Shirley Elaine McAlexander was born on April 16, 1951 to Kenneth and Virginia McAlexander and siblings Jerry, Larry, and Deborah. She went to her Lord on October 28, 2020.

She loved her family, church, friends, and horses. Camp Sunnyside was something she enjoyed attending every summer for 49 years. Riding or petting horses or just watching them was a pastime she enjoyed.

Shirley enjoyed all her cousins and nieces and nephews visiting her. She became a great babysitter in watching the kids. If they were doing something wrong, she would say “NO”. They always listened to her. You would see the young nieces and nephews sitting on her lap or pushing her chair. She was very patient with them and sometimes she went for quite some rides.

Religion was important to her also. She attended church and Sunday School all her life.

Shirley has taught all of us patience, tolerance, and love for life.

She is survived by her parents Kenneth and Virginia McAlexander of Beaconsfield; brother Larry (Cathleen) McAlexander of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin; sister Deborah (Dan) Van Horn of Bloomfield; sister-in-law Rosalie McAlexander of Beaconsfield; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Preceding her in death were her brother Jerry McAlexander; grandparents Ora and Riley McAlexander, Leland and Donna Walters, and Helen and Ray Meier. She will be missed by many.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the Beaconsfield Methodist Church, Mount Ayr Health Care Center and Every Step Hospice.