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Shirley Paulette Pilkinton

May 19, 1950 - March 9, 2019
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Shirley Paulette Pilkinton 68, Springfield, Mo. passed away March 9, 2019, after a long illness. She was born in West Plains , Mo. on May 19, 1950, to Richard Earl and Blanche (Terry) Chapman. She was a factory worker, working many years at the General Electric Company. She enjoyed Elvis music , bowling, and crocheting. Shirley was preceded in death by
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Lisa Irmen left a message on March 14, 2019:
The family is in my heart and prayers. I pray that we finish our time on earth, with love. Love, Lisa When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox when death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness? And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility, and I think of each life as a flower, as common as a field daisy, and as singular, and each name a comfortable music in the mouth, tending, as all music does, toward silence, and each body a lion of courage, and something precious to the earth. When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it's over, I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened, or full of argument. I don't want to end up simply having visited this world. --Mary Oliver
Deyona left a message on March 11, 2019:
I am very sorry to hear about your loss. I offer my condolences to you and your family. Please take comfort in knowing that God will give you the comfort and strength you need to keep going. (2 Corinthians 1:3,4) May all of your cherished memories overwhelm you with joy and happiness. You and your family are in my prayers. 
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