From the March 19, 2008 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Shirley Ann Conry, 68, of Sun City West, Ariz., and formerly of Dyersville, died peacefully Saturday, March 15, 2008, at home after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Christ The King Chapel on the Loras College campus.
She was born Aug. 20, 1939, in Dyersville, daughter of Nic and Olivia Gengler, and later moved to Waterloo. Shirley graduated from Our Lady of Victory Academy in 1957, and Loras College, Dubuque, in 1982, with a B.A. in social work.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dan, on June 25, 1960.
Prior to moving to Arizona, she worked for Operation New View, Project Concern and the Foster Grandparent programs in Dubuque. She was a case worker for Luzerne Country Children and Youth in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Shirley most recently worked as a starter at Pebblebrook Golf Course in Sun City West and also tutored for Club Z - 3rd graders for the "No Child Left Behind" program in Surprise, Ariz.
Surviving are her husband, Dan; four sons, Michael (Ann), of New York, Patrick (Deb), of Waverly, Timothy (Christina), of Roselle, Ill., Sean (Lauren), of Gilbert, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Courtney, Casey, Nicolas, Nathan, Jack and Declan; two sisters, Catherine (Don) Schmitz, of Washburn, and Betty Linebarger, of Freeport, Ill.; a brother, Paul (Mary), of Waterloo; a sister-in-law, Catherine Gengler, of Tucson, Ariz.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
She joins her parents; a brother, Lou; and brother-in-law, Fred Linebarger, in heaven for the family reunion.
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Shirley Ann Conry, 68, of Sun City West, Ariz., and formerly of Dyersville, died peacefully Saturday, March 15, 2008, at home after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Christ The King Chapel on the Loras College campus.
She was born Aug. 20, 1939, in Dyersville, daughter of Nic and Olivia Gengler, and later moved to Waterloo. Shirley graduated from Our Lady of Victory Academy in 1957, and Loras College, Dubuque, in 1982, with a B.A. in social work.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dan, on June 25, 1960.
Prior to moving to Arizona, she worked for Operation New View, Project Concern and the Foster Grandparent programs in Dubuque. She was a case worker for Luzerne Country Children and Youth in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Shirley most recently worked as a starter at Pebblebrook Golf Course in Sun City West and also tutored for Club Z - 3rd graders for the "No Child Left Behind" program in Surprise, Ariz.
Surviving are her husband, Dan; four sons, Michael (Ann), of New York, Patrick (Deb), of Waverly, Timothy (Christina), of Roselle, Ill., Sean (Lauren), of Gilbert, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Courtney, Casey, Nicolas, Nathan, Jack and Declan; two sisters, Catherine (Don) Schmitz, of Washburn, and Betty Linebarger, of Freeport, Ill.; a brother, Paul (Mary), of Waterloo; a sister-in-law, Catherine Gengler, of Tucson, Ariz.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
She joins her parents; a brother, Lou; and brother-in-law, Fred Linebarger, in heaven for the family reunion.
From the March 19, 2008 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Shirley Ann Conry, 68, of Sun City West, Ariz., and formerly of Dyersville, died peacefully Saturday, March 15, 2008, at home after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Christ The King Chapel on the Loras College campus.
She was born Aug. 20, 1939, in Dyersville, daughter of Nic and Olivia Gengler, and later moved to Waterloo. Shirley graduated from Our Lady of Victory Academy in 1957, and Loras College, Dubuque, in 1982, with a B.A. in social work.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dan, on June 25, 1960.
Prior to moving to Arizona, she worked for Operation New View, Project Concern and the Foster Grandparent programs in Dubuque. She was a case worker for Luzerne Country Children and Youth in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Shirley most recently worked as a starter at Pebblebrook Golf Course in Sun City West and also tutored for Club Z - 3rd graders for the "No Child Left Behind" program in Surprise, Ariz.
Surviving are her husband, Dan; four sons, Michael (Ann), of New York, Patrick (Deb), of Waverly, Timothy (Christina), of Roselle, Ill., Sean (Lauren), of Gilbert, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Courtney, Casey, Nicolas, Nathan, Jack and Declan; two sisters, Catherine (Don) Schmitz, of Washburn, and Betty Linebarger, of Freeport, Ill.; a brother, Paul (Mary), of Waterloo; a sister-in-law, Catherine Gengler, of Tucson, Ariz.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
She joins her parents; a brother, Lou; and brother-in-law, Fred Linebarger, in heaven for the family reunion.
DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Shirley Ann Conry, 68, of Sun City West, Ariz., and formerly of Dyersville, died peacefully Saturday, March 15, 2008, at home after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Christ The King Chapel on the Loras College campus.
She was born Aug. 20, 1939, in Dyersville, daughter of Nic and Olivia Gengler, and later moved to Waterloo. Shirley graduated from Our Lady of Victory Academy in 1957, and Loras College, Dubuque, in 1982, with a B.A. in social work.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dan, on June 25, 1960.
Prior to moving to Arizona, she worked for Operation New View, Project Concern and the Foster Grandparent programs in Dubuque. She was a case worker for Luzerne Country Children and Youth in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Shirley most recently worked as a starter at Pebblebrook Golf Course in Sun City West and also tutored for Club Z - 3rd graders for the "No Child Left Behind" program in Surprise, Ariz.
Surviving are her husband, Dan; four sons, Michael (Ann), of New York, Patrick (Deb), of Waverly, Timothy (Christina), of Roselle, Ill., Sean (Lauren), of Gilbert, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Courtney, Casey, Nicolas, Nathan, Jack and Declan; two sisters, Catherine (Don) Schmitz, of Washburn, and Betty Linebarger, of Freeport, Ill.; a brother, Paul (Mary), of Waterloo; a sister-in-law, Catherine Gengler, of Tucson, Ariz.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
She joins her parents; a brother, Lou; and brother-in-law, Fred Linebarger, in heaven for the family reunion.
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