Carol R. Shevenock, age 88 of Harrisburg, PA, passed away from this life to her Heavenly Home on February 20, 2019 at the Reading Hospital, Reading; PA, from complications of falling at a nearby assisted care facility where she had been receiving rehab treatments the past several months.
Born November 9, 1930 in Port Royal, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alton L. and Ruth E. (Boyer) Meloy.
She was the widow of Edward H. Shevenock since August 2003 and had been married 52 years. Carol's sister, Betty Cunningham preceded her in death.
Surviving are her sons, Edward of Camp Hill and Steven of Fort Collins, CO, and daughter, Susan of Mt. Penn, PA, as well as grandchildren Emily, Megan, Lindsay, Corey, and Danielle and great grandchildren Zoe, Samuel, and Karter.
Also surviving is her sister, Gayle Cisney of Port Royal and nieces and nephews.
Carol co-wrote the 1948 class song tor Tuscarora Valley High School. After graduating from TVHS in 1948, with partial courses at West Chester University, Carol was a homemaker almost her entire adult life raising her children and enjoying her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was an avid swimmer and enjoyed camping along the New Jersey seashore.
She was a member of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church and was a former choir member.
Per her request, there will be no viewing. A memorial service and celebration of her life will be on March 30, 2019 at the Rex Funeral Home, 308 Market St, Port Royal, PA 17082 at 11:00 AM followed by Interment at nearby Old Church Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/12/17 - Image Year: 1948
TVHS CLASS OF 1948: 1ST ROW (L-R) Mary Whitesel, Martha Hockenberry, Betty Price, Sarah Shirk, Carol Meloy; 2nd ROW: Edna Brackbill, Helen Crimmel, Ethel Kerchner, JoAn Bashore, Betty Kepner, Raymond Brackbill, Mildred Fleck; 3rd ROW: John Walls, Marlin Frankhouse, C. Reese Gaul, Blair Isenberg, Stanley Hower.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/12/17 - Image Year: 1998
50th YEAR REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1948
Seated l-r: Mary Whitesel Varner, Betty Price Basom, Sarah Shirk Knepp, Carol Meloy Shevenock, Edna Brackbill Lauver, Helen Crimmel Sieber; Standing l-r: JoAn Bashore Slautterback, Mildred Fleck Bashore, Blair Isenberg, Marlin Frankhouse, Reese Gaul, Ethel Kerchner Graybill, Hulda Landis Glendye
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/12/17 - Image Year: 2008
60th YEAR REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1948: Seated (L-R) Betty Price Basom, Sarah Shirk Knepp, Edna Brackbill Lauver; Standing: Carol Meloy Shevenock, Mildred Fleck Bashore, Marlin Frankhouse, Helen Crimmel Sieber and Betty Kepner O'Neil. (Estimated year of the photo, 2008)
