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The Downey Eagle
August 10, 2001 Volume 9 Number 25

Shirley Jean Bailey mourned in Downey
DOWNEY-A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. today, Friday, Aug. 10 at the Downey Free 
Methodist Church, 9245 Florence Ave., for Shirley Jean Bailey, a longtime Downey resident, who 
died Aug. 1 after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. 
She was born Oct. 15, 1922 in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Emil Horning and Rose Sherwood. 
She had two brothers, Donald S. Horning of Richmond, Washington (deceased), and Robert S. 
Horning of Portland, Oregon and Palm Desert, California. 
She attended Oregon State University for two years and was affiliated with the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. 
The untimely death of her father temporarily interrupted her education. She landed a job as a vocalist 
with a dance band in a Colorado Springs resort hotel. Eventually she returned to Portland and enrolled 
in the Providence Hospital School of Nursing. On graduation, she worked at a communicable disease 
hospital run by Multnomah County. Before settling into a career as an industrial nurse, she worked as 
secretary to the president of the Jarman Williamson Co., a well known manufacturer of golf equipment. 
This inspired an interest in golf which she enjoyed most of her life. 
In 1956 she entered industrial nursing with Continental Can Co., working for the man who would 
become her husband, Edward F. Bailey. They were married in March 1960. She then went to work for 
the Western Electric Co. 
In 1962 her husband was transferred to Oakland. She worked the next three years as the head nurse 
at the Hunt Food Co.'s large Hayward cannery. 
In 1965 her husband was transferred to Los Angeles and she was employed by Ducommon Metals for 
several years. She ended her career at United Can in Fullerton (a Hunts Food subsidiary) when the 
company was sold. 
Upon retiring she joined Downey Alumnae Panhellenic and the Downey Woman's Club. Later she joined 
the Assistance League of Downey and Chapter J.K. of the P.E.O. She served as president of this 
organization for two years. 
In her spare time she enjoyed duplicate bridge and was a member of the Del Rio Bridge Club of Downey. 
In lieu of flowers it is suggested that a donation be made to the Living Help Center, 10642 Downey Ave., 
Downey, CA