Shirley
Jane Crosby
Shirley
Jane Crosby went to heaven on Easter Sunday, March 24th
2008.
Born
in 1936 in Stroudsburg, PA to Jasper and Gladys Adams,
she was
the
oldest of 5 children.
Friends
may call on Tuesday (March 25), from 4-7PM at the
Cheney Funeral Home 70 Main Street, Phelps. A
celebration of Shirley’s life will be on Wednesday
at 10AM at Park Presbyterian Church in Newark.
She will be laid to rest next to her husband
Chet in Resthaven Cemetery in Phelps.
She
was a dedicated teacher in the Phelps-Clifton Springs
school district for 30 years. She was a devoted member
of Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Sorority.
She
was a past president of the Omega Chapter and served
as State Parliamentarian.
She also belonged to the Finger Lakes Chorale,
the Phelps Clifton Springs Community Theater, the
Phelps Croquet Club and the Phelps-Clifton Springs
Retired Teachers Association. She was a past president
of the Phelps Rotary Club and a current member of the
Newark Rotary Club. She was an advocate for organ
donations and did many presentations throughout the
area. She was voted the Phelps/Clifton Springs
Business and Professional Women’s Club Woman of the
Year in 1999. She was active in the United Church of Phelps for many years
and was a current member of Park Presbyterian Church.
The
path to heaven was paved for her by her soul mate,
Chet Crosby, her parents Gladys and Jasper and her
sisters, Joan Tuthill, Jean Adams and Elvene Kresge.
She will be forever remembered by her children, Scott
Milsom, Tracy and John Clingerman, her grandchildren,
Sean Milsom and Chloe Pieters. Her step granchildren,
Karli and Zackery Clingerman. Her step-daughters
Rachel Riccione, Susan, Julie and Vivian Crosby. Her
uncle John Adams. Her brother Bill ( Ruth) Adams.
Several nieces and nephews.
Her close circle of friends who held her in
constant light, her loving sisters in Delta Kappa
Gamma, her
devoted caregivers
at the Geneva Dialysis Center and the Clifton Springs
Hospital and Clinic.
In
lieu of flowers, please feel free to make
contributions to Finger Lakes Health Dialysis Unit,
196 North Street, Geneva, NY 14456 or Delta Kappa
Gamma Omega Chapter, in care of Marguerite Wiegand, 53
Catherine Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424. In lieu of
contributions, please sign an organ donor card and/or
hug a child and think of her.
