Gene "Don" Shults' Obituary
Gene “Don” Shults, 72, of Van died Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in Hedley.
Services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints’ Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Bunk Skelton, officiating. Burial will follow at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Friday at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Don was born February 5, 1947 in Canyon to William Mark and Zelma Mauck Shults. He married Mary Lou Bales on August 12, 2000 in Clayton, New Mexico. He had been a resident of Donley County most of his life. He was a dedicated cowboy and worked hard at every job. He was devoted to his family and was a wonderful husband, father, brother, and friend. Don never met a stranger.
He was preceded in death by his parents; 2 brothers, Bill Shults and James Shults; and 2 grandsons, Bradley Maier and Zach Chapman.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Bales of Van; a son, Michael Don Shults and wife Marie of Springer, New Mexico; 6 daughters, Dawna Gay Hearon and Robin Leigh McCullough and husband Jake all of Gruver, Cindy Austin of Clarendon, Jennifer Floyd and husband Tony of Hedley, Kristi Shults and husband Andy McFarlane of Ithaca, New York, and Stacey Maier and husband Bill of Van; a sister, Sarah McCrary and husband Doug of Clarendon; his mother in law, Elaine Bales of Canon City, Colorado; and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
The family request that memorials be made to Rowe Cemetery Association in Hedley.
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