- Date Of Birth: September 9, 1942
- Date Of Death: March 7, 2013
- State: Indiana
Shirley Anne Neel, 70, of Elkhart, passed away at Center for Hospice Care of Elkhart at 1:50 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013, after an extended illness.
She was born in Goshen on Sept. 9, 1942, to the late William A. and Freda L. (Bickel) Fisher. On Dec. 28, 1968, she married Paul E. Neel Sr. in Elkhart. He passed away in 2007.
Surviving are her son, Paul E. Jr. (Micki) Neel of Elkhart; sister Esther M. (James) Boyll of Elkhart; brother Kermit W. (Lynn) Fisher of Syracuse; and three grandchildren.
Shirley retired as a librarian in 2008 after serving nearly 40 years with Woodland Elementary School of Elkhart. She was an accomplished singer, a member of California Road Missionary Church and enjoyed spending time on her computer, where she accumulated many online friends from around the world.
