Mrs. Fredia Faye (Shelton) Curlin, age 82, of Hope, Indiana, formerly of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on April 16, 1935, in Lawrence County, Indiana, the loving daughter of the late, Harry Ray Shelton and Mary Alice (Henson) Shelton-Wayt. She was raised in Medora, Indiana, where she attended high school. Fredia was united in marriage on October 19, 1973, in Newport, Kentucky, to Robert G. “Bobby” Curlin. Fredia and Bobby shared nearly 44 years of marriage together until her death. Fredia was employed as a seamstress for Excelo in Seymour, Indiana and was a waitress for several years. She was also employed in the laundry and activities department for Hoosier Christian Village in Brownstown, Indiana, for many years. Fredia resided in the Switzerland County community since 1993. She was a member of the Vevay American Legion Post #185 Ladies Auxiliary. She attended the Fredonia Baptist Church and Medora Pentecostal Church. Fredia enjoyed gardening, sewing and crafts and was a wonderful homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Fredia passed away at 1:07 am, Monday, July 17, 2017, at the Millers Merry Manor in Hope, Indiana.
Fredia will be dearly missed by her husband: Robert G. “Bobby” Curlin of New Richmond, OH; her daughter: Jo Ann Blevins of Columbus, IN; her son: John Eric Klimczewski of Vevay, IN; her step-daughters: Alice Welty and her husband: Don of Sunman, IN and Lydia Burger and her husband: Scott of Valparaiso, FL; her step-sons: Alvin Robert Curlin and his wife: Connie of New Richmond, OH and Adrian Frank Curlin and his wife: Robin of Hamilton, OH; her four-grandchildren, eight-step-grandchildren, seven-great-grandchildren and five-step-great-grandchildren; her sisters: Carolyn Crippin and her husband: Tom of Lighthouse Point, FL and Roberta Ann West and her husband: Carl of OK; her sister-in-law: Judy Shelton of Clearwater, FL; her step-brother: Leland Wayt of Medora, IN and her several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Harry Ray Shelton and Mary Alice (Henson) Shelton-Wayt; her step-father: Price Wayt; her son: John Carroll Roberts; her daughter: Kim Foutch and her brother: Larry Shelton.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, July 21, 2017, at 1:00 pm, by Rev. Wayne Daugherty at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.
Interment will follow in the Fredonia Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.
Friends may call 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Friday, July 21, 2017, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.
Memorial contributions may be made to Fredonia Baptist Church or Fredonia Baptist Church Cemetery Fund. Cards are available at the funeral home.