Shirley Elizabeth Steelman
April 20, 1911 — July 3, 2006
Shirley Elizabeth Steelman of John Day died July 3, 2006, at Valley View Assisted Living Facility. She was 95.
A funeral service was held July 7, 2006, at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Canyon City, with Reverend Richard Thew officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
Mrs. Steelman was born April 20, 1911, in Holton, Kan. to Grover and Anna Latimer. Her family moved from Kansas to Wyoming in 1920, where she graduated from high school in Lander in 1928. She married a young Scottish immigrant, James "Jim" Muir in 1930, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Dubois, Wyo. The couple had a daughter they named Julie in 1932; she died in 1934.
They worked throughout Wyoming through the war years, and then moved to Eastern Oregon in 1948. They settled in Prairie City at a time when Highway 26 was little other than a gravel road into the valley. They worked mostly in the timber industry. She became well known as an excellent bookkeeper, working for 24 years for firms such as CL Pine, Central Oregon Lumber and GL Pine.
A son, Dan, was born in Prairie City in 1950, and the family moved to Canyon City in 1956. Her husband, Jim, died in Aug. 1969.
After the closing of the mills in 1964, she worked for the Grant County Chamber of Commerce until she married Lou Steelman in 1974. The couple built a house on Lamford Drive in John Day, enjoying their retired life. They were able to travel extensively through the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and also traveled to Europe and the near east. They were well-known figures in the Grant County Senior Center, the Elks Club, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. She was also active in the Eastern Star, the Art Association, and the Garden Club. Her husband, Lou, died in 1987.
Mrs. Steelman continued to live in the Lamford Drive house, until the Valley View Retirement Center was built; she became one of the first residents in the new facility. She continued to travel with family and friends, until her health declined.
She was born just before the War to End All Wars, and she was a witness to the tremendous changes throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. She came into a world where the horse was transportation; it was a horse that she rode to school in her early years – including one that liked to go home and leave her stranded. She saw the rise of the automobile, and gloried in the ability to travel so far and so quickly. She endured the Great Depression, working on a ranch and in the trucking industry in Wyoming. She saw World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict put a finish to the "War to End All Wars" dream.
Later in her life, Mrs. Steelman was able to travel over the country and the world. She saw both cowboys and farmers working the land in old ways, and saw men walking on the moon. She saw rickety biplanes and barnstormers, and flew over oceans in modern jetliners. She grew up in mid-America amid sagebrush, dust, and endless prairie, and was able to cruise tropical seas on luxurious ships.
She is survived by her son, Dan, Springfield, Va.; three grandchildren, Erin Muir of Littleton, Colo., Annie Muir and Robert Muir of Springfield, Va.
Contributions may be made to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church or the John Day Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
April 20, 1911 — July 3, 2006
Shirley Elizabeth Steelman of John Day died July 3, 2006, at Valley View Assisted Living Facility. She was 95.
A funeral service was held July 7, 2006, at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Canyon City, with Reverend Richard Thew officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
Mrs. Steelman was born April 20, 1911, in Holton, Kan. to Grover and Anna Latimer. Her family moved from Kansas to Wyoming in 1920, where she graduated from high school in Lander in 1928. She married a young Scottish immigrant, James "Jim" Muir in 1930, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Dubois, Wyo. The couple had a daughter they named Julie in 1932; she died in 1934.
They worked throughout Wyoming through the war years, and then moved to Eastern Oregon in 1948. They settled in Prairie City at a time when Highway 26 was little other than a gravel road into the valley. They worked mostly in the timber industry. She became well known as an excellent bookkeeper, working for 24 years for firms such as CL Pine, Central Oregon Lumber and GL Pine.
A son, Dan, was born in Prairie City in 1950, and the family moved to Canyon City in 1956. Her husband, Jim, died in Aug. 1969.
After the closing of the mills in 1964, she worked for the Grant County Chamber of Commerce until she married Lou Steelman in 1974. The couple built a house on Lamford Drive in John Day, enjoying their retired life. They were able to travel extensively through the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and also traveled to Europe and the near east. They were well-known figures in the Grant County Senior Center, the Elks Club, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. She was also active in the Eastern Star, the Art Association, and the Garden Club. Her husband, Lou, died in 1987.
Mrs. Steelman continued to live in the Lamford Drive house, until the Valley View Retirement Center was built; she became one of the first residents in the new facility. She continued to travel with family and friends, until her health declined.
She was born just before the War to End All Wars, and she was a witness to the tremendous changes throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. She came into a world where the horse was transportation; it was a horse that she rode to school in her early years – including one that liked to go home and leave her stranded. She saw the rise of the automobile, and gloried in the ability to travel so far and so quickly. She endured the Great Depression, working on a ranch and in the trucking industry in Wyoming. She saw World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict put a finish to the "War to End All Wars" dream.
Later in her life, Mrs. Steelman was able to travel over the country and the world. She saw both cowboys and farmers working the land in old ways, and saw men walking on the moon. She saw rickety biplanes and barnstormers, and flew over oceans in modern jetliners. She grew up in mid-America amid sagebrush, dust, and endless prairie, and was able to cruise tropical seas on luxurious ships.
She is survived by her son, Dan, Springfield, Va.; three grandchildren, Erin Muir of Littleton, Colo., Annie Muir and Robert Muir of Springfield, Va.
Contributions may be made to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church or the John Day Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
Shirley Elizabeth Steelman
April 20, 1911 — July 3, 2006
Shirley Elizabeth Steelman of John Day died July 3, 2006, at Valley View Assisted Living Facility. She was 95.
A funeral service was held July 7, 2006, at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Canyon City, with Reverend Richard Thew officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
Mrs. Steelman was born April 20, 1911, in Holton, Kan. to Grover and Anna Latimer. Her family moved from Kansas to Wyoming in 1920, where she graduated from high school in Lander in 1928. She married a young Scottish immigrant, James "Jim" Muir in 1930, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Dubois, Wyo. The couple had a daughter they named Julie in 1932; she died in 1934.
They worked throughout Wyoming through the war years, and then moved to Eastern Oregon in 1948. They settled in Prairie City at a time when Highway 26 was little other than a gravel road into the valley. They worked mostly in the timber industry. She became well known as an excellent bookkeeper, working for 24 years for firms such as CL Pine, Central Oregon Lumber and GL Pine.
A son, Dan, was born in Prairie City in 1950, and the family moved to Canyon City in 1956. Her husband, Jim, died in Aug. 1969.
After the closing of the mills in 1964, she worked for the Grant County Chamber of Commerce until she married Lou Steelman in 1974. The couple built a house on Lamford Drive in John Day, enjoying their retired life. They were able to travel extensively through the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and also traveled to Europe and the near east. They were well-known figures in the Grant County Senior Center, the Elks Club, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. She was also active in the Eastern Star, the Art Association, and the Garden Club. Her husband, Lou, died in 1987.
Mrs. Steelman continued to live in the Lamford Drive house, until the Valley View Retirement Center was built; she became one of the first residents in the new facility. She continued to travel with family and friends, until her health declined.
She was born just before the War to End All Wars, and she was a witness to the tremendous changes throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. She came into a world where the horse was transportation; it was a horse that she rode to school in her early years – including one that liked to go home and leave her stranded. She saw the rise of the automobile, and gloried in the ability to travel so far and so quickly. She endured the Great Depression, working on a ranch and in the trucking industry in Wyoming. She saw World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict put a finish to the "War to End All Wars" dream.
Later in her life, Mrs. Steelman was able to travel over the country and the world. She saw both cowboys and farmers working the land in old ways, and saw men walking on the moon. She saw rickety biplanes and barnstormers, and flew over oceans in modern jetliners. She grew up in mid-America amid sagebrush, dust, and endless prairie, and was able to cruise tropical seas on luxurious ships.
She is survived by her son, Dan, Springfield, Va.; three grandchildren, Erin Muir of Littleton, Colo., Annie Muir and Robert Muir of Springfield, Va.
Contributions may be made to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church or the John Day Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
April 20, 1911 — July 3, 2006
Shirley Elizabeth Steelman of John Day died July 3, 2006, at Valley View Assisted Living Facility. She was 95.
A funeral service was held July 7, 2006, at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Canyon City, with Reverend Richard Thew officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
Mrs. Steelman was born April 20, 1911, in Holton, Kan. to Grover and Anna Latimer. Her family moved from Kansas to Wyoming in 1920, where she graduated from high school in Lander in 1928. She married a young Scottish immigrant, James "Jim" Muir in 1930, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Dubois, Wyo. The couple had a daughter they named Julie in 1932; she died in 1934.
They worked throughout Wyoming through the war years, and then moved to Eastern Oregon in 1948. They settled in Prairie City at a time when Highway 26 was little other than a gravel road into the valley. They worked mostly in the timber industry. She became well known as an excellent bookkeeper, working for 24 years for firms such as CL Pine, Central Oregon Lumber and GL Pine.
A son, Dan, was born in Prairie City in 1950, and the family moved to Canyon City in 1956. Her husband, Jim, died in Aug. 1969.
After the closing of the mills in 1964, she worked for the Grant County Chamber of Commerce until she married Lou Steelman in 1974. The couple built a house on Lamford Drive in John Day, enjoying their retired life. They were able to travel extensively through the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and also traveled to Europe and the near east. They were well-known figures in the Grant County Senior Center, the Elks Club, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. She was also active in the Eastern Star, the Art Association, and the Garden Club. Her husband, Lou, died in 1987.
Mrs. Steelman continued to live in the Lamford Drive house, until the Valley View Retirement Center was built; she became one of the first residents in the new facility. She continued to travel with family and friends, until her health declined.
She was born just before the War to End All Wars, and she was a witness to the tremendous changes throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. She came into a world where the horse was transportation; it was a horse that she rode to school in her early years – including one that liked to go home and leave her stranded. She saw the rise of the automobile, and gloried in the ability to travel so far and so quickly. She endured the Great Depression, working on a ranch and in the trucking industry in Wyoming. She saw World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict put a finish to the "War to End All Wars" dream.
Later in her life, Mrs. Steelman was able to travel over the country and the world. She saw both cowboys and farmers working the land in old ways, and saw men walking on the moon. She saw rickety biplanes and barnstormers, and flew over oceans in modern jetliners. She grew up in mid-America amid sagebrush, dust, and endless prairie, and was able to cruise tropical seas on luxurious ships.
She is survived by her son, Dan, Springfield, Va.; three grandchildren, Erin Muir of Littleton, Colo., Annie Muir and Robert Muir of Springfield, Va.
Contributions may be made to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church or the John Day Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
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