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Obituaries for 1/05/08
Shirley Jeanette Graham
Shirley Jeanette Graham, 76, of Arkansas City, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at her residence with family and friends at her side.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home of Arkansas City. Interment will follow in the Hope Cemetery.
Shirley was born Dec. 8, 1931, in Arkansas City. She was raised by her mother Edith "Pug" Morton and stepfather, Howard Morton Sr., and educated in Arkansas City. Shirley attended IXL Elementary, Arkansas City Junior High and Arkansas City High School, graduating in 1949. She then completed aviation training. She was baptized Presbyterian and active in all church functions. She trained her children "the way they should go." In 1978, she was baptized Pentecostal and her pastor was Lottie Adams. She developed a close relationship with her Savior and was a great prayer warrior. She prayed constantly and often with intercessory prayers. On April 4, 1950, she married Kenneth Graham in Arkansas City where the couple made their home and where blessed with three children. Shirley furthered her education by attending licensed practical nurse training at Blackwell School of Nursing. The school was owned and taught by the Felician Sisters of the eastern state, Massachusetts and New Jersey, graduating with highest honors in 1967. With her LPN license in hand, she continued to excel in her nursing skills throughout her lifetime.
As a young lady, Shirley worked at Arkansas City Memorial Hospital, AC Office Building with doctors Morton, Clayton, Aucar and Hinshaw, Summit Clinic with doctors
Alvarez and Green; Winfield Memorial Hospital and Ponca City Hospital. Shirley participated in the ribbon cutting for Valley View South Nursing Homes, currently
Medicalodges East and North. She was nursing director for Valley View South. She continued to utilize her nursing skills at the Dexter
Care Center. In 1985, she
received correctional officer training at the Winfield Correctional Prerelease Center. Shirley worked a brief time as
a corrections officer, before the facility discovered her nursing ability. She also worked as a private sitter and traveling nurse for care. She was well known for her extreme intelligence, nursing skills and smiling face. Shirley was one of the greatest nurses who ever lived. She cared for her family, friends, coworkers and patients. She never met a stranger and was not just a nurse to one, but to all. Her hobbies include the following: reading, cooking, singing, dancing, family get-togethers, keeping track of family history and attending family school activities.
Shirley is survived by her daughter, Marilyn Poo, and husband, Joe, of Arkansas City; sons, Kenneth "Sonny" Graham, and wife, Peggy, of Anacoco, La., Timothy "Timmy" Graham, and wife, Jennifer, of Newkirk, Okla.; care giver of 10 years and granddaughter, Amy Lorg, of the home; half-brother, Howard L. Morton Jr., of Arkansas City; half-sister, Linda Linck, of Kansas City, Mo.; grandchildren, Stony Graham, Nikki Tharp, Clayton Graham, Brittni Graham and Hunter Graham; great-grandchildren, Justice Anderson and Presli Tharp.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Kenneth, in 1998, and stepson, Terry Graham.
A memorial has been established with Hospice Care of Kansas. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home of Arkansas City of Arkansas City is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made at: www.rindt-erdman.com
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