Individual Details
Robert Lloyd Shirley
(24 May 1933 - 8 Mar 2008)
Robert Lloyd Shirley, 74, formerly of Flagstaff, died on Saturday, March 8, 2008, in Salt Lake City, after a 10-month battle with kidney cancer.
He was born on May 24, 1933, in Gordo, Ala., to George Malcolm Shirley and Mabel Moss Shirley, then sharecroppers, and later grocers and restaurant owners.
Raised in Bessemer, Ala., he excelled academically in high school, and was awarded a scholarship to Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1955 and met his future wife, Mary Coe (Molly) Lind, of Winnetka, Ill. They were married while he was serving as a Naval officer and navigator aboard the U.S.S. Hancock.
After his naval service, he entered the Harvard University School of Business. Moving to Evanston, Ill., after earning his MBA in 1960, he worked in a number of businesses before founding Lind-Shirley Associates, a financial consulting firm.
He later became a founding partner of David M. Griffith and Associates, retiring from that company in 1986. In 1989, he and Molly moved to Flagstaff, where they were active in Flagstaff Federated Community Church and in supporting gay rights, in which cause they helped found PFLAG Flagstaff.
On Valentine's Day, 2001, they sold their house and moved into their minivan to travel, which they did until his illness took them off the road.
He loved his family, social justice, garden-fresh tomatoes, poker, computers and golf.
In addition to his wife, Molly, he is survived by children Michael Hathorn Shirley (Debra Shirley), of Tuscola, Ill.; Sarah Ann Shirley (Bob Branham), of Andalusia, Ala.; and Peter Schuyler Shirley (Jean Buckley), of Salt Lake City; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Elizabeth Lind Shirley, who died in 1962.
A memorial service will be Wednesday, April 9, at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Winnetka, 784 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, Ill.
Donations in his name may be made to the Kidney Cancer Association, 1988 Momentum Place, Chicago, IL 60689-5319; PFLAG Flagstaff, PO Box 23527, Flagstaff, AZ, 86002; or YMCA Family Camp Nawakwa, 13400 Camp Nawakwa Lane, Lac du Flambeau, WI, 54538.
He was born on May 24, 1933, in Gordo, Ala., to George Malcolm Shirley and Mabel Moss Shirley, then sharecroppers, and later grocers and restaurant owners.
Raised in Bessemer, Ala., he excelled academically in high school, and was awarded a scholarship to Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1955 and met his future wife, Mary Coe (Molly) Lind, of Winnetka, Ill. They were married while he was serving as a Naval officer and navigator aboard the U.S.S. Hancock.
After his naval service, he entered the Harvard University School of Business. Moving to Evanston, Ill., after earning his MBA in 1960, he worked in a number of businesses before founding Lind-Shirley Associates, a financial consulting firm.
He later became a founding partner of David M. Griffith and Associates, retiring from that company in 1986. In 1989, he and Molly moved to Flagstaff, where they were active in Flagstaff Federated Community Church and in supporting gay rights, in which cause they helped found PFLAG Flagstaff.
On Valentine's Day, 2001, they sold their house and moved into their minivan to travel, which they did until his illness took them off the road.
He loved his family, social justice, garden-fresh tomatoes, poker, computers and golf.
In addition to his wife, Molly, he is survived by children Michael Hathorn Shirley (Debra Shirley), of Tuscola, Ill.; Sarah Ann Shirley (Bob Branham), of Andalusia, Ala.; and Peter Schuyler Shirley (Jean Buckley), of Salt Lake City; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Elizabeth Lind Shirley, who died in 1962.
A memorial service will be Wednesday, April 9, at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Winnetka, 784 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, Ill.
Donations in his name may be made to the Kidney Cancer Association, 1988 Momentum Place, Chicago, IL 60689-5319; PFLAG Flagstaff, PO Box 23527, Flagstaff, AZ, 86002; or YMCA Family Camp Nawakwa, 13400 Camp Nawakwa Lane, Lac du Flambeau, WI, 54538.
Events
| Birth | 24 May 1933 | Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama | |||
| Residence | 1 Mar 2007 | North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada |  |  | |
| Death | 8 Mar 2008 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | George Malcom Shirley (1908 - 1997) |
| Mother | Mable Moss (1911 - 1992) |
Notes
Residence
Robert Lloyd ShirleyResidence Date01 Mar 2007
Residence PlaceN Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Birth Date24 May 1933
Phone Number773-9441
Phone Number Recorded Date25 Mar 2008
Address7528 Lintwhite St
Address ContinuedN Las Vegas, Nevada 89084
2nd Address1706 Mary Ln
2nd Address ContinuedWichita Falls, Texas 76302
2nd Address Date01 Jan 2001-25 Mar 2008
3rd Address413 Dempster St
3rd Address ContinuedEvanston, Illinois 60201
3rd Address Date01 Dec 1993
4th Address1330 Greenwood St
4th Address ContinuedEvanston, Illinois 60201
4th Address Date01 Jul 1978-01 Jan 1998
Possible RelativesBarry B Greene, Barry D Greene, Borry Greene, George M Shirley, Mary Lind Shirley, Michael A Shirley, Mary L Shirley, Peter S Shirley, Peter Shirley, Peter S Shirley, Rosemarie P Greene, Sahara A Shirley, Sarah A Shirley, Serna S Shirley
Endnotes
1. "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX8-KJBT : 16 May 2014), Rose M Green, Residence, N Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information..