Shirley A. Rinehart, 21 Jun 1945 - 13 Nov 2015

RINEHART, LOWERY, BURRELL, BURKE, STOKER

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 11/30/2015 at 16:02:03

Shirley A Rinehart
BORN: June 21, 1945
DIED: November 13, 2015
LOCATION: Victor, Iowa

Shirley A. Rinehart, 70, of Victor, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015, at Brooklyn Community Estates in Brooklyn, Iowa.

A visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., on Friday, November 20, 2015, with the family present at 4:00 p.m., at the Smith Funeral Home in Victor.

A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015, at the United Methodist Church in Victor with Pastor Jim Davis officiating.

Memorials may be directed to the ALS Association Iowa Chapter, 3636 Westown Parkway, Suite 204, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

Shirley was born on June 21, 1945, to Loren and Lucille (Burrell) Lowery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was raised in Urbana, Iowa and graduated from Urbana High School in 1963.

After High School, she began working at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids. In 1969, she married Robert Rinehart and the couple farmed near Victor. Shirley also provided child care for local families.

Shirley was an active member with the Victor United Methodist Church. Shirley taught Sunday school for 20 years and was a member of the church women's circles. She was also a member of the Friendly Neighbor Club. She was a caring and thoughtful person and enjoyed baking cookies, square dancing, traveling throughout the United States, watching Iowa basketball games and she adored her granddaughters.

She will be missed by her husband, Robert of 46 years; one son, Kevin (Miriam) Rinehart of Waukee; one sister, Sherry (Harlan) Burke of Guernsey; three brothers, Lyle (Donna) Lowery of Cedar Rapids, Burrell (Catherine) Lowery of North Andover, Massachusetts, and Bradley (Roberta) Lowery of Wiley, Texas; two granddaughters, Grace and Faith Rinehart of Waukee; and one brother in-law, Raymond (Donnabelle) Rinehart.

She is preceded in death by her parents, sister in-law, Rachel Stoker, brother in-law, Raymond "Spud" Stoker.

Smith Funeral Home
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