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Shirley Ione <I>Anderson</I> Mitchell

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Shirley Ione Anderson Mitchell

Birth
Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA
Death
24 Jun 2016 (aged 78)
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Alcorn, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 135 Lot 4S
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Shirley Ione (Anderson) Mitchell formerly of Glencoe, OK passed away June 24, 2016 in Henrietta, TX. Shirley was born in Tonkawa, OK on May 4, 1938 to Chester Thomas and
Flora Belle (Prince) Anderson.

Soon after her birth in Tonkawa, the family moved to Glencoe, OK where she grew up on the Anderson Farm and attended Glencoe Public Schools.

Shirley worked for many years for Southwestern Bell Telephone in Dallas, Texas. She went back to school and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1970 with a degree in library sciences and worked as a librarian for Altamont Public Schools in Altamont, KS. In 1973, Shirley returned home to the family farm in Glencoe, OK to live with and care for her father after the passing of her mother.

Shirley and Allen worked together in real estate and insurance in the Stillwater area. She helped found the Methodist Protestant Church in Glencoe. She and Allen Dee moved to Henrietta, TX in 2014 to live closer to family.

Shirley married Allen Dee Mitchell of Bethany, OK in June 25, 1994 after Allen's first wife of 42years, Neva Faye (Anderson) Mitchell, passed away in 1993.

Shirley is preceded in death by her husband, Allen Dee, parents, Chester Thomas and Flora Belle (Prince) Anderson, two brothers, Eugene Harold and Leo Chester, and four sisters, Neva Faye Mitchell, Beulah Eva Neumann, Grace Irene Corley and Ellen Louise Anderson. Shirley leaves behind many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Shirley will be laid to rest beside Allen at a graveside service on June 30, 2016 at 1:00p.m. at the Riverview Cemetery in Tonkawa, OK.
Shirley Ione (Anderson) Mitchell formerly of Glencoe, OK passed away June 24, 2016 in Henrietta, TX. Shirley was born in Tonkawa, OK on May 4, 1938 to Chester Thomas and
Flora Belle (Prince) Anderson.

Soon after her birth in Tonkawa, the family moved to Glencoe, OK where she grew up on the Anderson Farm and attended Glencoe Public Schools.

Shirley worked for many years for Southwestern Bell Telephone in Dallas, Texas. She went back to school and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1970 with a degree in library sciences and worked as a librarian for Altamont Public Schools in Altamont, KS. In 1973, Shirley returned home to the family farm in Glencoe, OK to live with and care for her father after the passing of her mother.

Shirley and Allen worked together in real estate and insurance in the Stillwater area. She helped found the Methodist Protestant Church in Glencoe. She and Allen Dee moved to Henrietta, TX in 2014 to live closer to family.

Shirley married Allen Dee Mitchell of Bethany, OK in June 25, 1994 after Allen's first wife of 42years, Neva Faye (Anderson) Mitchell, passed away in 1993.

Shirley is preceded in death by her husband, Allen Dee, parents, Chester Thomas and Flora Belle (Prince) Anderson, two brothers, Eugene Harold and Leo Chester, and four sisters, Neva Faye Mitchell, Beulah Eva Neumann, Grace Irene Corley and Ellen Louise Anderson. Shirley leaves behind many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

Shirley will be laid to rest beside Allen at a graveside service on June 30, 2016 at 1:00p.m. at the Riverview Cemetery in Tonkawa, OK.


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