McGlynn, Shirley Mae(Kerschner-Gore)          wife of James Norbert’Jim”

Burial: 2017,  11/20                   Age: 82                  Lot: 1115 D

Shirley M. McGlynn
STERLING – Shirley M. McGlynn, 82, of Sterling, passed away November 16, 2017, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. She was born September 13, 1935, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Clarence Edwin ‘Edd’ and  Elizabeth Isabel ‘Mable’ Faler Gore.

Shirley was raised by her mother’s cousin, Mabel Faler and her husband, Ed Gore, after her birth parents’ early death.
Shirley graduated from Alden High School with the class of 1954. She was a lifelong Sterling resident. Shirley was a farm wife and owned and operated Shirley’s Hallmark in Sterling. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Alden and Sterling; Women’s Sorosis; former member of the Sterling Presbyterian Manor Board; Sterling Chamber of Commerce; and Sterling Women’s Bowling League. On August 8, 1953, Shirley was united in marriage with James N. McGlynn in Chase, KS. He preceded her in death on September 7, 2013.
She is also preceded in death by her parents; brother, Colonel Clark Kershner; and sister, Dorothy Dee Evans. She is survived by two sons; Greg and Carrie McGlynn, Tracy and Jennifer McGlynn, both of Sterling; two daughters, Stacy McGlynn of Hutchinson, and Tammy McGlynn of Dallas, TX; brother, Donald and Dorothy Kershner of Columbus, OH; three grandchildren, Cooper, James, and Kate McGlynn; and several beloved nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 20, 2017, at the United Methodist Church, Sterling with Rev. Jeff Miller officiating. Burial will be at the Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling with family present from 2 to 4 p.m.
Memorials can be made to United Methodist Church, Sterling or Sterling Presbyterian Manor in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.

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The Emporia [KS] Gazette, 28 Dec 1938, Wed

Killed by a train

Liberal, Dec. 28 (AP) — Clark LaVerne Kershner, 34, the widower father of three children who recently was called back to work after a long lay off by the Rock Island railroad, was killed in a switching train accident in the yards here today. The three children, Donald, 12, Clark Laverne, Jr., 10, and Shirley Mae, 3, have been living with Kershner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kershner, at Hutchinson.

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