Daqueta D. Shelley
Daqueta D. Shelley, 96, of Palm Harbor, FL, and a former Labette County resident, passed away at 7:15 a.m., Saturday, February 1, 2025, at her home and the home of her daughter, Kyla Carney.
She was born on September 4, 1928, at Altamont to Frank and Violet (Davidson) Barnett. She grew up at Altamont and attended Labette County schools. Daqueta attended and graduated from beautician and cosmetology school at Parsons.
She and Richard Shelley were married on March 20,1948, at Altamont, Kansas. He preceded her in death on April 8,2002.
She lived in Oswego where she owned and operated a hair salon. They later moved to Tulsa and returned to Altamont. She worked at the courthouse and the Altamont Lumber Yard. They moved to Hillsboro, Kansas in 1969 and then to Council Grove in 1984. Following her retirement and after her husband passed away, she lived in Manhattan, Kansas Des Moines, Iowa before moving to Palm Harbor. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of Hope in Palm Harbor. She was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Altamont.
Daqueta enjoyed writing prose and poetry, gardening, flowers, volunteering, and was a phenomenal cook, cooking everything from scratch.
She is survived by her son, Phillip Shelley, and his wife, Linda of Joplin, MO; her daughters, Marcia Boring, and her husband, Brent of Erie and Kyla Carney, and her husband, Chris of Palm Harbor, FL; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her brother, Ivan Barnett of Topeka; her sister, Esther Johnson of D’Hanis, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her brother Vemon Barnett and her sisters, Verdna Barnett, Cleda Hosfelt, Leda Clark and Mona Harris.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 7, 2025, at the First Baptist Church in Altamont with Pastor Travis Ball officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Altamont. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 pm. until service time on Friday. Memorials are suggested to the KSDS Assistance Dog Training of Washington, Kansas or to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and these may be left at or mailed to the Carson-Wall Funeral Home 112 N. 26th, P.O. Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357. Online condolences may be left at www.wallfuneralservices .com.