Obituary - Antoinette (Randazzo) Shelley
Antoinette Jean Shelley, 83, passed away peacefully in her sleep on
Saturday, May 5, 2007. She had been living at Villa Serra Retirement
Community for several years.
Jean, as she was known to family and
friends, was born and raised in Monterey, California. Both of her parents
immigrated to Monterey from Sicily and were part of the fishing industry in
Monterey. Jean and her husband, Robert, lived in various countries around
the world while Robert served in the U.S. Army. After retirement they
settled in Salinas to raise their family of three children.
Jean will always be remembered by family
and friends for her gentle manner, kind words to all and her wonderful
cookies which she baked every holiday for her family. Jean loved to bake,
cook, sew and spend time with her grandchildren, whom she loved and enjoyed
with all her heart.
Her husband, soul mate and life companion,
Robert Shelley, Sr. preceded her in death as well as her eldest child Robert
Shelley, Jr. and sister Mae Abinante. Jean leaves behind her brother, who
was one of her best friends, Randy Randazzo (Char) of Carmel Valley, sister
Ruth (Bill) Murphy of New Mexico and her "little" sister Marie (Tom)
Kassing-Mastre of Salinas. Two daughters who will carry on the memory of
their mother are Geraldine (Hossein) Vafa and Helen (Brian) Brtan. Jean
leaves behind, five grandchildren, one great-grandson and numerous nieces
and nephews.
Services will be held at 10am, Wednesday,
May 9, 2007 at Struve and Laporte Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Garden
of Memories in Salinas. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to VNA
Hospice. Published in The Monterey Herald on May 8, 2007.