Monday, March 25, 2024

Shirley Loch 1935-2024

Shirley Marie Loch, 88, of Maryville, Missouri, passed from this life on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the Mosiac Medical Center in Maryville.

Shirley was born on April 9, 1935, in Hopkins, Missouri, her parents were Lowell A. and Inna Y. (Clymens) Hudson, and they preceded her in death.  She was also preceded in death by her infant brother, John Adrian.  

Shirley graduated high school in Hopkins, and worked many years in production at NEBS, in Maryville.  

On March 25, 1953, Shirley was united in marriage to Harlan E. Loch, in Gravity, Iowa.  They had lived for a time in Providence, Rhode Island, while Harlan was in the US Navy, then for many years in Hopkins, later moving to Maryville.  Shirley was a member of the First Baptist Church, Hopkins, Missouri.  

Harlan passed away on December 26, 1976.

She was an outdoor person and liked being out in the air.  She liked to travel and to go to Las Vegas.  She had dealt in antiques and she and sister had a booth at the Jesse James Antique Mall in St. Joseph, she also liked yard sales.  

Her survivors include her 4 children, Sherry Calhoun, Phoenix, Arizona, Vicky (John) Judah, Maryville, Missouri, Greg (Maureen Wilding) Loch, Kansas City, Missouri, and Pamela Barry, Canton, Georgia, her 3 sisters, Millie Allen, Siam, Iowa, Virginia Westergaard, Olean, Missouri, and Jessie (John) Dalbey, Corvallis, Montana, 7 grandchildren, Maggie (Brent) Rollins, Rachel (Brandon) Heck, Katie (Austin) Parman, Derek Loch, Bailey Herbst, Sarah (Kasey) Wright, and Sam (Ashley) Calhoun, 11 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.  The family extends a special thank you to her friend and neighbor, Bruce Bishop. 

Shirley has been cremated under the care of the Bram Funeral Home, Maryville, Missouri. 

Graveside services and burial will be at 1:00 PM, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, Missouri.  

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Mosaic Hospice, Maryville, Missouri.

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