Yvonne Shallenberger, 78, Clinton, passed away Saturday (June 20, 2015) at Manor Court, Clinton.

A celebration of her life will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, with the Rev. Samantha Keller and the Rev. Benjamin Keller officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Park Cemetery, Clinton. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to DeWitt County’s Angel Tree or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Yvonne was born Aug. 12, 1936, in Perry County, Miss., the daughter of Bilbo and Pauline Steel Prine. She married Ralph E. “Shorty” Shallenberger on Feb. 25, 1956, in Poplarville, Miss. Shorty passed away July 1, 2000.

She is survived by three children, Charolette (Kent) Holland, Kenney; Ralph E. Shallenberger Jr., Bloomington; and Vickie (Curt) Harbach, Clinton; six grandchildren, Kristen, Amy, Jaclynn, Kathryn, Ryan and Carson; six great-grandchildren; sisters, Diane Shows and Sylvia Weatherford, both of Richton, Miss., and Billie Clark, Petal, Miss.; and brothers, Carlton Prine, Richton, Miss., and Wayne Prine, Seminary, Miss.

Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and three brothers.

Yvonne worked at Crestview Nursing Home for 27 years and volunteered at Washington Grade School for five years. She loved her family and especially spending time with her grandchildren and tending to her yard and beautiful rose bushes.