Andrea and I were thinking of Shirley on her birthday today as we have done every year.  We no longer had her phone number and were not sure how to contact her sons. But this year I checked online and saw her obituary.  We had many wonderful years of working with Shirley and send condolences to the family. May she be dancing with the angels and with your Dad. 
Peace, Leslie

Mrs. Selton was beloved by me and my Forest Hills friends and was a second mom when we were over the Selton apartment. “Milk and cookies at Matthew’s house” was our mantra on the way home from fourth grade in the early 70s. The kitchen was always well stocked with Oreos or whatever was the prime cookie du jour along with the whole milk they sold in the industrial sized machines in the basement. But more importantly, Mrs. Selton was the most welcoming person in the neighborhood, always happy to see us—and sometimes it’s hard to imagine why anyone was too happy to see us in those days. 

Our hobbies included wrestling on the private residential lawns of strangers and making endless strings of prank phone calls. Mrs. Selton always saw the best in us and gave great advice. She was born in a more down-to-earth place (Joe Biden’s native home, Scranton, PA), and her warmth reflected a very compassionate approach to people, including our version of the Little Rascals.

When I was a young adult and engaged I had the pleasure of discussing the concept of marriage with Mrs. Selton, who told me she thought a lot of people were getting married for the wrong reasons these days, and that in her youthful era the reason was primarily companionship. For some reason this rings even more true today.

My dad and I also thought the world of Matt and Greg’s dad, who was and is a great soul if we ever met one. May this golden couple be reunited for eternity in the Next World. I’m sure just as I write this it is indeed done.

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Shirley Selton

June 26, 1928 – September 13, 2023

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