Obituary of Shirley Mae Tyrer

SHIRLEY TYRER A graveside service will be held for Shirley Tyrer, 75 of Chico, on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Cohasset. The Lord brought Shirley home on Sunday, May 4, 2008 after a short battle with cancer. She was born May 23, 1932 in Monmouth, Ill. She married Irving E. Tyrer May 23, 1950 in Richmond, CA. Shirley was a secretary for the Chico Unified School District for 22 years. Her survivors include her mother, Mildred Johnston, 96, of Belgrade, MT; brother, David Johnston of Belgrade, MT; four children, Melynda (Larry) Mendonca of Chico, CA, David Tyrer of Reno, NV, Carolyn (Jim) Lambert of Belgrade, MT, and Marcia (Mark) Dicus of Chico, CA; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Irving in 1987. Donations may be made in her memory to the Enloe Hospice in care of Bidwell Chapel