Mary Shelley (THOMPSON), age 89, passed away in Dearborn on Oct. 12, 2012. Born Oct. 30, 1922 in Riverside, Calif., she attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and Woodbury Business College in Los Angeles, and worked in New York City and Chicago, before opening "The Candy House" on the Pacific Coast Highway in Corona Del Mar, Calif. in 1946. She sold her store in 1947 to marry Texas native John Shelley. They lived in El Dorado, Ark. for nine years and moved to Dallas in 1958. Mary was a loving mother to three daughters Margaret Blohm (Peder), Charlotte Derrington (Terry) and Colonel Johnette Shelley, D.D.S. A talented seamstress, she held a variety of jobs to supplement the family income and help ensure her daughters' education. Mary volunteered hundreds of hours of service to Methodist Hospital in Dallas and was a 69 year member of P.E.O. International, a philanthropic educational organization for women. Following her husband's death, she moved to Henry Ford Village in Dearborn, Mich. in 2004 to be near family. An avid reader and Wii bowler, she crocheted and knitted hundreds of items for mission. Active and alert until her passing, Mary treasured her many new friends and adopted state. She is also predeceased by mother Charlotte (Bothwell) Thompson, father William Howard Thompson, D.O., and brothers Howard, Ben, David, Bob and Paul Thompson. She is survived by grandchildren Molly Williams, Robyn Mazza, Chris and Bill Derrington; three step grandchildren Peppe, Cortney and Lexie Blohm; and eight great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in the Chapel of Henry Ford Village at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Henry Ford Community College Foundation General Scholarship Fund.