Shelley L. Hintergardt Martin, daughter of Etta Margaret (O'Connell) and Edgar Lee Hintergardt, was born January 21, 1930, at Elkhart, Kansas. She passed away at Beadles Nursing Home in Alva, Oklahoma on July 7, 2023, at the age of 93 years old.

Shelley was the second child of nine children. They lived in Elkhart, Kansas; Cleo Springs, Oklahoma; Cortez, Colorado; returning to Alva. Shelley attended the Sacred Heart Catholic School and graduated from Alva High School in 1947. She graduated from NWOSU with a BA degree in 1970. After raising her children she continued her education, graduating fr...