Shirley Jean Driver

SHIRLEY JEAN DRIVER August 16, 1927 ~ May 9, 2014 "Life may have its limits, but live life to the limit!!" Shirley Jean (Sundstrom) Driver passed away May 9, 2014. She was born Aug. 16, 1927 in Watertown, SD. In 1939, the family moved to Clarkston, WA; where she graduated in 1946 from Charles Francis Adams High School. In 1949, Shirley completed her studies at Northwest Bible Institute (now Northwest University). After completing her studies, she returned to Clarkston where she went to work at J.C. Penney as the manager of the layaway dept.. In January of 1950, Shirley met the love of her life, William Robert Driver, in Lewiston, ID. They were married at the Prayer League Tabernacle in Lewiston, on Nov. 18, 1950. Their marriage lasted 57.25 years, until the death of Bill, on Feb. 26, 2006. As a forester's wife, Shirley served on the Nez Perce, Gallatin, and the Gifford Pinchot National Forests, meaning she lived in a 10x15 cabin with a dirt floor when her first son was born and on a remote forest nursery for White Pine when her second son was born. Then they moved to Bozeman, MT where over the next 25 years she raised her sons, co-founded the Christian Women's club, was active in the Republican Women's Club, the Garden Club, and the Genealogical Society, as well as being educated as a Junior Accountant. Shirley led the Women's Missionary Council and the Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade of her Church. She served as a Den Mother twice for her boys, as well as a Pioneer Girls leader. She expanded her ability to paint and draw and to play the piano. As she got older, the family disability hit her progressively harder, such that by the time they moved to Vancouver, WA in 1980, Shirley needed assistance to get around. Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia was not kind to Shirley and limited her ability to get around and eventually forced her into a wheelchair. To the extent she could, she continued her educational activities at Clark College, attending various art, music, and computer classes. Ultimately, she would be forced to move to Glenwood Senior Living where she has lived since 2003. She has enjoyed the activities, and made new friends at Glenwood. Shirley is survived by her two sons, Daniel W. Driver of Mesa, AZ and Robert B. Driver of Gillette, WY; and her sister, Ilo V. Schrum of Sacramento, CA She was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Driver; her father, James Arl Sundstrom; her mother, Lorenda Susanna (Moorhouse) Sundstrom; brothers, Lyle Elmo, Clinton James, and Everett Bertram Sundstrom; and sister, Betty Mae (Sundstrom) Cummings Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wed., May 14, 2014 at Glenwood Senior Living, 5500 NE 82nd Ave., Vancouver, WA 98664 with Rev. David Edwards, pastor of the Safe Harbor Church of the Nazarene officiating. Internment will be on Thurs., May 15, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, OR.

Shirley Jean Driver

August 16, 1927 - May 9, 2014