Shirley Szabo

Shirley A. Szabo, 77, entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Thursday (Jan. 24, 2019) after a long and courageous battle against Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was born in Goessel to the late Sam and Dora Schmidt.

As a young lady, Shirley worked as a teller at the Hutchinson Savings and Loan. She met her husband, the late Conrad B. Szabo, while he was stationed at the U.S. Air Force Base in Kansas. They moved to Connecticut in the late '60s when Conrad went to school to work as a stenographer for the State of Connecticut.

Shirley joined Welcome Wagon where she met and made lifelong friends. She was a beautiful, kind and philanthropic woman. She believed in tithing and donated to numerous charities for the betterment of the world. Shirley worked quietly in the background with determination and fortitude.

Shirley was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister who always put family first. She was a high-scoring bowler in various leagues and also enjoyed and excelled at cooking, sewing, quilting and gardening. Shirley's artistic abilities were reflected in her ceramics, crafts and her beautiful oil paintings, which won several top awards in the Berlin Fair.

Shirley also worked as a pharmaceutical technician at Rite Aide Pharmacy in New Britain, Connecticut and at EDS. She was actively involved in Parent Teacher Organizations when here children were in school. She enjoyed classical music, theatre and nature. She and Conrad enjoyed traveling together and their journeys took them to Canada, Kansas, Arizona, Washington D.C., Virginia, New York and several other states in the U.S.

Surviving family include her loving daughters, Debra L. Szabo, and Beth Ann Lewis and her husband Trevor; her loving son, Todd M. Szabo and his wife Meghan; and her precious grandson, Jacob Allen Szabo. Other surviving family members include her brother, Larry Schmidt and his wife Diane; and her sister, Karen Monroe and her husband Roy.

In addition to her loving husband of nearly 50 years, Conrad, she was also predeceased her parents, Sam and Dora Schmidt; her mother and father-in-law, Betty and Lewis Szabo; and her infant son, Michael.

Memorial donations may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee, P.O. Box 500, Akron, OH 17501 or Covenant House, Attn: Donation Dept., 460 West 41st St., New York, NY 10036-6801.

Relatives and friends are invited to call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday (Jan. 28, 2019) at the Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Burritt Hill, 332 Burritt St., New Britain, Connecticut. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 29, 2019) at St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church, Slater Road, New Britain. To share a message of sympathy, visit www.duksa.net.