Warren, Ohio
Shelba J. "Jean" Merritt
1940 — 2023
Shelba J. "Jean" Merritt, 83 of Warren, Ohio passed from this Earth after a lengthy illness on early Monday morning, November 27, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 13, 1940, in Glenwood, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Dempsey and Gladys (White) Whisenhunt. All family members participated in field farming taking them from Arkansas north to Indiana. Jean was a 1958 graduate of Rock Creek High School in Huntington County, Indiana. She was employed at Model Engineering in Huntington, Indiana as a Naval rocket harness assembler under the supervision of future mother-in-law, Nellie Thompson. Nellie introduced Jean to Ronnie L Merritt, they married on July 1,...