Betty Schmick Shirey (age 82), wife of the late David C. Shirey of Centreville, Maryland, died peacefully on January 4, 2016 in Fairfax, Virginia. In physical death she is now at home with Christ Jesus her Lord. Mrs. Shirey was born on December 31, 1933 and was the youngest daughter of the late John T. Schmick and Elsie Goehringer Schmick of Preston, MD. She graduated from Preston High School and earned a BA in Home Economics from the University of Maryland. She married David C. Shirey in 1957, and after living in Baltimore and Annapolis, returned to the Eastern Shore in 1972. Mrs. Shirey was very active in the Aglow International Christian fellowship and served as an officer of the local chapter. And she also had an excellent reputation for her cooking and sewing skills. Survivors include her three sons, John D. Shirey (Gaithersburg, MD), Paul M. Shirey (Fairfax, VA), and Philip J. Shirey (Centreville, MD), seven grand children, two great-grand children, and two brothers, Frederick H. Schmick (Preston, MD) and Victor L. Schmick (Richmond, VA). A funeral service will be held on January 7, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg. Interment will follow at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday night and one hour prior to the service on Thursday. After the service, a reception will follow at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Preston, MD.
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