Shirley Ann Thurlow
1923 - 2003 (80 years)-
Name Shirley Ann Thurlow Birth 10 Mar 1923 Saginaw, Saginaw, MI 
Gender Female Death 23 Sep 2003 Mesa, Maricopa, AZ - Shirley Lawson, born in Saginaw, Mich., on March 10, 1923, died peacefully on Sept. 23, 2003. She was a resident of Wausau from 1955 to 1987, when she and her husband, Ken, retired to Arizona. Shirley and Ken met at Michigan State University and began a family in East Lansing. They worked together in founding and managing the CTL Co., a successful restaurant supply business on Stewart Avenue. Shirley was a wonderful and loving wife, mother and friend whose loss will be deeply felt by all who knew and loved her. Ken, her husband and partner of nearly 60 years, died in January 2000. Shirley is survived by her daughter, Barbara of Mesa, Ariz.; son Ken Jr. and granddaughter, Christine, both of Kirkland, Wash.
Wausau Daily Herald (Wausau, Wisconsin) 26 Sep 2003
U.S., Social Security Death Index
Name: Shirley A. Lawson
SSN: 377-12-5927
Last Residence:
85205 Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA
BORN: 10 Mar 1923
Died: 23 Sep 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951)
Burial Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ - National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
Plot: 18E 128
Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Inscription: Kenneth D Lawson AVN Cadet USAAF WWII Jul 13 1920 Jan 9 2000 Shirley A Lawson Mar 10 1923 Sep 23 2003 Partners Always
Person ID I37409 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 14 May 2025
Family 2LT Kenneth Dean Lawson, b. 13 Jul 1920, Ravenwood, Nodaway, MO d. 9 Jan 2000, Fountain Hills, Maricopa, AZ (Age 79 years) Marriage 20 Nov 1941 Saginaw, Saginaw, MI - Michigan, Marriage Records
Name: Shirley Ann Thurlow
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1923
Birth Place: Saginaw, Michigan
Marriage Date: 20 Nov 1941
Marriage Place: Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
License County: Ingham
Age: 18
Residence Place: Saginaw, Michigan
Father: James Arthur Thurlow
Mother: Clara Martha Boroson
Spouse: Mr Kenneth Dean Lawson
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Havenwood Missouri [Ravenwood, Nodaway County, Missouri]
Spouse Residence Place: East Lansing, Michigan
Spouse Father: Cecil E Lawson
Spouse Mother: Florence Trullinger
County File Number: 41-1444
State File Number: 33 18029
Film: 83
Film Title: 33 Ingham 17200-20469
Film Description: Ingham (1941 - 1943)
Children 1. Kenneth Dean "Ken" Lawson, Jr. 2. Barbara Ann Lawson Family ID F13963 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 May 2025
- Shirley Lawson, born in Saginaw, Mich., on March 10, 1923, died peacefully on Sept. 23, 2003. She was a resident of Wausau from 1955 to 1987, when she and her husband, Ken, retired to Arizona. Shirley and Ken met at Michigan State University and began a family in East Lansing. They worked together in founding and managing the CTL Co., a successful restaurant supply business on Stewart Avenue. Shirley was a wonderful and loving wife, mother and friend whose loss will be deeply felt by all who knew and loved her. Ken, her husband and partner of nearly 60 years, died in January 2000. Shirley is survived by her daughter, Barbara of Mesa, Ariz.; son Ken Jr. and granddaughter, Christine, both of Kirkland, Wash.
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Event Map 
Birth - 10 Mar 1923 - Saginaw, Saginaw, MI 
Marriage - 20 Nov 1941 - Saginaw, Saginaw, MI 
Death - 23 Sep 2003 - Mesa, Maricopa, AZ 
Burial - - Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ = Link to Google Earth