George Shortsleeve

George Walter Shortsleeve, 84, a resident of Shoreham Vermont, passed away Wednesday December 5, 2018 at Porta Caeli Hospice House in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a short unexpected illness. George was born in Burlington, VT on November 12, 1934 the son of the late Paul C. Shortsleeve, Sr. and Alice M. Allen. He attended Christ the King Catholic School in Rutland. He was a long time employee of Vermont Marble in Center Rutland. George and his family moved to Manchester in 1967 where he owned and operated Shortsleeve Texaco and Million Mile Muffler. After he retired he worked part time at East Dorset General Store. George moved to Shoreham Vermont where he enjoyed summers and wintered in Oklahoma. George attended the Roman Catholic Church in Shoreham Vermont and Mannford Oklahoma. He is survived by his daughter Denise Beebe and her husband Doug of East Dorset, sister Margaret Ahlquist of South Carolina, six grandchildren, six great grand children, four great-great grandchildren. He has 2 very special Honorary grandchildren (Damian and David Rhyne) and many Nieces and Nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Catherine LaBelle Shortsleeve whom he married May 30, 1953, daughter Mary Shortsleeve, son George Porky Shortsleeve, brother Paul Shortsleeve and daughter-in-law Gladys Shortsleeve. A mass of christian death and burial will be celebrated Saturday December 15, at 10am at Christ Our Savior Parish St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Manchester. Interment will follow in the family lot in South Village Cemetery in East Dorset. Visiting hours will be held Friday December 14, 2018 from 5-7pm at Brewster-Shea Funeral Home 34 Park Place Manchester Center, VT. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts in George's memory may be made to Saint Jude's Children's Hospital c/o Brewster-Shea Funeral Home P.O. Box 885 Manchester Center, VT 05255. A mass of christian death and burial will be celebrated Saturday December 15, at 10am at Christ Our Savior Parish St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Manchester. Interment will follow in the family lot in South Village Cemetery in East Dorset.