Memorial services for Curtis Shirley will be Friday, May 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend John Clapp, pastor, Alva Bible Baptist Church officiating. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Curtis Lynn Shirley was born to Charles and Cherry Shirley on January 18, 1958, in Topeka, Kansas, and passed from this life at Share Convalescent Home in Alva, with his wife Shelley and family by his side, on Sunday April 15, 2018, at the age of 60 years old.
Curtis served in the Kansas National Guard and learned auto mechanics. He was a man of many talents, working on just about anything. Fishing (by hand or with a rod and reel), bowling, playing bingo or trying his luck on the slot machines were some of his favorite past-times.
Curtis had two children from a previous marriage, Curtis Lynn Shirley Jr. and Patrica (Tricia) Enos. Curtis met his wife Shelley in the Osage City, Kansas, area and they were united in marriage on October 6, 198,3 in Lyndon, Kansas. Shelley had three children, Christina Madison, Pete Ortiz and John Ortiz, that Curtis and Shelley raised together. They continued to live in the Osage City area several years before moving to Burlington, Oklahoma, in the summer of 1984.
Curtis was a farm hand for several local farmers and did some mechanical work on the side to help support his family. Curtis continued working as a farm hand for approximately 7 years before becoming an over-the-road truck driver. During this time, they had moved from Burlington to Cherokee, Oklahoma, and then finally to Alva to be closer to his children and grandchildren. He then retired due to his diminishing health and tried to help at the Alva's Market when he could. His family said they could never keep him from doing small engine repairs, even though his body was telling him otherwise.
He was preceded in death by both of his parents, Charles and Cherry; two brothers, Charles and Corwyn (Corky); and one daughter, Christin.
He is survived by his wife Shelley of Alva; four sons, Curtis Lynn Shirley Jr of Illinois, Pete Ortiz of Helena, John Ortiz of Alva, and Corwyn Madison Shirley (son/grandson) of Alva; one daughter, Patricia Enos of Oologah, Oklahoma; one sister, Cheryl Czerniak of Amorita; one brother, Craig Shirley of Edmond; and three half-siblings, Candace Noonan, Elwood Miller Jr. and Amy Tyson.
Curtis has seven grandchildren, Jessica Ortiz, Brooke Willyard, Joseph Ortiz, Mason and Isebell Enos, Serenitie Shirley, and Richard Shirley.
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