Shirley Marie Epley's Obituary
Shirley Marie Huffhines Epley
Memorials services for Shirley Marie Huffhines Epley, age 90, will be held on Thursday, September 15th at 2:00 pm at the Wildwood Chapel, Restland Funeral Home and Cemetery on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Epley passed away on August 29 at Dallas Regional Medical Center in Mesquite, Texas.
Shirley Epley was born in Dallas, Texas, to James C. Huffhines and Gladys Ealy Huffines on October 27, 1931. Shirley worked as a Quality Control Technician Supervisor for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas before retiring to a full-time occupation of a homemaker and raising her children.
Shirley is survived by three of her children: daughter Chris Swain and husband Garry of Mesquite, Texas; son Scott Epley and wife Carolyn of The Hills, Texas; and son James Epley and wife Karen of Fredericksburg, Virginia; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Shirley is preceded in death by her husband Kennith Wayne Epley, sons Kennith Wayne Epley, Jr. and Guy Kennith Epley, parents James C. Huffhines and Gladys Ealy Huffhines, and brother Donald F. Huffhines.
Shirley lived a great life. She married her high school sweetheart Kennith, which continued 71 years until his death. Valedictorian of her high school class, Shirley also enjoyed athletics in addition to academics. She raised her children in Richardson and in the country outside of Bonham, Texas.
Shirley loved gardening, quilting, crocheting, and reading. She was also very adventurous and traveled to many places in the world, including Canada, Europe, Central America, and Australia to name a few. Whether it was visiting Castle Braun (aka, Dracula’s castle in the Carpathian Mountains of central Romania), to jumping off 60 foot high cliffs down to the water at an Arkansas lake, she knew no boundaries. In her forties she learned to snow ski and traveled with her husband and other family members to numerous ski areas in New Mexico, Colorado and beyond. In her sixties, she learned to fly, earning her pilot’s license and flying across the country to national events in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Lakeland, Florida. She loved to fly her Cessna 150 all around and taught many others to fly from the runway built in the pasture behind her home. She made lifelong friends in the flying community.
Shirley celebrated life and brought joy to many others. Never one to pass up a good margarita, her laughter and spirit will live on in our memories.
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