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Shirley L. Curran Rockwell
26 Sep 1930 – 14 Oct 2009
| Birth | 26 Sep 1930 |
| Death | 14 Oct 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228146564 |
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In Loving Memory of Shirley L. Rockwell, Shirley (Curran) Rockwell, a Quechan Tribal Elder, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, October 14, 2009, at her loving home in Central Valley, California, with her husband and family at her side. Services for our loved one will be held Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 1:00 pm at Lawncrest Chapel & Memorial Park 1522 E. Cypress Avenue, Redding. "Granny" Shirley was a very special lady who was proud of her heritage and her family. She was born, September 26, 1930, in Grants Pass Oregon, to the late William E. Curran and Leila Terill, of Winterhaven California and Redding, California. She was the oldest child of four. She grew up with her siblings who were also her best friends. Her guardian angel was her brother, the late Kirk Curran, and sisters, Niomi and baby sister, Sharon. She was raised since a baby by her loving grandparents, the late Walter and Elsie Schmidt, of Anderson, California. She graduated Shasta High School in 1948, in Redding California. After high school, she met her first husband, Klamath Tribal Member, [Vincent] "Buttons" Bodner [Jr.] . They lived in Sprague River, Oregon, where they began their lives and started a family on the Bodner Ranch. They had three children. They lived in Sprague River until 1960, then they returned to Central Valley, California, where they raised their children together until 1976. In 1978 she met her husband of 31 years, Darvin "Rocky" Rockwell. Together they lived in Central Valley. Over the years they loved to travel. Granny Shirley provided her family with a strong foundation and she has shown us the true meaning of "unconditional love". Thank you Granny, for being such a blessing you are forever in our hearts and mind. We know and are omforted by the fact that we will see your beautiful smiling face again, when we too, enter the gates of heaven. She is survived by her husband, Darvin "Rocky" Rockwell. Sisters: Niomi Whitcher and Sharon Albert; Children and spouses: Cheryl and Jerry Parrish, David and Jan Bodner, and Mitch Bodner. Grandchildren: Torina and Ed Case, Taylor and Billy David, Desiree and Andrew Yoshihara, Krayton and Abby Bodner, Kody Bodner, Kurtis Bodner, and Jared Bodner; Great-Grandchildren: Liston Case, Fallon Case, Faryn Case, Roman Tupper, Dylan Bodner, Dakota Bodner, Miciah Windsong Bodner, and Mia Yoshihara. She also had many other special nieces, nephews, friends and loved ones. She was preceded in death by her parents, William E. Curran and Leila Terill; and grandparents, Walter and Elsie Schmidt; brother Kirk Curran; and great-grandson, Krayton Jr. Source: ttps://maps.co.shasta.ca.us/CemDev/Obits/R/Rockwell,ShirleyR-OBIT.pdf Brother: William "Kirk" Curran 1932 - 2001 #94901364 Buried: Redding Memorial Park; Redding Grandfather: Walter Victor Schmidt 1888 - 1987 #39916057 Buried: Lawncrest Memorial Park; Redding Grandmother: Elsie V, Schmidt 1893 - 1976 #39916056 Buried: Lawncrest Memorial Park; Redding M1: Vincent "Buttons" Bodner, Jr. 1929-2016 #168545961 Buried: Chief Schonchin Cemetery; Klamath Co. OR. M2: Darvin "Rocky" Rockwell Brother-in-law: Merle Eugene "Rocky" Rockwell 1941 -2012 #204939452 Buried: Northern California Veterans Cemetery Mother-in-law: Irene Eveline GALVIN Rockwell #207862345
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