Shirley Ann Smith was born December 6, 1923, daughter of Verle and Bertha (Luther) Smith. She died Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

She received her education in public school graduating from Marble Rock High School in 1941. Shirley married Earl Herman at Immaculate Conception Church in Charles City on February 6, 1943. This union was blessed with four children. Shirley and her husband farmed in the Greene area for the next 42 years. In 1985, they retired from farming and moved into town.

Shirley and her family were faithful members of St. Mary Catholic Church in Greene. She found pleasure in cooking, baking (especially homemade dinner rolls), gardening, canning, quilting, caring for the chickens, dancing and hunting mushrooms at the scout grounds. Shirley loved to travel and visited California, Florida, Canada, Las Vegas and South Dakota. Most of all Shirley treasured time with her family.

Living family members include her four children:

Carol (Jim) Weaver of Rockwell;

Beverly (Gary) Boveia of Waverly;

Ron (Kathy) Herman of Greene;

Connie (Doug) Litterer of Greene;

grandchildren: Brenda Reed, Michele (Tim) Casey, Tracy (Mike) Martzahn, Sara (Marty) Adelmund, Chad (Heidi) Herman, Andy (Nikki) Herman, Kristy (Jeremy) Hovde, Tony (Dana Folkerts) Boveia, Joseph (Kristi) Boveia, Shawn (Molly) Litterer;

18 great grandchildren,

many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Earl, her parents, three sisters, one brother and a grandson, Derek Herman.

Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 20, 2014, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Greene. Rev. Msgr. Walter Brunkan will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Greene. Visitation will be 3:00-5:00 p.m., Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Retz Funeral Home, 519 N. First St. Greene with a Rosary Service at 5:00 p.m. conducted by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.