Shirley L. Fox Obituary (1937 - 2023)

Shirley L Fox, 81, of Butler, Pennsylvania, passed away on January 19, 2019 at the Concordia Lutheran Ministries where she lived for the last 2 years. She was born March 25, 1937 in Porter Township, Pennsylvania to the late William Jay Myers and the late Ethel Maye (Polliard) Myers. Shirley worked as a Registered Nurse at Butler Memorial Hospital retiring in October 1, 2000. She was a member of the Butler Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae . Shirley was Nurse of the Year in 1987 She was a member of Merdian Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed sewing but most of all she enjoyed her grandchildren and her family. She is survived by one son, David Fox and his wife Rebecca of Butler, PA; two daughters, Jayanne Cook and her husband Eric of Wyoming, MI, and Marlene Welch and her husband John of Indiana, PA; twelve grandchildren, Jordan Cook, Caleb Cook, Seth Cook and his wife Lydia, Ethan Cook and his wife McKenna, Nolan Fox and his wife Bethany, Allison Fox, Evaline Fox, Emma Welch, Laura Welch, Jack Welch, Sara Welch, Johanna Welch; two brothers, Donald J. Myers and his wife Karen of Rimersburg, PA and Ronald R. Myers and his wife Joan of Butler, PA; two sisters, Gladine E. Botzer of Clarion, PA, Marcia L. Gathers and her husband Dan of Rimersburg, PA; and number of nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Rawland D. (Raleigh) Fox whom she married on June 28, 1958 and who died May 21, 2018. Friends will be received Saturday, January 26, 2019, 9:30 am - 11:00 am at Meridian Presbyterian Church, 4150 Highland Avenue Butler, PA. Funeral service will be held immediately following at 11:00 a.m. with her son-in-law Pastor Eric Cook, officiating. Burial will take place in the St. John's Reformed Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Merdian Presbyterian Church, 4150 Highland Avenue, Butler, PA 16001 or to Seneca Hills Bible Camp, 276 Damascus Road, Polk, PA 16342.