Shirley M. Kappes

Shirley M. Kappes Shirley M. Kappes, 77, of Tuckahoe Road, Waynesboro, Virginia, died Thursday, April 3, 2008, at the University of Virginia Medical Center. She was born on September 12, 1930, in Alberene, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her father, John Morris. She graduated from James Madison College and was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She became a teacher at Tuckahoe Elementary in Richmond, Virginia where she met her husband, Bill, while he was attending medical school. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Bill Kappes; her mother, Virginia Williams; and her children and their spouses, Kathy Kappes and Jeff Roth, Carl and Marne Kappes, and John and Kathy Kappes; as well as grandchildren, Blaire, Tayler, Josh, Anna, Will, Jake and Julia. There will be a memorial service and interment of her ashes followed by a reception at St. John' s Episcopal Church in Waynesboro at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2008. Shirley was an active member of both her community and her church. She was most recently on the board of Friends of the Library, the Waynesboro Planning Commission, and the Rose Cliff Garden Club. She had been a member of St. John' s Episcopal Church since 1961. Her ministry included terms on the Vestry as both Junior and Senior Warden and a representative to the Council of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia for 30 years and on the Executive Board. She enjoyed being a catechist at Children' s Time on Sundays. She was active in the outreach to current and former Western State Hospital patients, including The Happy Time Club, and a supporter of the Backpack program, which provides weekend meals to local school children. She strongly believed that the building that houses the church should be open and available to the community. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Memorial Fund at St. John' s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 945, Waynesboro, VA 22980. Family and friends may sign the guest register at www. mcdowfuneralhomeinc.com


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.