Shirley grew up on the family farm and attended Wapello Elementary, Blackfoot Junior High and Blackfoot High School. When she was in her 30's and married with four children at home, she earned a B.B.A. degree in accounting at Idaho State University. She met Rex A. Parsons through mutual friends, fell in love, and married him in Fort Riley, Kansas, on October 2, 1943, where he had been serving in the Army during WWII. After his release, they moved back to Blackfoot, Idaho where they lived and raised four children, Marilyn, Rick, Terry, and Pat. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Shirley was always a hard worker. In the 50's and 60's she was a waitress at the Colonial Inn for 13 years before getting her accounting degree. After graduation, she went to work for Basic American for a short time before starting a ten year career as the bookkeeper for Rockford Lumber. After retirement, she kept the books for her husband Rex's Parsons Tile Company until shortly after his sudden death in 1979. Back in 1972 they purchased 40 acres above Mackay, Idaho, along the Big Lost River on Bartlett Point Road. This place became the center of the Parsons' family gatherings from then until now and beyond. It has been the area of memories for five generations of descendants who value the time and activities spent there. In 1982 Shirley met and married Fredrick Wilson (Doc) Baker, DVM, from Wisconsin. Doc and Shirley spent many years at the Parsons' ranch above Mackay during the summer, then headed south every October to their winter home in Wickenburg, AZ. After Doc passed away in 2006, she decided to sell the Arizona place. She returned to her acreage on Highland Drive in Blackfoot where she had a house built and converted a piece of pasture into a beautiful yard and garden. She always enjoyed gardening, reading, daily crossword puzzles, and rarely missed a football, basketball, tennis or golf show on TV. Survivors included: daughter Marilyn (Jerry) Petersen of Blackfoot; son Pat Parsons of Idaho Falls; step children Dwight (Ali) Baker of Blackfoot, James (Diane) Baker of Lake Oswego, OR, Bruce (Karen) Baker of Wisconsin, Beth Ann Baker and Carol Comeau of Eagle River, Alaska, and Robert Baker of Mesa, AZ; eight grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and siblings John (Cathy) Marlow of Tilghman Island, MD, Jay (Nadine) Marlow of Blackfoot and Joan (Spencer) Belliston of Murray, UT; precedied by husbands Rex and Doc, sons Richard Adrian Parsons and William Terry Parsons, sister Marie (William Howell) Cornellison and infant brother Lowell. She wished to be cremated and have her ashes buried between husband Rex and son Rick. Graveside service held Saturday, October 9th under direction of Hawker Funeral Home. The service was viewed at https://www.hawkerfuneralhome.com/page/broadcasting. Memorial donations made to Salmon Valley Hospice, Blackfoot Branch.