Shirley Ann Drew

Milford, PA - Shirley Ann Drew, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice in Fredon. Born in Wantage on March 21, 1938 to the late Grant and Lenora (Kane) Rome, Shirley grew up in Sussex and graduated Sussex High School in 1956 and Bradenton Beauty Academy. She had mainly been in the banking industry and started her career at National Community Bank in Sussex as a teller and ended her career at Sarasota Bank in Florida. She lived in Burlington, Vermont, Bradenton, Florida, Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, Matamoras, Pennsylvania and Milford, Pennsylvania. Shirley was a member of the Sussex United Methodist Church and was active in the barn crew and the United Methodist Woman. She was a past President of the Beemerville Ladies Auxiliary and the Mountain View Grange No. 137. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Emmett C. Drew in 2010; her brothers, Grant Rome, Jr. in 2000 and Lloyd Rome in 2000; and her step- grandson, Paul McGrath in 1998. Shirley is survived by her sons, Bruce Ayers and his wife Debbie of Beemerville and Michael A. Ayers of Newton; her step-son, James A. Drew and his wife Lenora of Gilbert, Pennsylvania; her step-daughter, Linda E. McGrath and her husband James of Hillsville, Virginia; her granddaughter, Kimberly of West Virginia; three grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and twelve step- great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at the Pinkel Funeral Home, 31 Bank Street (Route 23), Sussex. Interment will immediately follow at Fairview Cemetery in Wantage. Friends may pay their respects to the family from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Shirley's memory to the Sussex United Methodist Church, 15 Bank Street, Sussex, New Jersey 07461. Online condolences may be offered to the family on www.pinkelfuneralhome.com