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QUEENSBURY – Shirley J. Sherman, 85, laid down her cutting scissors for the last time on June 15, 2016.

Shirley was born in Granville on January 14, 1931. The family later moved the Glens Falls where she graduated from Glens Falls High School and took a job at Kresge’s Department Store.

She and her husband Robert married and they raised two sons and a daughter in South Glens Falls before moving to their dream home in the town of Adirondack in 1975. After Robert passed in 1991 Shirley returned to the area, taking a job at So-Fro Fabrics in Queensbury, where she shared her love of crochet and needlepoint with many loyal customers. Shirley worked for Wal-Mart for 18 years.

Shirley made many friends there and will always be remembered as someone who loved good conversation over a hot cup of coffee (usually with a cigarette, before she quit in 2012). Her no-nonsense attitude and wry sense of humor will be missed by her many friends and her family.

In passing, Shirley joins her husband Robert, her mother Marnette and Alfred Hance, and her sisters Lillian Dunlevy and Alberta Cavanaugh, her brother Billy Hanse and her grandson Christopher Sherman.

She is survived by her brother, Robert Hance and his wife Betty; her son, Wade and his wife Jeanne; her daughter, Valerie Finkbeiner and her husband Kim; her son Joel and his wife Martha; she was also the proud grandmother of six grandchildren; and four great-grand-children; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She will be missed.

Services will be held in private.

Shirley’s family would like to acknowledge the care and compassion of the staff at the Stanton Nursing Center.

In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Open Door Soup Kitchen, 47 Lawrence St, Glens Falls, NY 12801, the Glens Falls Code Blue Shelter, C/O The Open Door, 47 Lawrence St., Glens Falls, NY 12801 or the charity of your choice.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.

HUDSON FALLS – Irene E. Sherman, 83, of Hudson Falls, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015, at the Orchard in Granville.

Born on August 30, 1932, in Argyle, she was the daughter of the late John and Bessie (Ketchum) Reid.

On June 4, 1949, she married Edward J. Sherman at St. Mary’s Church in Hudson Falls.

She was a Communicant of the St. Mary’s/St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Hudson Falls.

Mrs. Sherman was the secretary for Ed Sherman Plumbing and Heating in Hudson Falls.

She loved golf and traveling.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Edward J. Sherman, her granddaughter, CherylAnn Sherman and her sister, Marion Nelson.

Survivors include her son George Sherman of Girard, PA, and his daughters, Katie and Carrie; her daughter, Jo-Ann Hayes and her husband, Benjamin, of Hudson Falls, and her children, Jennifer Peterson and her husband, John of Broomfield, CO and Edward DePalo and his wife, Jessica, of Hudson Falls; her great grandchildren, Tara DePalo, Gianna DePalo, Henry Peterson and Reid Peterson; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at St. Mary’s/St. Paul’s Church on the park in Hudson Falls.

The Rite of Committal will follow at Union Cemetery in the Town of Fort Edward.

It was Mrs. Sherman’s wish that memorial donations be made to the Orchard Nursing and Rehab Center, 10421 NY-40, Granville, NY 12832.

Irene’s family would like to thank the nurses and staff at the Orchard Nursing and Rehab Center A Wing, the Glens Falls Hospital Emergency Room and 3 West B at the Glens Falls Hospital, for all their care and compassion.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.