Shirley Ann Dawley, 93, formally of Waterford and North Stonington CT, passed on Friday September 1, 2023 at Sun City Center FL. Shirley was born in March 1930 in Erie PA. Husband Irwin Dawley previously passed in April 2017.

Survived by son David Dawley. She served as Navy WAVE at US Naval Hospital, Great Lakes IL and worked as a proofreader at Prentice Hall in Waterford CT. She was active in the Methodist church and traveled the world with Friendship Force. She will be interred at Sarasota National Veterans Cemetery.