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Posted By: Char Hixon (email)
Date: 4/27/2015 at 14:32:30

Shirley Jean Romaine Young was born to Harold and Hazel Romaine on September 20, 1938 in Santa Ana, California. Shirley attended and graduated from West Liberty High School in May 1957. She graduated from nurses training at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in May 1960. Shirley later returned to school to receive her bachelor of science degree in nursing in 1994 from Iowa Wesleyan College.

She married L. Ray Young at the West Liberty Methodist Church on August 20, 1960. Shirley and Ray had three children, Julie (Mike) Poli, Kris (Steve) Rock and Rick (Mary Alice) Young.

Shirley retired from nursing after forty years in March 2000. She worked most of those years at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Shirley had been an Iowa City resident for 17 years and was a member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Iowa City. Prior to living in Iowa City, she was a resident of Wilton. Shirley was an avid reader, enjoyed music, dancing, cooking and playing cards. She also enjoyed her children, grandchildren and doing for others, along with her nursing duties.

She will be remembered for her compassion for others, helping them through difficult times, struggling with her own health issues, for being an avid Hawkeye football fan, and her countless hours of volunteer work at St. Mark’s.

Shirley is survived by her mother, Hazel Romaine of West Liberty; daughters, Julie (Mike) Poli of Phoenix, Arizona, Kris (Steve) Rock of Stockton, Iowa and Rick (Mary Alice) Young of Streamwood, Illinois; grandchildren, Ryan, Lucas and Brad Bohnsack, Kyle and Jorie Young and Justin Jackson, several brothers and sisters in laws, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ray Young, father Harold Romaine, sister Barb Kline and nephew James Kline.