Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 28, 2023 at Cullen Funeral Home, 612 W. Foxwood Dr. Raymore, Missouri 64083.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 5901 E. 135th St., Grandview, Missouri 64030. Shirley will then be laid to rest at Raymore Cemetery in Raymore, Missouri.
Shirley was born on October 20, 1937 in Dodge City, Kansas to Roy W. Speer and Lillian C. Corcoran. After graduating high school, Shirley continued her education. In the early summer of 1965, she was joined in marriage with her husband William Baum on May 13th. In life, Shirley was a faithful member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Grandview and a member of the Red Hat Society. She loved to read, sew, and tend to her flowers.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Lillian Speer; twin brother, Stanley Speer; brother, Gale Speer; three sisters, Dorothy Brown, Rosalind Backus, and Theresa Speer; and two grandsons, Brent Sommerville and Stanley Harlan.
Here to cherish her memory are her loving husband of fifty-eight years, William Baum; seven children, Athena Bachtel (Kenneth), Diane Courtney, Jennifer Forester, Julie Messina (Don), Pamela Cottrill, Elizabeth Baum, and Sarah Coleman; sister, Madeleine Black; seventeen grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church as addressed above.
Shirley was born on October 20, 1937 in Dodge City, Kansas to Roy W. Speer and Lillian C. Corcoran. After graduating high school, Shirley continued her education. In the early summer of 1965, she was joined in marriage with her husband William Baum on May 13th. In life, Shirley was a faithful member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Grandview and a member of the Red Hat Society. She loved to read, sew, and tend to her flowers.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Lillian Speer; twin brother, Stanley Speer; brother, Gale Speer; three sisters, Dorothy Brown, Rosalind Backus, and Theresa Speer; and two grandsons, Brent Sommerville and Stanley Harlan.
Here to cherish her memory are her loving husband of fifty-eight years, William Baum; seven children, Athena Bachtel (Kenneth), Diane Courtney, Jennifer Forester, Julie Messina (Don), Pamela Cottrill, Elizabeth Baum, and Sarah Coleman; sister, Madeleine Black; seventeen grandchildren; and seventeen great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church as addressed above.
