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Memorial services will be Friday, May 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend John Clapp, pastor of Alva Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Curtis Lynn, son of Cherry (Webb) and Charles Shirley, was born on January 18, 1958, in Topeka, Kansas. He passed from this life on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at the Share Convalescent Home in Alva, Oklahoma, with his wife Shirley and family by his side, at the age of 60 years, 2 months and 28 days.

Curtis served in the Kansas National Guard and learned auto mechanics, a man of many talents, working on just about anything. Fishing (by hand or with a rod and reel), playing bingo or trying his luck on the slot machines were some of his favorite pastimes.

Curtis had two children from a previous marriage, Curtis Lynn Shirley Jr. and Patricia (Tricia) Enos. Curtis met his wife Shirley Madison in Osage City, Kansas, area and they were united in marriage on October 6, 1983, in Lyndon, Kansas. Shelley had three children – Christina Madison, Pete Ortiz and John Ortiz – that Curtis and Shelley raised together. They continued to live in the Osage City area several years before moving to Burlington, Oklahoma, in the summer of 1984.

Curtis was a farm hand for several local farmers and did some mechanical work on the side to help support his family. Curtis continued working as a farm hand for approximately seven years before becoming an over the road truck driver. During this time they had moved from Burlington to Cherokee, and finally to Alva to be closer to his children and grandchildren. He then retired due to his diminishing health and tried to help at the Alva's Market when he could. We could never keep him from doing small engine repairs even though his body was telling him otherwise.

He was preceded in death by both of his parents, Charles and Cherry, two brothers Charles and Corwyn (Corky) and one daughter Christina.

He is survived by his wife Shelly of Alva, four sons, Curtis Lynn Shirley Jr. of Illinois, Pete Ortiz of Helena, John Ortiz of Alva, Corwyn Madison Shirley (son/grandson) of Alva, and one daughter Patricia Enos of Oologah, Oklahoma, one sister, Cheryl Czerniak of Amorita, one brother, Craig Shirley of Edmond, three half-siblings, Candace Noonan, Elmwood Miller Jr. and Amy Tyson; seven grandchildren, Jessica Ortiz, Brooke Willard, Joseph Ortiz, Madison and Isabell Enos, Serenitie Shirley and Richard Shirley; other nieces nephews and other relatives and friends.