June 26, 1928 to the late Henery E. and Ada Vienna (Bishop) Shelor. Ernie served his country in the US Army, receiving a honorable discharge in 1949. He was a member of the American Legion post 50, and the VFW post 360. He retired from Kuert Concrete, where he was a truck driver. Ernie is survived by his son Ernie (Janice Brock) Shelor, one grandson, Christopher Ernest Lee Shelor, and one brother, Willard A. Shelor, of Mishawaka. He was preceded in death by a brother, Irvin Shelor, and a sister, Geneva Kester. Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, January 3rd, from 2 until 4 pm, in the Bubb Funeral Chapel, 3910 N. Main St.. Burial is to take place at the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola, at a later date.

Published in South Bend Tribune on January 2, 2010