Longtime Island attorney Richard Shackleton died Sunday, in hospice care. He was 86. His health had declined rapidly in recent years, but he was comforted by his religious faith as he faced his mortality, according to friends.
“He knew where he was going, and he was ready to leave this life and move on,” according to Deb Whitcraft, former mayor of Beach Haven, where Shackleton had worked for many years as borough solicitor, in addition to Long Beach Township, Barnegat Light, Barnegat Township…
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