Shirley Raymond (Shirley Shelly)

Wooster High School

Class of 1953

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First Name	Shirley
Last Name	Raymond
Maiden Name	Shelly
Graduation Year	Class of 1953
Gender	Female
Current Location	Wooster, Ohio
Hometown	Wooster, OH
Relationship Status	Widowed
About Me	I married Pete Raymond in 1954. In 1999 Pete began portraying Abraham Lincoln..He studied in 1989, making his first presentation in 2000. I had made his costume and went along on all his presentations. I portrayed Mary Lincoln if he needed someone to greet with or dance with. He was often asked to lead a Virginia Reel and I was like Mary Lincoln: "I wasn't going to let any other woman dance with my husband!" We traveled the Eastern States and I loved every minute of it. Pete's on the cover of a book "Land of Lincoln" by Andrew Ferguson. We traveled to NYC for a 4 day photo shoot, all expenses paid, plus a limo tour of NYC paid for by the Publishing Co. taking us to all the interesting sites. That was after 2011 so we saw Ground Zero. Those 10 years were the highlight of my life. He portrayed Lincoln from 1999-2009. Pete passed away April 23, 2011 due to ...(read more)