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Graveside Service:
2:00 p.m. Thursday August 1, 2019 at Mount Pulaski
Cemetery
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Shirley Jean Singley, 93, of Mount
Pulaski, passed away at 1:20 p.m. Sunday July 28,
2019 at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.
Shirley was born on November 11, 1925 in Rockford,
IA to Elmer and Lena (Logan) Smith. After the death
of her mother at a young age, she was adopted and
raised by Frank Alvin and Sarah Hattie Logan. She
married Melvin E. Singley on March 31, 1946 in
Lincoln. He preceded her in death on April 23, 2015.
Surviving Shirley are her daughters, Rebecca (John)
Drake of Chestnut and Jane DeWitt of Lincoln, three
grandchildren, Andrea Manner, Deirdra (Bryan
Copeland) Drake and Andrew DeWitt, and five
great-grandchildren, Nicholas Scassiferro, Sebastion
Scassiferro, Abigail Manner, Brenna Avery DeWitt and
Amelia SuzAnne DeWitt. She is also survived by her
two sisters-in-law Helen Singley of Lincoln, Rose
Singley of Topeka, IL and her brother-in-law Robert
Singley of Mountain Home, AR. |
She was preceded in death by her son
Rev. Todd Singley and seven brothers and sisters.
She was the last of her immediate family. Shirley
was an avid reader and seamstress and was a blue
ribbon award winning quilter. She was an officer and
active member of the WSCS with the Methodist Church
women.
Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday
August 1, 2019 at Mount Pulaski Cemetery with Rev.
David Hutton officiating. Memorial donations may be
made to the First United Methodist Church.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski,
is entrusted with services.
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