Shelton, Emmabelle – Obituary
La Grande, Oregon Emmabelle Shelton, Emmabelle Shelton, 87, of La Grande died Feb. 16 in Boise. Services will be announced at a later date. Emmabelle was born Sept. 22, 1919, near Weston Mountain to Thomas and Ruth Booher. Her family moved to La Grande in 1923, where they farmed and where Emmabelle called home for the rest of her life. She married Rock C. Shelton on June 11, 1968. They met while working together at a Laundromat owned by Rock’s brother, Bert Shelton. Emmabelle began working at the Grande Ronde Hospital in 1968 and did not fully retire until the … Read more