tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694999407132747782024-03-13T19:35:34.153-07:00Shelly Wallwork Catton - A MemorialAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13407565855021296836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169499940713274778.post-40537232040975143952010-11-01T09:20:00.000-07:002011-08-09T02:17:43.696-07:00The Life of Shelly Wallwork Catton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpdrYtGQUpO1TNBgt236k07CakRyFhn14g-xUTBsqJaZY1Ida1gyrGCL74K250pGnK_W3bEvzgkiu6TGX95vUSgJSJcm4fEmIJTpClWTywyJj2j4XzyRSRzCu4Tk-vWHZCOaVZTXR8Gg/s1600/Shelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpdrYtGQUpO1TNBgt236k07CakRyFhn14g-xUTBsqJaZY1Ida1gyrGCL74K250pGnK_W3bEvzgkiu6TGX95vUSgJSJcm4fEmIJTpClWTywyJj2j4XzyRSRzCu4Tk-vWHZCOaVZTXR8Gg/s320/Shelly.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Shelly Wallwork Catton</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">December 22, 1959- October 28, 2010<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Written By Amy Wallwork Kinross</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Delivered by Amy Wallwork Kinross and Karen Wallwork Gobright</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;">November 2, 2010</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly Wallwork was born December 22, 1959 in Redwood City, CA to Landell Traut and LoRane Packer Wallwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little did they know that Shelly would be their first of seven children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Lanny and LoRane were bringing “Baby Shelly” home from the hospital they decided to make a quick stop at their bank’s drive-up-teller window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad was so excited to show off his adorable little girl that he told mom to hold Shelly up so bank teller could see her, which she proudly did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly was born of goodly parents who instilled in her an impeccable sense of integrity and values. They gave her the spark that ignited her burning testimony of Jesus Christ.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">On Shelly’s second Birthday she was given one of the greatest gifts of her life, a baby brother named Keith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gives new meaning to the expression, “the best two years.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously though, she truly loved Keith and tried to keep him in line her entire life, to no avail (JK).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Several more siblings were to follow: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amy Lyn, Scott Landell, Karen, Glenn Landell and finally, Mark Landell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">From a very young age, Shelly understood and accepted consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mom likes to tell the story of when Little Shelly was potty training (hope this isn’t TMI Shelly).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a carnival in town and Shelly really wanted to go on the merry go round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mom told her that if she didn’t have any accidents that day, she would get to take a ride. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few hours later, Shelly approached mom and simply stated, “I guess I can’t go on the merry go round.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She willing took responsibility for her actions, an amazing trait for a two year old. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was our Shelly, in a nutshell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mature beyond her years, always trying her best to be “good.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly’s love for music and especially for the piano developed at a very early age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her preschool teacher told mom and dad that they should give Shelly piano lessons, which, thankfully, they did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly, very quickly, became an accomplished pianist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Shelly was only 10 years old, she was asked to be the pianist for Primary (the children’s organization in our church).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In preparation for her first day as pianist, she practiced and practiced all of the songs in the Primary song book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told our mom that she felt confident with all of the songs except for the song “Called to Serve” which was not on the list of songs for that week so she would be fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Singing time went well and she was able to play every song. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the last minute, the chorister said “you children did such a good job singing today, so as a reward you get to sing your favorite song, “Called to Serve.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly turned WHITE! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She quickly said a prayer in her head and began playing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She played perfectly!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later she told our mom that she did NOT play that song because it was beyond her ability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knew that the spirit of the Holy Ghost had taken over and helped her to play the song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly later shared that this was her first experience with the power of the Holy Ghost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Because of her love of the piano, she played almost constantly and became an amazing pianist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our family enjoyed gathering around the piano and singing together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly was amazing at “sight reading” and could play almost anything we put in front of her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christmas will never be the same without our Shelly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly willingly shared her talent on the piano and the organ in churches and community events. To quote close family friend, Sterling Ruth, “She had Mad Barefoot Organ-playing skills.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly loved to learn and began her formal education at McCoy Elementary school in Campbell, CA and then Cedar Grove in San Jose, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She attended Quimby Oak Jr. High where she was a cheerleader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is also where her love of the performing arts was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She played an adorable Dorothy in her school’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was salutatorian of her eighth grade class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">She went on to attend Silver Creek High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a flag girl in the marching band and over the years, talked affectionately of her band trip to Philadelphia in 1976 during our country’s Bicentennial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was one of the highlights of Shelly’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly was a natural dancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a senior in high school she was cast as the lead in the stake dance festival which was titled, “Welcome to Shelly’s Bedroom.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With pigtailed hair, painted on big pink cheeks, and adorable “Barbie pink” pajamas, Shelly twirled and whirled around the set performing like a pro. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">No one could believe she had never had a dance lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a captivating stage presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly loved dancing her entire life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">In her high school yearbook, she was voted by the senior class of 1978 as “Most likely to succeed,” which she definitely DID.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">She was so excited to attend Brigham Young University and went there with her best friend and cousin, Lorna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly and Lorna were roommates and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of their freshman year together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly fully intended to return to BYU in the fall for sophomore year, but during the “four month” semester break AND at the ripe old age of 19, she met and married Kurt Catton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lorna says the rest of her BYU years were never the same without Shelly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly Wallwork married Kurt Catton on September 28, 1979 in the Mormon temple in Oakland, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kurt and Shelly bought their first home in Santa Clara, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lived on “Landslide Court.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(What were they thinking?!!!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their home was always filled with music. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Catton family lived and loved on Landslide Court for over 20 years, until the fall of 2003 when they moved to Fresno, CA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">As a newlywed, Shelly worked at Wyle Electronics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a few years, she realized her dream of becoming a “stay-at-home” mom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was also a loving, licensed day care provider.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly and Kurt’s first child, Gregory Joseph Catton, was born on January 31, 1983.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greg is the first grandchild on the Wallwork side of the family and has always been known as the “king of the cousins”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greg inherited Shelly’s sense of responsibility; and from Kurt, he inherited his ability to “take charge.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This combination makes for a very capable and reliable personality. Shelly relied on Greg throughout her life…. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has never disappointed her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was always proud of how he lives his life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She loved his strong yet gentle spirit as well as his constant resolve to “do what is right.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Greg is married to his high school sweetheart, the adorable, Stacey Scoffield Catton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have two children:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonas Scoffield Catton, born January 16, 2007 (3 ½) and Ezra Glenn Catton born August 21, 2010 (2 months).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonas enjoyed sitting on Grandma Shelly’s lap as she played the piano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loves his grandma very much and she him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandma Shelly was so thrilled to meet baby Ezra and to attend his baby blessing just one day before she re-entered the hospital. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Julie Christena Catton was born on January 1, 1988, New Year’s baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly has always admired Julie’s confidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Julie was so confident as a child that when she was about 10 years old, Shelly asked her to cut Shelly’s bangs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, that didn’t turn out to be one of Julie’s strong suits. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Shelly told me that she had Julie cut her bangs I said, “What were you thinking?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She just laughed and told me that she thought Julie could do anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, this incident reminded Shelly that Julie was still a child and had lots of room for growth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Julie, like her mother, is an accomplished pianist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly loved Julie’s creative flare and admired her athletic ability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Julie is married to Christopher Michael Phillips they are the proud parents of Roxy Alexandra Phillips, born August 12, 2010, who we have affectionately nicknamed “Fussbucket.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roxy was born while Shelly was in St. Agnes hospital for treatment of her Leukemia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly was able to go upstairs to the labor and delivery room and visit Julie during her labor and again when Roxy was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first time Shelly was able to hold her; Roxy was completely focused on her Grandma Shelly’s face and appeared to be trying to communicate with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great Grandma LoRane says she has never seen a newborn baby behave in such a way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We believe that Roxy must have known that Grandma Shelly had little time left on this earth and she felt a sense of urgency to bond with her grandma.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Tori LeAnn Catton was born on January 17, 1995.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tori attends Clovis North High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tori was a precocious child and always spoke with a vocabulary beyond her years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Tori was 3½ years old, she traveled on an airplane to Utah with her mom, Greg & Julie, Aunt Amy, and cousins Steve, Spencer, Colin and Heather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tori sat next to her cousin Heather who is just three weeks younger than Tori.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cousin Heather said, “Tori, what if we pounded our feet really hard and broke through the floor of the plane, then we could just float in the air.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tori looked at Heather and said in her cute little girl voice, “No, we would just be in the cargo hold.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Tori loves choir and drama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a terrific baker and can often be found whipping up a batch of Aunt Karen’s famous brownies or Sparks chocolate chip cookies, which she calls “CCC’s.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since Greg got married and Julie left for college, it has been Shelly and Tori, “the lovely Catton girls” as I often called them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tori was very close to her mom and together they enjoyed baking, watching “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” as well as the performing arts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Each one of Shelly’s children carries with them her legacy of faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ and a propensity to do good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What greater measure of success as a mother, than this?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Shelly was the accompanist for the Miliken elementary school choir, in Santa Clara, CA. Her good friend Carol MacDonald led the choir and they had a great time together</span>. </span>She has been a piano teacher her entire adult life and has thoroughly enjoyed sharing her joy of music with many enthusiastic students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Most recently, she worked as the pianist for the Sunnyside High School Choir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly was greatly loved by her students and them by her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She often spoke affectionately of her choir students and knew them individually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She thoroughly enjoyed working with Mr. “B”, Mai Bedderly and Davis (sorry dude, I don’t know your last name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly always referred to you as “Davis.”)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">When Shelly and Tori moved into their condo a few years ago, Shelly’s dear Friend, Ginger, put a saying on their wall that read, “music is what feelings sound like.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This saying spoke to Shelly’s heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly was diagnosed with leukemia on July 12, 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a very aggressive illness and chose to undergo chemotherapy treatment which resulted in the significant loss of her hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly decided we should buzz her head, and she had an adorable “spikey.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Dad came to visit Shelly he said, “I recognize that little head. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the same little head we took home from the hospital 50 years ago.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Mom saw her she said, “It still has that same little dent on the side.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past few months, we have asked Dad, over and over again, to tell us his reaction to seeing Shelly’s buzzed head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is one of the dearest things he has ever said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shelly loved the Catton family dearly and adored her nieces and nephews on both sides. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Our sweet Shelly was taken from this life on October 28, 2010 @ 11:27 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was surrounded by her children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was never afraid to leave this life and she passed very peacefully to the other side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Today, as we picture Shelly, she is dancing, singing, and playing the piano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is reuniting with Grandparents and other loved ones who have passed on before her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is watching over all those she loves who are still on this earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She continues to testify to the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; line-height: 200%;">Shelly was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a true Christian and a genuine follower of Jesus Christ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her life was a reflection of the teachings of the Savior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is truly a beloved daughter of God and beloved of her family and all who knew her. She had a calm and reassuring presence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She exhibited strong faith throughout her life until the very end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hearts are broken as we say goodbye today, but we are comforted to know that we will be together again. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13407565855021296836noreply@blogger.com8