Shirley Nadine (Smith) Banks was born on March 16, 1928 on a farm near New Lancaster, Miami County, Kansas. She married Robert E Banks, MD on August 6, 1950 in the New Lancaster Methodist Church. She died August 28, 2024 at the age of 96 in Paola. Shirley was a wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother and spent her years cooking and making a home for her entire family. She was a life long member of the United Methodist Church and was active in the Paola community on many boards and with local theater She and her husband had a strong emphasis on education in the family and the community.

Shirley is survived by sons: Robert (Jenifer), Lawrence (Jeanine), Donald (Stacy), Gregory (DeAnn); grandchildren: Susan, Karlsson, Connie (Blake) Beaver, Kevin (Megan), Calvin, Allison, (Joseph) Sanders, Brad (Kelly), Alicia (Justin) Goetting, Michael (Kyung), Emma, Sarah and great-grandchildren: Claire Beaver, Evan Beaver, Katelyn Sanders, William Sanders, Benjamin Banks, Merritt Goetting and several

cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert E Banks, MD and her parents Emory and Mary Smith. Memorials may be made to the Robert and Shirley Banks Scholarship fund at the USD #368 Endowment Association, 1115 E 303rd St, Paola, KS 66071 c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary-Paola Chapel.