Shirley Mae Sturges

September 6, 1929 - December 30, 2015

Shirley M. Sturges, 86 of Rockwell, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at the Rockwell Community Nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Tuesday, January 5th, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church, 21 3rd ST. NW, Rockford. Officiating will be the Rev. Martha Bennett. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 pm, Monday at the Fullerton Funeral Home,302 W Main Ave. Rockford. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford. Shirley was born on September 6, 1929 the daughter of Glen and Mary (Rassmussen) Mosher. She graduated from the Rockford High School and then received her teaching assistant degree from Upper Iowa College. After working for a short time she was united in marriage to Roger Jeffrey in 1948 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They made their home on the farm in Rockford where she helped with all the farm work. Roger preceded her in death in 1975. In 1979 she was married to Harley Sturges at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rockwell, and they remained on the family farm until 1983 when they built a home in Rockwell. Harley preceded her in death in 2012. She enjoyed hosting the neighborhood coffee group at Rockford and continued with afternoon coffees in Rockwell. Some of her favorite trips were to Vegas with Harley and later with all of the girls in the family including three generations. Shirley was a voracious reader of all types of literature. She also collected many different types of clowns over the years. Left to cherish her memory are her three of four children, Pam and her husband Mike Ryner, Nora Springs; Randy and his wife Denise Jeffrey, Rockford; and Pat Jeffrey of Rockwell, also a daughter-in-law Sandy Jeffrey of Osage, six grandchildren, Andy, Tony and Aaron Jeffrey, C.J. Ryner, Kim Heit and Chris Rodamaker, nine great grandchildren, and sister-in-laws Barb Mosher of Colfax, Ia. and Doris Jeffrey of Rockford Ia. Her parents, both husbands, her son Nick Jeffrey, and a brother Morris Mosher preceded her in death. Arrangements are with Fullerton Schumburg Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 302 West Main, Rockford, Iowa 50468 641-756-3311, www.Fullertonfh.com, Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhomes