Shirley Colleen Musick

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Shirley Colleen Musick, 71, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City. Shirley was born Nov. 1, 1949, in Nevada, to Marion R. Moore, Jr. and Leta Mae (Hargrove) Moore. She was united in marriage to John P. Musick on June 28, 1968, in Nevada and he preceded her in death on April 15, 2008.

Shirley was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1967. She lived most of her adult life in Kansas City. Shirley worked as a Certified Surgical Technician at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City and later taught Surgical Technology at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City until her retirement. Shirley loved traveling, spending time with her grandchildren and family, and shopping.

Survivors include one daughter, Cyndy Musick, Girard, Kan.; grandchildren, Britainy Huff, Arcadia, Kan., Rianne Kerby, Girard, Kan., Brandi Whetzell, Frontenac, Kan., Skylar England Springfield, Mo., Bishop Musick, Kansas City, Mo., and Chase Musick, Kansas City, Mo.; great-grandchildren, Raith, Braxton, Jordin, Amberlei, Sebastian, and Julian; siblings, Butch Moore (Falena), Ashland, Mo., Susie Boatright, Joplin, Sherrill Brooks (Stephen), Nevada, and Sandy Polk (David), Waverly, Neb.; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, and one son, John Musick.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service.

Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society (Missouri Division), or Leukemia Society of America in care of Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

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