Shirley Louise Beeghly

Shirley “Space Shot Shirley” Beeghly, age 84, of Linn Valley, Kansas, formerly of Marshalltown, passed away in the presence of her family on Friday afternoon, May 31st, at the Unitypoint Health Marshalltown.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 4th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Shirley would be so proud that her great niece, Rachel Rigdon, currently chaplain at Cooks Children’s Hospital in Houston, will officiate her service. She will be laid to rest in the Liscomb Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. Monday at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com.

Born Shirley Louise Beeghly on August 10th, 1939, at Whitten, Iowa, she was the daughter of Kenneth and Elizabeth Beryl (Van Voltinbergh) Beeghly. She attended school in Conrad.

Shirley was an amazingly dedicated and energetic woman. She cleaned motor coaches for Marshall Motor Coach, took care of the laundry at Bizio’s Thunderbird and did housecleaning and ironing. Family dinners ended with Shirley cleaning up everything so her family could enjoy each other’s company. Countless miles were spent walking where she met so many people. She never knew a stranger.

In 2011, she fell in love with the Space Shot at Adventureland Park. Two years later, she established her all-time highest number of rides by going 182 times in a day. In 2014, Des Moines TV stations acknowledged her unique and incredible accomplishment alongside staff from Adventureland. To watch the broadcast of her accomplishment, please view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWx4S-Sq94.

Left to cherish her memory is her sister, Linda Tasler of Linn Valley and brother Hugh Beeghly of Conrad as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

In death, she rejoined her parents, sister Marceda Bevins and brother-in-law Robert Tasler.