In Memory
Shirley Ruth Muffley Wallen
- Birth
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Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
- Death
- 26 Nov 2013 (aged 85)
McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
Shirley Ruth (Muffley) Wallen, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Willow Ridge Retirement Center, McCook, Nebraska. Shirley was born September 10, 1928 in Galesburg, Illinois.
Her family moved to McCook, Nebraska in 1937. She graduated from McCook (NE.) High School in 1946 and McCook (NE.) Junior College in 1948. Following her college graduation, Shirley then taught in the McCook (NE.) Public Schools.
On June 12, 1949 she married her high school sweetheart, Donald Orman Wallen. The couple lived on a farm southwest of McCook, Nebraska. They were blessed with three children; Marcia, Janet and Craig. She worked as a farm wife and mother, supporting the family farm ranch operation, Driftwood Farms, with her excellent bookkeeping skills.
In 1997 they retired to their home on West 3rd in McCook, and lived there together until Don's death in 2005. Shirley continued to reside in their home until recent weeks.
Shirley devoted herself in loving service to her family and community. She was a member of the Memorial United Methodist Church, McCook, Nebraska for 76 years. Shirley was active in the church, in UMW and PEO, as well as a 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher and a member of the Gloom Chasers Extension Club, active in the Stone Church, the Wheat Growers Association and the Red Willow County Extension Board.
Shirley loved her grandchildren and both Bison and Cornhusker football.
Shirley was preceded in death by: husband, Donald Orman "Don" Wallen; parents, Robert and Frances (Lindstorm) Muffley and mother and father-in-law, Lynn and Alice Wallen.
Survivors are: children, Marcia Wallen and husband, Peter Fisher of Rancho Santa Fe, California, Janet Rabinowitz and husband Fred of Redlands, California and Craig Wallen and wife, Linda of McCook, Nebraska; brother, Gary Muffley and wife, Kathryn of Asheville, North Carolina; grandchildren, Milia and Michaela Fisher of Rancho Santa Fe, California, Karina and Jared Rabinowitz of Redlands, California and Shane and Travis Wallen of McCook, Nebraska; sister-in-law, Donna and husband, Hoagy Carmichael of Sun City, Arizona; brother-in-law, Bob Wallen and wife, Carolee of McCook, Nebraska and a host of family and friends.
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