SHIRLEY ANN TRAFELET

She was born July 29, 1941 to Arthur and Rose (Krzeck) Bisson.

She and Arnold Jay Trafelet were married on Sept. 12, 1959 at St. Ignatius Church in Rogers City.

While Arnie attended Eastern Michigan University and sailed for Calcite in the summers, Shirley helped him type term papers and prepared their home together. She led a Girl Scout Troop, taught Catechism, and drove special needs children to school, all while being an involved Mother to her three children. She loved to bowl (could out bowl Arnie), fish (on the winning women’s team), and enjoyed spoiling the children she transported to school. “Empty nesting” found Arnold and Shirley wintering in Gulf Shores, Ala. They made memories with their friends while going shopping, fishing, and fighting over beads and moon pies at the Mardi Gras parades. They enjoyed hitting up the casinos, playing cards, and most of all, eating out at the restaurants instead of cooking.

Shirley was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. The amount of love she shared is everlasting and made strangers feel like family. She and Arnie built a home full of love, laughter, good food, and traditions. Her love of God, camping, fishing, baking bread, sewing (quilts for everyone), and knitting (how many socks and mittens?) will forever be ingrained in the lives of her family and friends.

Shirley is survived by her husband, Arnie; three loving children, Debra Bonneville, Joan (Don) Lehman, and John (Dana) Trafelet; seven grandchildren, Zacharie (Saydie Poole) Trafelet, Emily Rose Bonneville, Anna (Craig Nadolsky) Lehman, Cassie Lehman, Kayla Trafelet, Jessica (Jacob) Fink, and Cassandra (Nathan) Edwards; six great grandchildren, Easton, Ryker, Owen, Ashton, Arabella and Payton; three brothers, Donald (Elaine) Bisson, Daniel Bisson, and Clarence (Delphine) Bisson; sister, Geraldine Flemming and sister-in-law, Eileen Bisson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Rose; grandbaby, Emily Rose; three brothers, William, Gerald, and Thomas; brother-in-law, Gordon Flemming and sister-in-law, Karen Bisson.

Friends may visit at the Beck Funeral Home on Thursday, June 27, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will resume at St. Ignatius Catholic Church on Friday from 9 a.m. until time of her Memorial Mass at 10 a.m. with Father Rolando Silva officiating. Inurnment will take place at Riverside Cemetery in Millersburg. Memorials may be given to McLaren Home Hospice or to a charity of your choice in Shirley’s memory. Online condolences may be addressed through www.beckfuneralhome.org