Shirley May Williamson, 91

Shirley May Williamson died on November 2, 2016 at Crestview Manor in Webster City.

She was born in Vinton, Iowa on Sept. 20, 1925 to Harry and Flora Rollins Whitney.

Shirley first met Bob Williamson in Eldora, Iowa when they were in the first grade together. Shirley’s family eventually moved to Minneapolis but they kept in touch, and Shirley faithfully wrote to Bob during the war.

Shirley trusted in Jesus Christ as her savior while she was in Minneapolis and at the same time Bob received Christ as his savior while in the navy, and their letters telling each other crossed in the mail. After Bob was discharged and finished high school, he and Shirley were married in Minneapolis on June 30, 1946. After their marriage, they lived in Minneapolis for a few years, and then moved to Waterloo, Iowa. After retirement, the couple went to live in Montana where their son Tim and his family lived. While there, Shirley was active in the Methodist Church and the VFW Auxiliary. After 20 years in Montana, Shirley and Bob came back to Iowa to be near their daughter Becky.

Shirley’s family includes: son Tim and his wife Sue; daughter Becky and her husband Paul Koppen; 9 grandchildren: John Koppen, Amy Soderling, Michelle Williamson, Jenny Richardson, Matthew Williamson, Heidi Koppen, Katie Koppen, Emily Falcon and Jaydon Neimeyer, a friend who called her “Grandma”; and 4 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents, and her brother, Dean Whitney.