Shirlet Lavonne Crabtree, age 69, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Wichita, Kansas. Shirlet was born on May 18, 1951, in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jesse and Jewelyn (Polk) Crabtree.
Shirlet moved to Wichita as a toddler and lived there for the remainder of her life. She graduated from Wichita East High School. Shirlet worked in the service industry for 25 years always happy to lend a helping hand. She retired at the age of 50.
The world has lost a genuinely good person at a time when they are needed the most. If you met Shirlet many times or just in passing, she greeted everyone with a smile and an open heart excited to learn the good in you. She was an amazing mom, sibling, friend and person. Her sons take solace in knowing that the physical pain of her cancer is over and the best of her lives in them.
Shirlet is survived by her sons: Michael Ravonne Riddle (and girlfriend, Lisa Begay), Earl Jermaine Crabtree (and fiancée, Michele Magie) and Brent Leo Crabtree; her siblings: Clarice Rosetta Jones, Janet Faye Crabtree-Gunter, Jennifer Denise (and husband, Cornell) Payne, Fredrick “Fred” Adolphus (and wife, Cheryl) Crabtree and Winfred Cornell Crabtree; 5 grandchildren from Earl (Earl Jr., Shayla, Elijah, Isaiah and Joshua); 5 grandchildren from Michael; and her dog, Bo. She was preceded in death by her parents and her dogs, Max and Spot.
A Celebration of Life fill be held in Wichita at a later date.
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