Mary J. Brown Shorts,
age 93, of Butler, went home to be with the Lord
on Saturday December 31, 2011 at the Saxony
Health Center we she resided after a short
illness.
Born in Butler on June
23,1918, she was the daughter of the late Frank
W. Brown and Clara Stickle Brown.
Mary was a lifelong
resident of Butler. She was a former member of
the First Baptist Church in Butler. During her
life she worked various jobs, but her main
purpose was being a homemaker and raising her
four children, and enjoying her many
grandchildren in later years. She was a lover of
animals and would take in any stray cat that
came along. She will be greatly missed.
She is survived two
sons; Jerry Shorts and his wife Sandy of
Cortland, OH and Tom Shorts of Butler, PA; one
daughter, with whom she shared a home, Sharon
Norris of Butler, PA; her daughter-in-law Sue
Koegler, of Butler, PA; ten grandchildren, Tina
Sindledecker and her husband Brian, Mary Ann
Minette, Kevin Shorts and his wife Sally, Tammi
Rossi and her husband Chris, Bill Norris and his
wife April, Joe Norris and his fiancée Jaecey,
Janine Thoma and her husband Matt, Tiffany
Kriberney and her husband Andy, Andraya Gealey
and her husband Bill, Rob Shorts and his wife
Jackie; twenty-two great grandchildren.
In addition to her
parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, William G. Shorts, who passed away
March 16, 1975; one son, Larry Shorts and one
grandson, Rory Shorts.
Friends will be
received from 10:00 a.m. to Noon on Tuesday,
January 3, 2012
at Thompson - Miller Funeral
Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA.
Funeral services will be held immediately
following at Noon at the funeral home with
Pastor John Neyman of Homewood Baptist Church
officiating.
Burial will take place in
the Brownsdale Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may
be made to the VNA Hospice, 115 Technology
Drive, Butler, PA 16001.
