Shirley Marie Bruner Ball

Shirley Marie Bruner Ball

Shirley Marie Bruner Ball of Garnett, Kansas was born August 9, 1941 on the family farm near Xenia, Kansas and passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at the age of 75.

She was the seventh of 10 children born to Walter Eberlee Bruner and Agnes Mackie Bruner. Her life was shaped by a large farming family and surrounding neighbors in Mud Hollow. She attended grade school through 8th grade at Mapleton and went on to graduate from Blue Mound High School in 1959. She loved her big family and growing up with eight siblings helped develop her love of competition. As a young girl, Shirley enjoyed reading, basketball, softball, and swimming. She learned to work hard on the farm as a child and was dedicated to her work as an adult. After high school, she worked for two years in Fort Scott at Western Insurance. She was united in marriage to Carrol Ball in 1962. During this time in her life she also worked hard at building a business with Carrol and raising sheep which she loved so much and raising three children. This marriage ended in divorce in 1969. She went to work at the Parker Sewing Factory and later at the Sherwood Inn and Restaurant in Garnett, where she loved her co-workers and customers. She was a huge Perry Mason and Elvis fan, loved listening to the radio, playing cards, and Yahtzee! In retirement, Shirley enjoyed traveling and fishing.

Shirley leaves behind her son, Jonnie Lee Ball of Kansas City, Kan.; her son, Lonnie Carrol Ball and wife Melanie of Olathe, Kan.; daughter, Juanita Joann Peine and husband Bob of Parker, Kan.; and companion, Clifford Wells of Garnett. She is also survived by her brother, Willard Bruner and wife Darla of Fort Scott, Kan.; her sisters, Venita Miller of Kincaid, Kan., and Marilyn Bruner of Fort Scott, Kan.; sister in-law, Freda Bruner of Mound City, Kan.; many nieces and nephews; and her grandsons, Lee, Damon, and Donovan Ball, Trint, Justin, and Chaylin Peine.

She was preceded in death by her parents, infant sister, Mary; sisters, Lorraine Wilcox and husband W.H. Wilcox, Leora Ross and husband Keith Ross, and Pauline Seitz; brothers, Virgil Bruner and Joseph Bruner; nephews, Raymond Badders and Virgil Miller; and niece, Vicki Bruner.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Garnett with burial following in the Sunny Slope Cemetery in Blue Mound, Kan. Family will greet friends on Monday evening at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m.

Memorials contributions may be left to Prairie Paws Rescue in care of Feuerborn Family Funeral Home.

You may send your condolences to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.