DORLA ANN SHIPMAN TALLEY, age 74, died at 4:15 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2009 at her home in East Prairie.
She was born September 15, 1934 in Anniston to the late Clifton and Inez Shipman. She lived most of her life in California where she retired as an office manager in 1988. After retirement she returned to Missouri and had resided in East Prairie for the past 11 years.
She is survived by one sister, Jane Scollon of Sun Lakes, AZ; one nephew, Paul Shipman, and two nieces, Suzette Tenorio and Jill Shipman, all of East Prairie; one adopted son, Michael Shenk, one uncle, one nephew and three nieces all survive in the state of California.
A Memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.
McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston in charge of arrangements.