Shirley Winner-Snell of Bull Shoals, AR, formerly of Grand Rapids, MI went home to Jesus on Sunday Dec. 31, 2017. She was born in the spring of 1935 to the late Robert and Virginia Howe. Shirley married her high school sweetheart Robert “Bob” Winner in May of 1952. They lived in the Grand Rapids area until 1980 when they moved to Tyrone, OK. In June of 2009 Shirley married Donald Snell of CA and settled in Bull Shoals, AR. Shirley is survived by her four sons, Timothy (Sheryl), David (Kathy), Robert (Rose), Mark (Kristi) Winner and daughter Mary (Dan) Randall; 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; brothers, Robert (“Mickey”), Leon (Trish), and Larry (Wendy) Howe. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Bob, 1991 and her second husband, Don, in 2013. Shirley enjoyed crocheting, knitting, gardening, watching the wildlife in her back yard and her three dogs “her babies” and two cats. For the last couple of years Shirley was loved and cared for by dear friends Laurie and Shannon Johnson. Visitation will be held at Reyers North Valley Chapel on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 from 5-8pm. Shirley’s funeral service will also be held at the funeral home on Monday, Jan. 8, 2017 at 2pm. An additional visitation will be held two hours prior to the funeral beginning at 12 noon. She will be laid to rest in Fairplains Cemetery.
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