Obituary of Shirley Goldine Erskine

Shirley Goldine Erskine, 84, passed away at her home on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 with family by her side. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Ora and Marie Coleman, as well as her husband, Delmar Erskine, and sisters Marilyn Wyss and Donnalee Whiteford. Born in Butte, Montana on October 6, 1927 to loving parents, Ora and Marie (Zoldak) Coleman. Shirley moved with her family to Brighton, Oregon and she graduated from Wheeler High School. Her mother ran the jetty fishery in Brighton and Shirley enjoyed taking a row boat out on the Nehalem Bay as a young girl. Shirley was very proud of the fact that her father helped build the Blimp Base south of Tillamook and the Boulder Dam. Shirley met her husband, Delmar Erskine, at The Fern Restaurant in Tillamook, where she worked as a waitress. They married and had four children. Shirley enjoyed playing golf with her husband, on occasion, at Alderbrook Golf Course in Tillamook. Shirley loved being a homemaker and her family was her life. She enjoyed cooking for holiday dinners, family picnics at the Kilches River and baking her signature chocolate cake with the white fluffy icing for birthday celebrations. Shirley is survived by her children, Michael Erskine (Gail), Melanie Bailey (David), Scott Erskine, and Jeanine Hiefield (Mark) and eight grandchildren, Doug, Mark (Brandi), Greg, Michelle, Phillip, Christopher, Lindsey and Kristin and two great-grandsons, Jakobe and Jace, sister Eileen Brown and brother Calvin Coleman (Carol). A Memorial service will be held Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 2:30 pm at Sunset Heights in Tillamook.