Norse, Gordon May Eagle Shelton

Gordon May Eagle Shelton Norse, born on May 9, 1932, of Blacksburg, Va., slipped around the corner to the next room of existence on December 25, 2009. She retired from the VA Tech Athletic Ticket Office in the 1990s after having first been a faculty wife to Professor Carl Shelton, P.E., of the Mining Engineering Department, throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

She is survived by her sons and their families, Tom Shelton and Kim Linkous, with grandkids, Dewayne Shelton and Tracy Sibold; Ted and Eve Shelton, with grandkids, Ludwig and Cornelia Gantner, all of Montgomery County; and by her brother, Columbus Eagle of Florida; and sister, Buena Jones of Missouri; as well as the surviving siblings of Professor Shelton, Jean Stiltner of Virginia, Thomas Shelton of Virginia, Mary West of West Virginia, and Jay Lowe of Tennessee.

Ms. Norse was predeceased last year by her special dog, Princess.

There will be no service per her request. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va.