Mary O. Shackelford died in Walnut Creek on Dec. 30, 2006. She was born in San Jose, CA ,and was 83 years old. She graduated from Salinas High School in 1941 and then attended St. Joseph's School of Nursing in San Francisco. She worked for several doctors' offices and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. She married her husband, Robert, in 1944 in San Francisco and lived most of their life in Salinas and 10 years in Hollister. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Salinas and Sacred Heart/St. Benedict Church in Hollister and also a member of The Entrenous Society.