James, Mary, & Shirley
Old photograph taken in 1955. The following is written on the back:
"James Edward with Mary Havrilka & Shirley Havrilka
October 10, 1955"
Shirley was born on November 12, 1934 to Michael Havrilka and Mary Koval Havrilka in Binghamton, New York. She was raised in the town of Endicott, New York with her brother and her sister.
Shirley graduated from the Union Endicott High School in 1953. After graduation, she attended the Ridley Business School in Binghamton, New York. Upon completing her coursework at the business school, Shirley was employed by Bert’s Department Store and then Union Forging Works in Endicott before settling on a career with IBM. She was employed by IBM for 30 years and traveled across the country working for the company in New York, Maryland, and Colorado before retiring in Lompoc, California.
Shirley spent the first few years of her retirement in Lompoc. She eventually relocated to Sun Lakes, Arizona where she spent the remaining years of her life. Shirley Marie Havrilka died in Chandler, Arizona on June 3, 1999 at the age of 64 years.
According to her obituary, Shirley battled severe health problems throughout her entire life but she never let these problems prevent her from living a full life. She was remembered as a warm and generous person who had a lifelong love of children. Shirley was a lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a Freemasonic body with membership open to both men and women.
Shirley was never married and never had any children of her own. All of her pictures and mementos eventually wound up in the Mesa antique shop because there was nobody to claim them.
Shirley donated her body to science in the hope that the medical research could help other people. Her remains were eventually cremated and the ashes given to her younger sister, Virginia, who was residing in California. Virginia died in early 2014.
At one o’clock PM on July 17, 2014, Shirley and Virginia’s ashes were interred in the graves of their parents in the Riverhurst Cemetery in Endwell, New York. Neither Shirley nor Virginia was given a headstone.
James, Mary, & Shirley
Old photograph taken in 1955. The following is written on the back:
"James Edward with Mary Havrilka & Shirley Havrilka
October 10, 1955"
Shirley was born on November 12, 1934 to Michael Havrilka and Mary Koval Havrilka in Binghamton, New York. She was raised in the town of Endicott, New York with her brother and her sister.
Shirley graduated from the Union Endicott High School in 1953. After graduation, she attended the Ridley Business School in Binghamton, New York. Upon completing her coursework at the business school, Shirley was employed by Bert’s Department Store and then Union Forging Works in Endicott before settling on a career with IBM. She was employed by IBM for 30 years and traveled across the country working for the company in New York, Maryland, and Colorado before retiring in Lompoc, California.
Shirley spent the first few years of her retirement in Lompoc. She eventually relocated to Sun Lakes, Arizona where she spent the remaining years of her life. Shirley Marie Havrilka died in Chandler, Arizona on June 3, 1999 at the age of 64 years.
According to her obituary, Shirley battled severe health problems throughout her entire life but she never let these problems prevent her from living a full life. She was remembered as a warm and generous person who had a lifelong love of children. Shirley was a lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a Freemasonic body with membership open to both men and women.
Shirley was never married and never had any children of her own. All of her pictures and mementos eventually wound up in the Mesa antique shop because there was nobody to claim them.
Shirley donated her body to science in the hope that the medical research could help other people. Her remains were eventually cremated and the ashes given to her younger sister, Virginia, who was residing in California. Virginia died in early 2014.
At one o’clock PM on July 17, 2014, Shirley and Virginia’s ashes were interred in the graves of their parents in the Riverhurst Cemetery in Endwell, New York. Neither Shirley nor Virginia was given a headstone.