The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Shirley Jean Prentice, 83, a longtime resident of Royal, passed away on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, while in hospice care in Denver, Colo. Private family services were held in Colorado on Monday, Sept. 13, and a graveside service was held at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer on Sept. 20, with Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine officiating. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Shirley was born Sept. 17, 1937, to Waldo and Amy (Torbert) Carlson. She grew up on a farm near Royal and then moved to Spencer where she attended high school. After marrying her husband, Bruce, they moved back to the same...