Shirley Jean (Meyer) Kiefer was born on December 15, 1950 in Batesville, Indiana and passed into eternal peace on November 16, 2016 in Greensburg, Indiana.
She was born to the late Wilbur J. and Cornelia S. “Connie” (Schebler) Meyer of Hamburg, Indiana.
The eldest of five siblings, growing up on the family farm in Hamburg, Indiana, she graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy in Oldenburg.
She was married to Roy G. Kiefer on September 14, 1974, and was a lifelong homemaker, loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, and aunt.
Shirley had worked for five years at Hill-Rom in Batesville, had been a member of the St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Hamburg where she loved singing in the choir. Shirley did not know a stranger and befriended all those in need of a smile. She had a love for taking care of others, baking home cooked meals, serving sweet tea, sending cards / handwritten notes, and making afghans.
She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Roy G. Kiefer, Greensburg; daughter, Shannon Day, Greensburg; three grandchildren, Rhegan Day, Madelyn Day, and Jimmie Day all of Greensburg; four siblings, Gene (Andie) Meyer, Hamburg, Wanda (Larry) Lecher, Greensburg, Donna Kieffer, Greensburg, and Bernard (Kim) Meyer, Hamburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Family and friends will gather at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home to pray the rosary. Visitation will follow the rosary until 7:00 p.m. at the Porter-Oliger-Pearson Funeral Home in Greensburg.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Oldenburg with Rev. David Kobak officiating.
Interment will be held in the St. Anne’s Catholic Cemetery in Hamburg.
Memorials may be made to the Decatur County 4 Kids.
Online condolences can be made to the family at www.popfuneralhome.com