Shirley Lamson Chaney
March 6, 1931-June 5, 2008
June 10, 2008
A memorial service for Shirley Lamson Chaney, 77, of DeKalb, Ill., will be
at 11 a.m. June 21 at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb,
Ill. The family will greet friends after the service, where a luncheon will
be prepared at the church.
Shirley passed peacefully Thursday, June 5, 2008, at the Oak Crest
Retirement Center in DeKalb, Ill. She was born March 6, 1931, in Newark,
daughter of John R. and Martha Lamson. She married David E. Chaney on April
8, 1953, in Newark.
Shirley is survived by one son, Stephen A. (Melinda) Chaney, of Shabbona,
Ill.; two daughters, Cynthia K. Chaney, of DeKalb, Ill., and Susan Lynn
(Michael) Sheets, of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren, Nathan, Matthew,
Morgan, Meghan and Jeremy; and four grand-dogs.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, the Rev. David
E. Chaney, in 2003.
Please omit flowers and memorials can be made for Shirley Chaney in care of
the Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178.
For information, call (815) 895-2833. To sign the online guest book, go to
www.daily-chronicle.com/obits.
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