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Shirley Pappas Obituary
She was born in Portsmouth on March 27, 1936, a daughter of the late Harold and Minnie (Briggs-Saunders) Clough.
Shirley was raised in Rye and graduated from Dover High School. She met her future husband, Arthur H. Pappas in 1957 and they married in 1959. Shirley and Arthur built their home in Rye and have lived in that same home ever since. She loved being a housewife and taking care of her two children but also found time to drive a school bus for the town of Rye. She loved driving the bus, the children loved her and she was well-known for stopping at the Icehouse and getting the last kids on her route ice cream if they had behaved.
She had also worked in retail at Fannie Farmer and the Tie Shop in the Newington Mall, as a bookkeeper for the Exeter Gas Company and for the former Badger Farms Dairy.
Shirley was an intelligent, generous, caring and hard-working woman. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
In addition to Arthur, her husband of over 58 years, Shirley is survived by her son, Robert Pappas and his wife Holly of Milford and her daughter, Lisa Pappas of Rye. She also leaves her sisters, Marjorie Brown and her husband James of Eliot, Maine, and Phyllis Prestidge and her husband Bob of York, Maine, as well as many nieces and nephews.
SERVICES: Graveside services will be held at 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, 2017 in the Central Cemetery on Central Rd. in Rye. Family and friends are respectfully invited. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation , 60 East 56th Street, 8th floor, New York, NY 10022. Please visit www.RemickGendron.com to view Shirley's memorial website, to sign her tribute wall or for directions.
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Liza A. Levin
June 13, 2017
This is sad new due to many great and warm memories of Mrs. Pappas. I was on her bus route for many years and remember her fondly. My deepest condolences to her entire family and loved ones. Sincerely, Liza
June 9, 2017
So sad to hear of your loss Arthur Mrs Hilton Mitch Mitchell
Martha (Wiggin) Bernier
June 9, 2017
My sincere sympathy to your family. Shirley was a wonderful friend of my mother's (Margaret Wiggin, Hampton). They worked together at the gas company and remained very close friends until my mother's passing in 2001.
Carol Hanscom
June 8, 2017
It is with great sadness that we read the obituary of Shirley. From the time she safely drove our 2 children to school every day to when I would see them when they visited dear friends at Havenwood in Concord. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Lincoln and Carol Hanscom
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