Shirley Lee Atkinson, 85, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 8:39 pm, Sunday, October 16, 2022, at Parkview Huntington Hospital. She was born on September 13, 1937, in Wabash County, Indiana, to Philip and Emma (Stouffer) Roser.
Shirley was a 1955 graduate of Noble High School. She married Harold L. Atkinson at the Zion Lutheran Church in Wabash on June 24, 1956; he died September 15, 2016. Shirley worked for Wabash Magnetics and Denney Motor Sales. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Cozy Homemakers Home-Ec club, and was a volunteer with F.I.S.H. Shirley enjoyed reading, working puzzles, was a huge Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers fan, and also enjoyed watching all sports.
She is survived by two children, Kevin (Jeanne) Atkinson of Wabash, and Melinda (Curtis) Nickles of Lapel, Indiana, six grandchildren; Anna (Anthony) Vice of Columbia City, Indiana, Alison (Aaron) Keppel of Wabash, Christopher Nickles and John Thomas Nickles, both of Lapel, Laura (Cory) Rogers of Pendleton, Indiana, and Craig (Hope Lynch) Moorman of Gas City, Indiana, seven great-grandchildren, and sisters and brother, Betty McKillip, Peggy Riggs, Mary Alice (Fred) Reed, Marcella (Tom) Houlihan, and Carolyn (Don) Everest, all of Wabash, and Robert Roser of Lebanon, Missouri. She was also preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Vern, James, Philip H. “Dan”, and Don Roser, and six sisters, Martha Shaffer, Ardith Smith, Catherine Clupper, Lois Fleshhood, Phoebe Ridenour, and Helen Hoppes.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Friday, October 21, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church, 173 Hale Drive, Wabash, with Pastor Jerry Gauthier officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4:00 – 7:00 pm, Thursday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash.
Preferred memorials are Zion Lutheran Church or F.I.S.H..
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