- Date Of Birth: May 28, 1934
- Date Of Death: July 22, 2013
- State: Florida
A devoted Christian, she was a member of Fruit of the Vine Fellowship in Oak Hill. Shirley enjoyed singing in the choir, bowling, and volunteering in the nursing home and hospital. A great cook and seamstress, Shirley was the greatest friend to her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include 2 sons, Ernest Steven Kochis, Jr. of Port Orange, Christopher Joseph Kochis and his wife Heidi of Edgewater; a daughter Sandra Lynn Raffety and her husband Kerry of New Smyrna Beach; 5 grandchildren, Crystal Mazzola, Richard Wilkins, Jr., William Joseph Wright, Nicholas Dalton Kochis and Erica Bret Kochis; 2 great grandsons, Taylor James Wright and Jaxsen Aaron Mazzola; a sister, Beverly Dietz of Cobleskill, New York; 2 brothers, Gerald Cole of Cobleskill, and Raeburn Cole of Beaufort, South Carolina; and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Kochis was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Steven Kochis, Sr. in 1998, a daughter, Dawn Jean Kochis Wright in 2007, and granddaughter, Heather Mae in 1984.
