Shirlene Fox Kehoe

Shirlene Fox Kehoe obituary, Amarillo, TX

Shirlene Fox Kehoe

Shirlene Kehoe Obituary

Visit the Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors - Amarillo website to view the full obituary.

Horseshoe Bay, Texas - Shirlene Fox Kehoe, 94, died September 2, 2025.

Services are private.

Mrs. Kehoe was born in Clayton, New Mexico, on September 1, 1931. She attended schools in Amarillo, Texas, graduating from St. Mary’s Academy in Amarillo in 1949. In 1971, she graduated from West Texas State University in Canyon, TX, where she subsequently earned a master’s in education.

She married David Crockett Kehoe on January 23, 1957, in Clovis, New Mexico. He died February 8, 1993.

She was a homemaker until 1972. She then taught government and economics at Dumas High School until retiring in 1996. She moved to Lubbock where she taught at All Saints Episcopal School for two years. In 2017, she moved to Horseshoe Bay, Texas.

Survivors include three sons: David Kehoe and wife Robin of Horseshoe Bay, TX, Scott Kehoe and wife Tana of Bourne, TX, and Mark Kehoe and wife Kara of Benbrook, TX. She is also survived by five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to a favorite charity.

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