Shaylla Dallene Culp
Shaylla Dallene Culp
Shaylla Dallene Culp
1991-2015
Celebration of Life Funeral Services for Shaylla Culp, age 24, of Bedford, Iowa, who passed away Friday, November 20, 2015 in Clarinda, Iowa will be held Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Christian Presbyterian Church in Bedford. Visitation will be held Tuesday at the UCPC Church in Bedford from 3 to 7 with the family greeting friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Interment will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be given in Shaylla’s name. Memories may be shared with the family at www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Shaylla Dallene Culp was born February 5, 1991 in Fairfax, Missouri the daughter of Shawn Marston Culp and Shellia Lorene (Mick) Culp. She grew up in the Skidmore, Missouri area attending Kindergarten until November of 1996, when the family moved to Bedford, Iowa. She graduated from Bedford High School with the Class of 2009. While in high school Shaylla worked for Hy-Vee. After graduation she attended AIB in Des Moines taking business classes and also working at the Bedford Hy-Vee during school breaks and the summer months. After college, Shaylla returned to Bedford where she continued working at Hy-Vee. She enjoyed her employment, interacting with the community and had plans to advance through Hy-Vee’s employment opportunities.
While in high school, Shaylla loved being a Bedford Bulldog Cheerleader! She was also active in high school plays, musicals, choir, and volleyball. Shaylla was a ‘true people person’ from the day she was born she enjoyed interacting with everyone. Friends, family, movie nights and music were all very important to her. Shaylla also shared a special bond with Madison, Lane and Paisley, whom she considered as family.
Left to cherish the memories of a wonderful daughter, sister and friend are her parents, Shawn and Shellia Culp of Bedford, Iowa; her sister, and partner in crime, Chelsea Culp also of Bedford, Iowa; her half-sister, Courtney Hanway and husband Nathaniel of Pleasant Valley, Missouri; maternal grandmother, Marian Mick of Skidmore, Missouri; paternal grandmother, Judith Culp, also of Skidmore, Missouri; maternal great-grandmother, Doris Parrott of Clarinda, Iowa; paternal great-grandmother, Dorothy Culp of Skidmore, Missouri; God parents, Kymbra & David Ecker of Elmo, Missouri; along with many cousins, aunts, uncles, relatives and a whole community of friends.
Preceding Shaylla in death is her maternal grandfather, Raymond Mick; paternal grandfather, Brad Culp; and two cousins, Sydnie Messner and Dara Dallene Mick.
Shaylla’s enthusiasm for life was infectious and her smile would brighten a room and warm your heart.
Her precious memory will be held tenderly in our hearts.
May she be at peace in God’s loving care.
