Wentworth, Shirley - FUHS 1954

Shirley Wentworth

1936 - 2020

Wentworth, Shirley With profound sadness we announce the passing of Shirley Ann Wentworth on February 28, 2020 at the age of 83. Shirley was a longtime resident of Fullerton, California. She was born to the late Charles Crosbie and Emma Ricker Crosbie, on June 3, 1936. She spent her young years on the Crosbie Ranch on old Rt.1 in Fullerton with her brother who died suddenly at the age of 14. Shirley attended Saint Mary's Catholic Church and Elementary School and both Mater Dei and Fullerton High School. After graduating she met John A. Wentworth from Fullerton, and they married on October 3, 1959. They bought a new home on Harrington Drive in East Fullerton, giving them the opportunity to become two of the first parishioners of Saint Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church around 1965. Shirley remained an active member of Saint Juliana's parish for more than 54 years. The young Wentworth couple raised two beautiful daughters, Kathleen Boyd Coffman and Kelly Abraham (John). Shirley worked as a Medical Transcriptionist until her husband, John Wentworth, died in 1999. Shirley then spent her later years earning her Master Gardening Certificate, from Cal State Fullerton's Arboretum, where she spent many fulfilling years volunteering as a Master Gardener. Shirley is survived by her two daughters, Kathleen Boyd Coffman, and Kelly Abraham, and four grandchildren, Rosemary and Kaylee Boyd and Nicholas and Joshua Abraham. Mass of Christian Burial with a reception in the Parish Hall to follow will be on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 10:00 am at Saint Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church, 1316 N. Acacia Ave., Fullerton, CA 92831.

Published in Orange County Register on Mar. 12, 2020