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Stuart Douglas "Stu" Shelly

1947 - 2024

Stuart Douglas "Stu" Shelly obituary, 1947-2024, Cordova, MD

BORN

1947

DIED

2024

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Cambridge, Maryland

Stuart Shelly Obituary

Stuart Douglas Shelly, 76, died, February 21, 2024, at the Eleanor A. Koons Hospice House in Easton due to complications from Parkinson's disease with dementia.

Stu was a son of the late Raymond H. Shelly & the late Isabelle Jarrett Shelly. Born in Cambridge, May 28, 1947,

Stu grew up in Dorchester County, attended schools in Cambridge & graduated from Cambridge High School in 1966. A veteran of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era, Stu was drafted in October 1966. He served 3 tours of duty in Vietnam and was discharged in September 1969. Upon his return to civilian life, he started his working career with C&P Telephone & retired from Verizon in 2003.

Stu was an avid sportsman with a passion for sporting clays. He shot competition clays at local, regional & national venues. Shooting skeet & trap was also a favorite pastime. He also enjoyed deer, dove & rabbit hunting, as well as fishing & crabbing. He held memberships with the Cambridge Skeet Club, Talbot Rod & Gun Club, and the National Sporting Clay Association.

He is survived by his wife, Bambi Willey Shelly & children, Crystal McNamara (Jake) of Boise, Idaho, Sarah Kennedy (Kelly) of Trappe & Adam Corkran (Alison) of Cambridge. Grandchildren, Julia McNamara, Connor McNamara, Lane Kennedy, Hunter Kennedy, Emery Kennedy, Garrett Kennedy, Ryleigh Corkran and Luke Cherry & Beau Cherry. His brother & sister in-law, Sam & Susan Shelly of East New Market & their children Lisa Shelly Parks & Adam Shelly, also, brother in-laws Guy Willey, Jr. & Robbie Willey of Cambridge, & sister in-law & her husband, Tracy Willey Hill & Ian Hogg of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and an uncle, Jay Jarrett of Poteau, Oklahoma.

Stu was predeceased by a brother, Ray Shelly.

At Stu's request he will be cremated & there will be no service.

In Stu's memory please consider a contribution to: Talbot Hospice 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601-3805.

Arrangements entrusted to Newcomb and Collins Funeral Home, P.A., Cambridge, MD.

To share online condolences with the family, please visit www.newcombcollins.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Star Democrat on Feb. 22, 2024.

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