Loretta Mary Shanklin

Loretta Mary “Lorie” Shanklin, 58, of Weatherford, passed away in a Fort Worth hospital Sunday, August 21, 2011.  Lorie was born May 27, 1953 in LaSalle Peru, Illinois to Doris Gertrude and Arthur Alfred Utz. Mrs. Shanklin earned a masters degree in special education.  She served eight years as an elementary school principal and retired as a special education administrator from the Bonham ISD.  She was a member of the Cowboy Gathering in Graham TX. Survivors include her husband, Robert; sisters, Kathy Kennen and Gretchen Hook and husband, Glen; sisters-in-law, Cynthia Ware and husband, Logan and Sharon Wilson; nieces, Melody, Shauna Stransky and Cristel Hopkins; nephew, Jeff; nephews, Charly, Ernest, Peter, and many other nieces and nephews.
 
A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10 AM in the Parker County Cowboy Church, 5050 FM Road 5 South, Aledo, TX 76008.  Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM Tuesday at Galbreaith Pickard in Weatherford TX.  Burial will be in Memory Gardens Memorial Park.