Shirley Belle Townley (nee Pearcy), 65 of Wood River, IL, born on July 18, 1959 in Cabool, MO, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Shirley was a 1978 graduate of Houston High School in Houston, MO and 1996 graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Edna Phillips.

She is survived by her husband, Larry Townley, whom she married on September 1, 1980; one son, Harold Townley; two stepsons: Larry (Rachelle) Townley and Christopher (Carrie) Townley; one stepdaughter, Laurie Bauer; grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of 8; one brother, Roy (Jennifer) Hoggatt.

A Celebration of Life to be held at a later date in Houston, MO.