her dad a grocer, her mother an assistant at a law office. in high school, she met bill. where did you go on your first date,? do you remember? i took her to the homecoming that. she was quiet. prettiest thing you ever saw. as bill tells it, they were kids in love. deeply. maybe colourless sly. during her sophomore year, shirley got pregnant. we were married at a very young age. i was 18, had just turned 18, and she was 16. sun, daughter jana was born. then came billy, eight years later, jason completed the family. with three kids to raise, bill and shirley went into farming. on a small plot a starter line, a gruesome corn and soybeans. then plug the profits into more prime, i wake. rich shirley loved farming. she did everything. she just took to it? she was a natural. she loved, loved being in the tractors. longtime friend and neighbor irene schultz, said shirley