Shirley Niederkorn Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Memorial services for Shirley Y. Niederkorn, 79, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday Aug. 19, 2016 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Jill Bryan officiating. Shirley died at her home on July 3, 2016 and cremation has taken place. Memorials may be directed to the family. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Shirley was born north of Mitchell to Ivy and Nora (Milton) Sayre on Aug. 17, 1936. One of 15 siblings which included four sets of twins. She received her education at Dry Spotted Tail Grade School, high school at Liberty School until Liberty consolidated with Mitchell High School her sophomore year and she graduated in 1954 from Mitchell High School. She was active in softball and played for the Mitchell Fire Bells. She played volleyball and was in chorus, singing for the “The Sweet Adeliens”. She worked for Bosking Drug, J.C. Penney, Scottsbluff Inn, Hertz Rent-A-Car, L.B. Murphy, Great Western Sugar, Dr. Teigen Chiropractic and later became an alteration lady and seamstress. In 1954 she married Robert McKee of Lyman, Nebraska and to that marriage three children were born, Michael “Dingus”, Terry and Kelly. In 1984 she married Tim Niederkorn. She moved to Torrington in 2003 and became “Queen of the Coffee Commandos”. Shirley is survived by sons Michael “Dingus” (Nancy) McKee and Kelly (Gina) McKee; a daughter Terry (David) Eisele; grandchildren Levi Jones, KC McKee, Ashley Hessler, Michael McKee and Scott McKee; 11 great grandchildren; sisters Leta Roberts, Mary Kuxhausen, Martha Laughlin, Elaine Lawson and Patricia McGuire; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Glenn, Ralph, Leo, and Duane Sayre; and sisters Helen Sanders, Cleo Mattos, Maxine Stanzione, Viola Douglas and Veda Shafer.

Shirley Niederkorn

August 17, 1936 - July 3, 2016