Memorial
Shirley Louise Rinderknecht, 87, of Marion, died Monday November 21, 2022. A visitation will be held on Sunday November 27, 2022, from 2-4 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Inurnment: Higginsville City Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri.
Survivors include her children, Teresa (Dennis) Paulsen, Jeffrey (Tamara Busch) Rinderknecht and Larry Michael Rinderknecht, her grandchildren, Andrew Paulsen, and Brett Paulsen. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Lawrence Held Jr.
Shirley was born August 26, 1935, in Higginsville, Missouri, the daughter of Lawrence and Ida (Mahan) Held. Shirley was a teacher. She taught music k-12 in Corder, and k-6 in Grandview, and K-6 in Springfield, Missouri, then Classroom 5 & 6 and music K-8 in Fargo, North Dakota, 5th Grade in Iowa City, Iowa and then teaching Kindergarten, Classroom 4 & 5, high school vocal music and 5 & 6 Instrumental Music in Marion, Iowa.
Shirley was active in church choirs, Marion Community Band, President of Women’s League, Queen Bee of the Red Hats and officer of the Quilt Guild. She loved traveling to all the states, Canada, Mexico, Europe and marched down the streets of Vienna, Austria with the Marion Iowa Community Band. She enjoyed Genealogy, reading, playing Bridge and a huge Walking Dead fan. Her college memories, being mother roommate, going to Barb Ferguson over spring breaks, and going on band and choir trips.
Memorials may be directed to the family.