Shirley Ann Shanabarger, 85, of Wabash, Indiana, died 8:50 am, Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Wellbrooke of Wabash. She was born on March 13, 1936, in Wabash, Indiana, to Ralph E. and Lura Delight (Kistler) Bakehorn.
Shirley was a graduate of Wabash High School. She married John Anthony Shanabarger in Wabash on March 13, 1955; he died May 6, 2005. Shirley was a homemaker and a member of the St. Bernard Catholic Church in Wabash. She enjoyed time with her family and visiting with people she saw around town and at the rummage sales where she liked to find a good bargain.
She is survived by three children, Sherry Marie (Joaquin SanChez) Shanabarger of Seattle, Washington, John Daniel (Peggy) Shanabarger of Sussex, Wisconsin, and Lisa Diane Shanabarger of Wabash; three granddaughters, Rachel Jane Shanabarger and Mary Grace Shanabarger, both of Sussex, and Ann Marie Shanabarger of De Pere, Wisconsin. She was also preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Anthony Michael Shanabarger; six brothers, Joseph, LeRoy, Harold, Truman, Paul, and Ralph Bakehorn, Jr.; and three sisters, Louise Thixton, Mildred Bullins, and Betty Jean Brim. Shirley was the last of her ten siblings to die.
Born and married on a Friday the 13th, Shirley will also be buried on a Friday the 13th, a day she always considered lucky.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm, Friday, August 13, 2021, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 188 W. Sinclair, Wabash, with Father Paul Cochran officiating. Burial will be in Mississinewa Cemetery, Somerset. Friends may call 3-7pm Thursday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 pm on Thursday at the funeral home.
The memorial guest book for Shirley may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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