Shirley May Peek

Shirley May Neidhammer Peek, 83, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2017, after a long illness. Born in Ashland PA on March 20, 1933, she was the daughter of the late George and Marie Krah Neidhammer. Shortly after graduation from Ashland High School in 1951, Shirley moved to Washington DC to begin work as a secretary for the Civil Service. There she met the love of her life, Richard A. Peek, and they married on Feb. 28, 1953. They moved numerous times throughout his Air Force career which included assignments in the Phillipines twice and Germany, as well as many Air Force bases within the US. Not only was Shirley a very supportive and loving housewife and mother but she also volunteered wherever she could. Most notably, she earned a 15-year service pin from the American Red Cross for volunteering over 5000 hours at Tinker Air Force Base hospital in Midwest City OK. A few years after Dick’s death in March 1981, Shirley relocated to the Air Force Enlisted Village in Fort Walton Beach FL, then returned to OK in 2003 to be closer to family due to health concerns.

She is survived by her son Rollin Peek and wife Carol of Norman OK, daughter Laura Rose and husband Steve of Broken Arrow OK, granddaughter Stacey Dutton and husband Eric of Skiatook OK, grandson Mike Rose and wife Evan of Arvada CO, great-grandchildren Breck and Kinley Dutton, brother Bert Neidhammer and wife Gail of Riverview FL, sister Nancy Williams of Ashland PA, as well as several cousins, nieces, nephews and close friends.

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Shirley May Neidhammer Peek, 83, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2017, after a long illness. Born in Ashland PA on March 20, 1933, she was the daughter of the late George and Marie Krah Neidhammer. Shortly after graduation from Ashland High School in 1951, Shirley moved to Washington DC to begin work as a secretary for the Civil Service. There she met the love of her life, Richard A. Peek, and they married on Feb. 28, 1953. They moved numerous times throughout his Air Force career which included assignments in the Phillipines twice and Germany, as well as many Air Force bases within the US. Not only was Shirley a very supportive and loving housewife and mother but she also volunteered wherever she could. Most notably, she earned a 15-year service pin from the American Red Cross for volunteering over 5000 hours at Tinker Air Force Base hospital in Midwest City OK. A few years after Dick’s death in March 1981, Shirley relocated to the Air Force Enlisted Village in Fort Walton Beach FL, then returned to OK in 2003 to be closer to family due to health concerns.

She is survived by her son Rollin Peek and wife Carol of Norman OK, daughter Laura Rose and husband Steve of Broken Arrow OK, granddaughter Stacey Dutton and husband Eric of Skiatook OK, grandson Mike Rose and wife Evan of Arvada CO, great-grandchildren Breck and Kinley Dutton, brother Bert Neidhammer and wife Gail of Riverview FL, sister Nancy Williams of Ashland PA, as well as several cousins, nieces, nephews and close friends.

The family would like to thank the entire staff of Oklahoma Methodist Manor for their loving and attentive care of Shirley during her final years.

Memorial Service will be 10 am Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Sunny Lane Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements under the direction of Sunny Lane Funeral Home, Del City, OK.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or American Red Cross in memory of Shirley Peek.