Shirley Arlene McClure
Shirley Arlene McClure, 79, died Friday
(June 26, 2009) at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born on Aug.
20, 1929, in rural Marion County near Peabody, the daughter of
Stanley Perlee and Hazel Evalina VanTuyl McClave. Shirley attended
Peabody Grade School and graduated from Peabody High School in 1947.
She then graduated from Kansas City Secretarial School in 1948. She
worked as a secretary and bookkeeper for Koehn Associates
Construction Co. in Newton for 21 years. A former resident of Peabody
and Newton, she moved to Hutchinson in 2007. Shirley loved to travel
and was an avid quilter and bowler. She also volunteered for the
National Parks in Colorado and at Dillon Living Center in Hutchinson.
On March 13, 1948, she married Lawrence
Glen McClure at the Baptist Church in Newton. He survives.
Other survivors include daughter, Chris
Hughes and husband, Jack, of Palmer, Alaska; son, Michael K. McClure
and wife, Marcie McKinnell, of Hutchinson; four grandchildren, Trisha
(Hughes) Witmer of Minneapolis, Minn., Tracy (Hughes) Tracy of
Wasilla, Alaska, Cory Hughes of Palmer and Derek Hughes of
Indianapolis; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
parents and a twin brother, Donald Gene McClave.
Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. today and Tuesday at Elliott Chapel in Hutchinson, with
family to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
A memorial graveside service will be at
10 a.m July 7 at Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.
Cremation has taken place.
Memorials can be made to Hospice House
in care of the Elliott Mortuary in Hutchinson. Visit
www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a personal message for the family.
