Suzanne Janina Shackelford, 82, of Shepherdstown, the youngest child of George and Ruth Miller Reyer passed away on Friday, November 18, 2022 at Chambersburg Hospital.
Fondly known by friends and relatives as “Porky” or “Shack”, Suzanne was a graduate of Shepherdstown High School, Class of 1958 and the first class of Shepherd College Nursing Program. Employed in healthcare for nearly 50 years, first at Kings Daughter Hospital and then Jefferson Memorial Hospital, where she was a staff nurse in the ICU, ER, and Med Surge Units, a Nursing Supervisor, the Director of Nursing, and Patient Care Services.
She was a lifelong member of Christ Reformed Church, U.C.C. She served on the consistory for a number of terms.
She married Garland “Johnny” Shackelford in 1959 and in addition to her husband she is survived by 2 sons, John of Shepherdstown and Paul of Aydlett, NC; two grandsons; and three great-grandsons.
Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Christ Reformed Church in Shepherdstown, 304 E. German St., Shepherdstown, WV 25443.