Margaret “Maggie” J. Shellenberger

Margaret “Maggie” J. Shellenberger (nee Marshall), age 92, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at her son’s home in the presence of family.

Maggie was born in Philadelphia, PA, the sixth of nine siblings of the late David J. Marshall and Catherine Nash Marshall.

A graduate of Immaculata College, she was a homemaker and self-taught home renovator who successfully remodeled six brownstones, owned by her and her husband, into individual apartment units in Philadelphia’s University City area. She was also an accomplished bridge player, earning the certification of Life Master with the American Contract Bridge Association. Additionally, she and her family were avid skiers, enjoying it so much that they had a second home for 20 years at Elk Mountain, PA, which she designed and was instrumental in its’ interior finish carpentry.  After their retirement, she and her husband enjoyed traveling to Colorado and Utah to ski and visit family.

She was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church.

Maggie is preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, John S. Shellenberger.

She is survived by her son John M. and his fiancée Janette, her daughter Clare Schumacher, and four grandchildren: Ryan and his wife Kaitlin, Jennifer, Megan and her fiancé Joseph, and Jeffrey. She is also survived by her sister Elizabeth McLaughlin and brother Paul Marshall and his wife Linda.