Shirley Lehman

SHIRLEY LEHMAN

West Liberty

Shirley Jean Schiele

Lehman, 87, died Friday, April 11, 2014, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, at First Church United, 1100 North Calhoun St., West Liberty. Visitation will be Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarker funeralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to West Liberty Fire and Rescue Unit or Mercy Hospice Care at Mercy Iowa City.

Shirley Jean Schiele was born Nov. 1, 1926, in a blizzard on the family farm north of West Liberty. She was a graduate of West Liberty High School in 1944 and later the University of Iowa in 1949. On Aug. 14, 1948, she was united in marriage to Walter Lehman in the house Shirley was born in.

She was a substitute teacher for many years. A lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church and now the First Church United, she belonged to American Association of University Women and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star for over 50 years.

Shirley supported the University of Iowa Foundation (Men's Athletics).

She enjoyed traveling, including Hawaii, Alaska and especially was fond of Disney World. One trip was a tour of New York where they had dinner at the top of the World Trade Center 10 days before 9/11/2001.

She enjoyed flowers, gardening, roses, animals (especially dogs and cats and she raised sheep), ballroom dancing with her husband, the Muscatine County Fair, family, friends and a card club that was started in the 1950. In recent years, one of her favorite things to do was go to JB's for lunch.

Survivors include her husband, Walt; son, Tom and daughter-in-law Susan; granddaughter, Trish (Dan) Anderson; grandson, Joe (Erika) Lehman; great-grandchildren, Addyson and Perry Lehman; and stepgreat-grandchildren, Xander and Madison Bieri.

She was preceded in death by her parents.