Shirley (Maxine) Parr Stadler was born September 29, 1920 and died May
16, 2015, one of five daughters born to
Shirley O. and Edna Parr of Rossville, Kansas.
Shirley graduated from Rossville High
and married her high school sweetheart, Joseph V. Stadler. The newly
married couple moved to Bremerton, Washington where they raised 3
children. After Joe retired they spent some years in Phoenix, Arizona and Joe died there in 1996. Shirley has since resided in
Yakima, Washington until her passing .
Shirley was a most gracious and loving
woman and her family was everything to her. She was also a proud DAR
member until she was into her 80s.
She survived by her son Larry Joe
Stadler and his wife, Donna, who live in Wickenberg, Arizona; and
daughter Barbara Lorene Thomas who resides in Centralia, Washington.
There is one surviving sister, Thelma Martin of Topeka, Kansas and
numerous other family members .
Her son Walter Lee Stadler died in
Harrington, Maine in 2011 and a grandson, Scott Stadler died in Yakima, Washington in 1982.
Shirley and Joe’s 3 children blessed
them with 8 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and 7 great great
grandchildren. She was their “GG” and she will be missed.
A Private Memorial for the immediate
family in Yakima has taken place.