Shirley Jane MANN

WEST ALBANY - Shirley Jane Mann King, 92, passed away on December 24, 2015. She was Predeceased by her loving husband of 61 years, Robert E. King; her parents, Charles H. Mann and Reva M. Wilson Mann; and brother, James W. Mann. Born in 1923 in Norfolk, Neb., Shirley was raised in a loving family. While growing up she lived in Missouri, Iowa and Wyoming. In 1941, Shirley graduated from high school in Creston, Iowa. Her family moved to Wyoming where she enrolled in nursing school at Wyoming General Hospital in Rock Springs. Graduating in 1944, Shirley started a career as a registered nurse in Cheyenne, Wyo. Her civilian nursing career was placed on hold to join the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Commissioned a 2nd lt. in 1945, Shirley served at the Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii and the 29th General Hospital in Okinawa, Japan and Seoul, Korea. Achieving the grade of 1st lt., Shirley was honorably discharged in 1946. Shirley proudly enjoyed serving her country and remained in contact with close, Army Nurse Corps friends her whole life. During nursing school, she cared for a young Army PFC Robert E. King from Albany who fell ill on a troop train passing through Rock Springs. They fell in love, corresponded throughout the war and were married in Cheyenne in 1949. Shirley moved to Albany and started her true life's work, raising and caring for her wonderful family. Shirley was a member of Pineview Community Church and supported the work of Christ locally and through missionaries in the US and abroad. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Colonie.

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