Shirley Irene Horak
August 17, 1930 — March 28, 2016
Shirley Irene Horak, 85, was born in Shueyville on August 17, 1930. She passed away peacefully at Bickford Cottage March 28, 2016. Visitation: 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Springville Presbyterian Church, Springville, Iowa. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2016, at the church conducted by Chaplain, Jim Goodrich. Private family burial will take place at Shueyville Cemetery. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion.
Our mom was a wonderful farm wife, mother, grandma, and great-grandma. She tended to a huge garden, canning and freezing everything that she picked. Her specialty were kolaches, they were known as some of the best. During baling season she would make full meals and take them to the fields, it was always a treat for those on the hayracks! She would always get all of her work done so that when the grandkids came she could just sit and play. Mom was a long time Springville Presbyterian Church member and sang in the choir for 53 years.
Left behind to cherish her memory are Russell and Kathleen Horak, Diane and Steve Jensen; grandchildren, Alan (Sarah), Tracy (Tom), Ben (Melissa), Melissa (Andrew), and Gisele (Benge); great-grandchildren, Emily, Abby, Gabe, Alena, Nora, Edith, Tillie, Lucie, Sadie, and Miles; brother, Don (Shirley) Turecek.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vernon; and great-grandson, Mitchell.
Mom was a woman of great faith and we know Dad was waiting for her! Probably hoping for a plate of kolaches!
Special thank you to all the staff at Bickford Cottage, Katrina, Sarah, Ali, Jenna, Holly O., Dora, Pauline, Billie, Tiffany, Patty, Leona, and all the rest of you, thank you. Care Initiatives Hospice, Deena and Pastor Jim Goodrich, thank you for walking us through this final door!
Memorials may be directed to the Springville Presbyterian Church in Shirley’s memory.
Our mom was a wonderful farm wife, mother, grandma, and great-grandma. She tended to a huge garden, canning and freezing everything that she picked. Her specialty were kolaches, they were known as some of the best. During baling season she would make full meals and take them to the fields, it was always a treat for those on the hayracks! She would always get all of her work done so that when the grandkids came she could just sit and play. Mom was a long time Springville Presbyterian Church member and sang in the choir for 53 years.
Left behind to cherish her memory are Russell and Kathleen Horak, Diane and Steve Jensen; grandchildren, Alan (Sarah), Tracy (Tom), Ben (Melissa), Melissa (Andrew), and Gisele (Benge); great-grandchildren, Emily, Abby, Gabe, Alena, Nora, Edith, Tillie, Lucie, Sadie, and Miles; brother, Don (Shirley) Turecek.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Vernon; and great-grandson, Mitchell.
Mom was a woman of great faith and we know Dad was waiting for her! Probably hoping for a plate of kolaches!
Special thank you to all the staff at Bickford Cottage, Katrina, Sarah, Ali, Jenna, Holly O., Dora, Pauline, Billie, Tiffany, Patty, Leona, and all the rest of you, thank you. Care Initiatives Hospice, Deena and Pastor Jim Goodrich, thank you for walking us through this final door!
Memorials may be directed to the Springville Presbyterian Church in Shirley’s memory.
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