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Shirley Pierce Roche

Posted 2020-08-22 by mhenderson
Published in The Miner on Aug. 20, 2020 -
Kingman, Arizona -

Shirley Pierce Roche was born on May 16, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois.
She graduated from Calumet High School in June of 1949. After
graduation she went to work with United Airlines as a ticket agent.
She always said this was her favorite job because she enjoyed the
interaction with the passengers and helping them get where they wanted
or needed to go. During her time at United Airlines she met her first
husband, Burt McPherson.

After a short courtship they married in January 1953. After losing
their first child to SIDS in 1954, Shirley and Burt decided to move to
Southern California to get a fresh start. While living in California
they had three more children, one daughter, Nancy, and two sons, Jeff
and Scott. As a family they enjoyed camping, boating, water skiing,
motorcycle riding and rock hounding. Actually, the rock hounding was
Shirley’s idea and everyone else went along for the ride, not because
they wanted to.

Shirley always had a lot of hobbies. She beautifully landscaped the
front and backyard of every home she ever lived in. She was a
wonderful cook, loved to sew, decorate, garden and even had a custom
knitting and crocheting business making many beautiful outfits,
sweaters and afghans. Along with raising a family and her hobbies,
Shirley worked as an electronics purchasing agent and buyer for many
years. She had great fun doing this job because she enjoyed getting
the best price for everything (she always loved a bargain) while
spending someone else’s money doing it. After their children were
raised and out of the house, Shirley and Burt moved to Bullhead City,
Arizona. They enjoyed many hours boating and watching the sunset on
the Colorado River which was right outside of their back door. When
Burt passed away unexpectedly in 1984, Shirley found herself going
back to work.

She took a course in applying acrylic nails but after passing the
test, couldn’t sit still long enough to do it. At this point, she
decided to become a real estate agent. After getting her license, she
sold homes and taught toll painting and weaving at the community
college part time.

In 1986, Shirley met and married her second husband Bill Yeargin and
moved to Kingman, Arizona. Together they enjoyed selling real estate,
camping, fishing, hunting and competing in chili cook-offs all over
Arizona, California, Texas and Baja Mexico. Unfortunately, Bill passed
away in 2007 after a four-year battle with a progressively
debilitating disease. Alone again, Shirley began traveling with her
friends and enjoyed life as a single lady, probably thinking at 78
years old she would never marry again.

Well surprise…In 2008 Shirley met Bob Mulcahy, and they married in
February 2009. They enjoyed lots of conversation, going to church,
some traveling and frequenting the Elks Lodge for meals, activities
and dancing.

Sadly, Bob passed away unexpectedly in March of 2017. At that point,
her daughter Nancy scooped her up and moved her to John Day, Oregon
where they were able to live much closer to each other and spend lots
of enjoyable time together.

Shirley is predeceased by her parents, infant daughter Kim, brother
Bob Roche and three husbands, Burt, Bill and Bob. She is survived by
her daughter, Nancy (Greg) Burns, sons, Jeff (Misty) McPherson and
Scott McPherson. She will be interned at Canyon City Cemetery in
Canyon City, Oregon in September 2020.





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