On December 28th, 2019 a gentle, loving, woman – wife, mother, sister and friend – slipped away peacefully. Shirlene [Fife] Linehan was born June 21, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah the daughter of John J. and Letha Lenora Fife. Shirlene graduated from South High School. In 1955 she met and married the love of her life, Arthur F. Linehan of Manchester, New Hampshire, who was stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Shirlene volunteered at and later worked for Catholic Medical Center (CMC).
Shirlene is survived by her six children and their spouses, Terry (Mark), Bill (Rachel), Sean (Michelle), Colleen (Kirk), Maureen (John), and Tim; her grandchildren Melissa (Travis), Stephan, Alec, Connor (Melanie), Danielle (Jon), Thomas (Jordyn), Samantha, Timothy, Seamus and Taoighan and great-grandchildren, Liam, Easton, Addison and Christian. Siblings Tom and Frank. Sisters-in-law Claudia, Irene and Janice.
She was preceded in death by husband Arthur, her parents, brothers Terry and Steven, sister-in-law Geri, brothers-in-law Dave and Paul, and daughter-in-law Patricia.
Her family imagines the grand reunion with all who have passed before her.
Shirlene’s legacy of love, forgiveness, gentleness and stubbornness will live on in all who loved her.
There were no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, January 4 at 10 am at St. Raphael’s Church, 103 Walker Street, Manchester. Burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bedford. Family and friends were requested to meet at the church. A memorial luncheon followed in St. Raphael’s Church Hall. Her family has requested that memorial donations in Shirlene’s name be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital (www.stjude.org) or to St. Raphael’s Food Pantry ([email protected]). The family entrusted the McHugh Funeral Home with her care.
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