Poland – Services will be held this, June 9, evening at 5:00 pm at the Clemente Funeral Home in Struthers for Shirley M. Brown, 80, who passed away Wednesday at the Hospice House.

Shirley was born on April 10, 1937, in Cumberland, Maryland, a daughter of Arvel and Thelma Portmess Hart. 

She came to this area in 1955 and worked at Kmart as a checkout supervisor for 27 years retiring in 1999. 

Shirley married Charles C. Poling, Jr. on May 7, 1956, and he died December 5, 1990.  She remarried on October 20, 1992, to Alex Brown.  He preceded her in death on March 17, 2014. 

She loved gambling, lunches with her friends and spending time with her family.

Shirley leaves a son Gregory Poling in Texas, four grandchildren Tracy Grantz, Kristina Billiot, Pastor Gregory J. (Natasha) Grantz, and Jason Mobley, twelve great grandchildren Britnee, David, Nicholas, Morgan, Krislyn, Alexa, Brandon, Chase, Kaitlyn, Carter, Cameron, and Harper, two brothers James (Wilma) Hart of Struthers and Orvel (Mary) Hart of Cumberland, Maryland, one sister Betty (James) Mauk of Hanover, PA, stepdaughters Mary Louise Neuberger, Neva McDowell and Heather (Dave) Stoner, two lifelong friends Marylou and Dorothy, and many nieces and nephews.

Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands and her son David Poling.

Friends may call this evening from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Clemente Funeral Home in Struthers.

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