A wonderful woman has passed away. Shirley J. Ouellette was taken to heaven on May 25, 2020, at 89 years of age.
Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2020, at St. Joseph Church in Bradley until the 11 a.m. funeral Mass.
Shirley was born June 16, 1930, the daughter of Edwin and Evelyn (Reed) Bushey.
She retired from St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee, IL. She was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church and Ladies of the Moose. She loved to read, play cards, watch Wheel of Fortune and visit with family and friends. She enjoyed and adored her grandchildren.
Shirley married Wilfred "Gerald" Ouellette on Jan 22, 1949 at St. Rose Catholic Church, Kankakee, IL. They were blessed with 71 years of marriage.
Surviving are her husband and five children Alan Ouellette, Larry Ouellette, Sheila and Kenneth (Butch) McCormick, Anna and Steve Dumey and Mark and Doreen Ouellette. She also has two sisters, Linda Slabik and Vicky and (Dale) Hendrickson. Shirley had many grandchildren and great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter Julie Ouellette, two sisters Marilyn Crews, and Karen Ouellette, and two brothers Edwin Bushey and Dallas Bushey.
Memorials may be made to Vitas Hospice of Joliet.
