12, 1930 in Great Bend, KS, to Clarence and Anna .
Shirley resumed her college education at Fort Hays State College in 1962 after the birth of her last child.
She was elected to the board of Unified School District 489 in 1980 and served for several terms. She continued her life of service to others as a board member at First Call for Help for 20 years.
Beginning in the late 1970s, Shirley and Dick traveled widely in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Central, and South America as well as across the United States especially in the West.
Shirley was preceded in death by an infant, Karen; her husband, Dick; her son, Craig; her parents, her brothers Harlan Seeber and Glenn Seeber; and numerous in-laws.