Shirley McCormack

Shirley McCormack

Shirley Alberta Kraft McCormack passed away in Denton on Saturday February 11, 2017 at the age of 91.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Olga Kraft, husband Ken McCormack, siblings LaMarr Kraft, Carol Olson, Joyce Wattles and Granddaughter Dallas McCormack.

She is survived by her children Cheryl Espenas and husband Art, Kevin McCormack and wife Libby, Kelly McCormack and wife Cecelia as well as her grandchildren of Denton, Trae and Stephanie Espenas, Colby Espenas, Ali McCormack, Colt McCormack, Alyssa and Heath Padgett, Natalie and Ty Denton, Jackson McCormack, and Sara McCormack, three great grandchildren and many cousins, nieces, and nephews in North Texas. She is also survived by sister, Phyllis Kozak, Grand Rapids, MI. and brother Bryce Kraft, Colville, WA.Family meant everything to her and she loved them all.

Shirley was born in Louisville, Nebraska. She also lived in Michigan and Oklahoma before moving to Denton in 1950. She worked as a Secretary during WWII for Peter Kiewit Construction Co. at the Kearney Nebraska Air Force Base and loved to dance most nights with the solders stationed there as part of the USO.

After moving to Denton and spending time raising her children, she would later resume her career as an executive secretary with Victor, Selwyn, Brown and Sharpe, FEMA and UNT, until she retired from Moore Business Forms in 1991.

After retiring, she took the opportunity to travel the globe with friends and family. She also volunteered for many years with several organizations some of which included Friends of the Family, RSVP, Reach for Recovery and other breast cancer awareness groups for many years. She loved working in the yard, harvesting her garden and quilting with her longtime friends which she continued to do until the very end.

She was raised as a Lutheran and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Denton. She would later move to First Baptist Church of Denton where she would continue to worship.

'Mimi' was always cheerful and ready to spend time with her family for any event, no matter whether it involved work, play, travel or eating. She was the rock of her huge family and all of their lives in general. Growing up as a Depression baby, she would teach her family many lessons of the importance of hard work, frugalness, making the most out of anything and any situation and enjoying life to the fullest.

Services will be held Saturday February 18, 2017 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel at Good Samaritan, 2500 Hinkle Dr. in Denton, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, family request donations be made to American Cancer Society.