1953
Shirley
2011
Shirley Jean Themm (LaFave)
December 11, 1953 — May 23, 2011
SIOUX CITY -- Shirley Jean Themm, 58, of Sioux City died Monday, May 23, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City.
Services will be 7 p.m. today at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.
Shirley was born Dec. 11, 1953 in Sioux City. She moved as a young child to California where she attended school and graduated from Narbonne High School.
She married Charles Themm on June 24, 1972. They lived in California until returning to Sioux City in the late 1980s.
In her younger years, Shirley did charity work. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and chilaxin' with the homies. She was a mother to many stray children. Shirley also liked animals.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Themm; a son, Charles and Katy Themm III of Sioux City; five daughters, Crystal and Ben Newberry of Baldwin, Mich., Elizabeth Themm of Sioux City, Bobie and Frank Martinez of Sioux City, Connie and Pete Coverdell of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Andrea and Eric Bode of Fremont, Neb.; 17 grandchildren; her mother, Sherri LaFave Myers of Sioux City; and seven sisters, with Aunt Kimmy and Aunt Debbie being the coolest.
She was preceded in death by her father, Norman LaFave; and a brother.
Services will be 7 p.m. today at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel.
Shirley was born Dec. 11, 1953 in Sioux City. She moved as a young child to California where she attended school and graduated from Narbonne High School.
She married Charles Themm on June 24, 1972. They lived in California until returning to Sioux City in the late 1980s.
In her younger years, Shirley did charity work. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and chilaxin' with the homies. She was a mother to many stray children. Shirley also liked animals.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Themm; a son, Charles and Katy Themm III of Sioux City; five daughters, Crystal and Ben Newberry of Baldwin, Mich., Elizabeth Themm of Sioux City, Bobie and Frank Martinez of Sioux City, Connie and Pete Coverdell of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Andrea and Eric Bode of Fremont, Neb.; 17 grandchildren; her mother, Sherri LaFave Myers of Sioux City; and seven sisters, with Aunt Kimmy and Aunt Debbie being the coolest.
She was preceded in death by her father, Norman LaFave; and a brother.
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