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THORNTON, Shirley Ann (Wagner) - 1937-2014

WAGNER, MILLER, THORNTON, BURR, TRAUTSCH, WELCH

Posted By: Connie L. Ellis (email)
Date: 8/5/2021 at 20:31:24

SOURCE: Funeral brochure Grau Funeral Home
Contributor: Connie L. Ellis (Family friend, not related)

Funeral services were held on Monday July 21, 2014 at the First Lutheran Church in rural McGregor,Iowa for Shirley Ann Thornton who died on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Crossing Rivers Health Center in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Interment was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in McGregor, Iowa.

Shirley Ann was born on August 6, 1937 to Harvey and Lucille (Miller) Wagner in Lansing, Iowa. She was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Rossville, Iowa. She graduated from the Waterville, Iowa High School in 1955. On March 26, 1955, she was united in marriage with Elton C."Punk" Thornton. Six children were born to them. Shirley and Elton lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1955 until they moved back to the Marquette and McGregor area in 1960. Shirley worked for McGregor Electronics and then 3M in Prairie du Chien until her retirement in 1996.

She was an Iowa Hawkeye Basketball and Milwaukee Brewers fan. She loved supporting her grandchildren's sports and attended as many games as she could. She enjoyed taking bus tours all over the country. Shirley enjoyed reading, walking downtown, fishing and making her special chocolate cake and banana cream pie.

Shirley is survived by her children: Barbara Burr of McGregor, Randy (Sandy) Thornton of Marquette, Gary Thornton of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Terry (Peggy) Thornton of McGregor, Debra (Mike) Trautsch of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and Robert (Hope) Thornton of McGregor; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; her brother Jim Wagner of Wauzeka, Wisconsin and her sister, Arlene (Harold) Welch of Waukon, Iowa.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Elton "Punk" in 2007, her parents, a brother Harlan Wagner and her daughter-in-law, Vicki.


 

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