Shirley Boyles

1940 - 2013

Shirley Broyles went to be with Jesus on February 20, 2013. She was born July 3, 1940,, in a farm house near Santa Rosa Elementary School in Camarillo.

She grew up on Ventura Farms in Santa Rosa Valley, attended Santa Rosa Elementary School and Moorpark High School.

In 1959, Shirley married disabled Korean war veteran Eura Broyles and spent the rest of her life mostly in Oxnard. Shirley greatly enjoyed music and was a church organist for decades. Even in her 12th year of Alzheimer's disease, when she could do little else, she could hum or even sing the words to many of the old gospel hymns.

She loved to laugh and to visit Yosemite National Park. She was a great mom who loved and set a great example for her children.

Shirley is survived by her three children, Steve Broyles, Loren Broyles and Colette Lovo; sister, Viola Hudson; her brothers, Charles, Kenneth and Phil Crow. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by parents, Ernest M. and Reba F. Crow; by brothers, Roger Norman and Eugene M. Crow.

Viewing will be Sunday, February 24, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Rose Family Funeral Home in Simi Valley, 4644 Cochran Street. Funeral service will be at Bethany Chapel, 1076 Stroube Street, Oxnard, on Monday, February 25, at 10 a.m. followed by grave side service at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, then by a reception at Bethany Chapel.

Shirley's family will be forever greateful to Yvonne Moran and her family for their excellent help with Shirley's care. Also the Hospice nurses and care givers that came to assist were excellent.