Shirley Gough:  

CLASS OF 1953
Willmar High SchoolClass of 1953
Willmar, MN
Willmar High SchoolClass of 1953
Willmar, MN
Garfield, MN
Willmar, MN

Shirley's Story

Life Married:Erv Van Hove 1951-1971 Seven Children-Twenty One Grandchildren-Eighteen Great-grandchildren (One Grandson deceased in 2000-27 yrs old)We lived on a farm by Clara City for 20 yrs .We divorced in 1971.I and the kids moved to Seattle,Wa.in 1973 after living in Hutchinson for 3 yrs.( Ervin passed away in March of 2002 of cancer) Met my present husband Glen, in Seattle in 79,married in "80" He retired in 1990 from Keiwit-Bros Construction as a Millwright-Carpenter of 30 years.We moved to Erie,Kansas in 1995. He has four children/five grandchildren/eight Great grandchildren.So we have been well blessed!We both enjoy fishing,Bluegrass&Country Music.Have attended quite a few Bluegrass Festivals.I love to sew,knit& crochet& crafts. We are Christians and love to study the Bible.Sold our Motorhome,so don't travel to much any more.Really enjoy when we get together with our familys!! Update--My daughter,Becki,who was 46 yrs,died of a Blood Clot,that went to her lungs,on 4-4-2003.She had fought a battle with,Cancer,Staph Infection,Pnumonia...Expand for more
,and Phlebitius since December,02. Satan threw everything at her at once,she never lost her faith in her Lord,Jesus and He let her come back Home to be with Him. Her death was sudden, unexpected,and at her home during the night.She leaves her husband-Mike-and Son Jason/wife Rhiannon,from Wichita,Kansas. Granddaughter,Abigail from Seattle, & Son Joshua,from Redlands, Washington, and all the rest of us,here without her!! Update-My youngest daughter Lois Kea (Van Hove )Lindsay passed away sudden and unexpedly from cancer on 5-14-2005. She had a biopsy on her neck glands,three weeks before her passing ,when the Dr.said she should have Radiation, on her neck to help her, breathing and swallowing. That took place on Thurs. & Fri.She went to the hospital at 3:00am Sat. and took her last breath at 6:15 pm. She is free from all the future pain she would have suffered. Lois was 42 years old on January 22,2005. She leaves her estranged husband Bill ,two daughters Tina and Trisha,a son Billy, a Granddaughter Kayla and Grandsons Jordan and Andru,all of Covington,Washington.
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