Shirley Jean (Butler) Myklebust
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Dec 21st, 2018
- Death Date: Dec 21, 2018
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Biography: Shirley Jean (Butler) Myklebust, " The Enforcer" died on December 21, 2018. She was born on July 26, 1925 to Mary Rovella Butler and Pink L. Butler in Little Rock. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Mary Elizabeth Myers, Katherine Hart, Rovella Pack; her brother, Perry Butler; her beloved husband of sixty years Charles Robert "Mike" Myklebust; and her son Clark Gene "the fun loving one" Myklebust. She is survived by a rowdy clan of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Pamela Ann "the first born" Busbea, Mary Jane "the peacemaker" Teague, Patti J. "the organizer" Fullington (Andy), Mark Dean "the historian" Myklebust (Diana), daughter-in-law Cheryl Myklebust; grandchildren Jenny Carol "the tame entertainer" Johnston (Danny), Matthew Robert "the wall" Myklebust (Melanie), Elizabeth Ann "the Disney Princess" Baker (Brian), Robert Vaughn "Bobby" (the Angler) Teague, Jr., Jacob Anthony "Joseph the cowboy" Fullington (Carol), Mary Kay "the survivor" Myklebust, Michelle Diane "the little s**t" Tyree (Christopher), and Jon Christian "the baby" Teague (Janet), and great-grandchildren Morgan, Mason and Maddox Myklebust, Dalton and Erin Johnston, Blaine and Shelby Fullington, Tori Myklebust Steves, Jack Tyree, and Christian Teague, as well as a host of nieces and nephews. In her prime, Shirley was a champion bowler, master seamstress, a strict disciplinarian who was quick to swat with anything handy no matter the size or age of the sass talker, a loving devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was above all else, a matriarch. In her later years, as dementia set in, her language was as colorful as the shades of lipstick she wore. Throughout her life, she was loved by all and will be greatly missed; luckily, she has left behind a litany of personal stories, loving memories, and hysterical anecdotes. Her family would like to extend gratitude to all of Shirley's caregivers, nurses, and doctors at Evergreen Living Center in Bryant. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the Dementia Society of America or a charity of your choice. Visitation will be Friday, December 28, 2018, from 2:00 p.m. until the time of the memorial service beginning at 3:00 p.m. both at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 West Markham St., Little Rock, Arkansas 72205.
Melinda Lawson
Elizabeth
1. Supper at 6:00pm every day!!
2. Good luck beating her at checkers!
3. Would always help with home work.
4. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
5. Here fishy fishy fishy, when she and papa would take us fishing.
6. Cheering through the TV at the Arkansas basketball team.
7. Left over toast on the back of the stove.
8. She would tell you your too fat when she could pick and inch on your love handles.
9. The sound of her laugh!!
10. The family phone book operator.
11. Best spaghetti maker!!
All I can think of at the moment. I?ll add more as they come to me!!!