On the special day of April 22, 1964, a few hours upon arriving at Pueblo, Colorado, a little baby girl named Shelby Diana came into the life of Eddie and Clarneta Seidel and their first daughter Shawna. This little girl was special because she joined the family the same day that her mother was born. Four years later Shelby's younger sister Shanda was born. As the years went by, Shelby attended school in Pueblo, Colorado from Kindergarten through the second grade when her family decided to move to Moore, Oklahoma where she spent the next three years of her life. After her fifth grade year at Moore, the family moved again this time to the town of Vici, Oklahoma where she attended Vici High School participating in FFA, softball, basketball, and played on the boy's baseball team. She graduated from Vici in the spring of 1982. In October of 1981, Shelby started dating her future husband Darren. Shelby and Darren were married on March 19, 1982 in Oklahoma City. On October 14, 1983 their first son was born with the name of Tyler Chase. On August 6, 1988, their second son was born named Tanner Wayne. Three years later on the same day August 6, 1991, Joshua Tate was born.

Through these years, Shelby worked at the Vici Nursing Home, Bud's Grocery, Dairy Land, and Granny's Quick Stop in Vici. In November of 1993, the family moved to Laverne, Oklahoma where they lived for two years. Then in May 1995, the family decided to move to Perryton, Texas where Shelby became secretary for her husband at Star-Jet Services. In 1998, she went to work for J&R Sand doing road construction north of Perryton before moving to Pampa, Texas. While at Pampa, she got a job working for United Supermarket. In the spring of 2001, they would move back to Oklahoma to the town of Purcell. While at Purcell, Shelby assisted in cooking the pre-game meals for the high school football team. In 2003, the family moved back to Vici where the family resides. Shelby became active in helping the Vici Lions Club. She started working for H&R Block and later started working at the Vici Nursing Home. She then joined the Vici-Camargo EMS Board and decided to help the community. Shelby enjoyed camping, boating, riding sea-doo's, fishing and hunting. She also enjoyed bowling, bingo, and attending her son's sporting events.

Shelby passed away from this life on October 1, 2009. She was preceded in death by her mother, Clarneta Seidel, brother-in-law Randy Burba, Evelyn and Al Jones, Calvin and Betty Seidel, sister-in-law Janice Maxwell, and niece Bobbi Jo McKinney. Those remaining to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 27 years Darren Ross of Vici, her sons, Tyler Chase Ross of Sioux Center, Iowa, Tanner Wayne Ross and Joshua Tate Ross, both of Vici, her father Eddie Seidel of Vici, sisters, Shawna Burba of Vici and Shanda Seidel of Farmington, New Mexico, nieces Ashley Bland and son Titus of Vici, Whitney Lanier and husband Chris and their children Jocelyn and Micah of Arnett, Oklahoma, Chasney Hoskins of Arnett, Oklahoma, nephews Jeremy Burba and wife Valery and their daughters Trinitee and Torren of Vici, Zane Hoskins of Farmington, New Mexico, mother-in-law Aliene Cole of Vici, sisters-in-law Loretta Mitchell and husband Hokey of Chelsea, Oklahoma and Connie Touchstone and husband Chuck of Vici, brother-in-law Morris Maxwell of Alvarado, Texas, nieces Michae and husband Derrick of Chelsea, Oklahoma, Haley Kelly and husband Desi of Mansfield, Texas and Christina Mitchell of Chelsea, Oklahoma, nephews Nick Maxwell and wife Tosha of Alvarado, Texas, DJ Touchstone of Vici, and Cody Mitchell of Chelsea, Oklahoma, and many, many close and well loved family and friends. She will be greatly missed as wife, mother, daughter and friend.