Obituary - Barry William Shelden

Barry William Shelden was born in Glasgow, Montana, on March 24, 1956, to Percy and Alice (Beck) Shelden.

He was the youngest of six siblings, with four sisters and a brother.  The family moved to Havre in 1962 where he graduated from Havre High School in 1974.

Barry married his high school sweetheart, Shelley Helmbrecht, in 1976. The couple had resided in Hingham since 1987. They had three children, Haylie, Dustin and Nicholas, and two grandsons, Mason and Brock. His grandsons were his pride and joy.

He is survived by his wife, Shelley; his daughter and son-in-law, Haylie and Chad Wendland; and grandsons, Mason and Brock Wendland of Casper, Wyoming; his sons, Dustin of Glasgow and Nicholas of Hingham; his sisters, Virginia Wells of Hingham, Peggy (Tony) Reum of Havre and Sally (Rich) Tokarzewski of Tacoma, Washington; and brother Chuck (Bridget) of Walla Walla, Washington. He is also survived by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Speck and Dee Helmbrecht of Hingham; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, John and Michelle Helmbrecht of Gildford.

He was preceded in death by his father, Percy; his mother, Alice; and his sister, Patsy Shelden, all of Havre; and his brother-in-law, Kenneth Wells of Yakima, Washington.

He has many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly.

To know Barry was to know a smile. He always had a twinkle in his eye and kept everyone around him laughing. If you were his friend, you were a friend for life. He departed from this life on May 29 from natural causes. His corneas were donated, which would have made him very happy.

A celebration of Barry's life will be held on June 20 at the Hingham Park, time to be announced.