Shirley Biggart, 86, of Anamosa died Friday night August 18, 2023, at her, home with her family by her side following an extended illness.

Life Celebration services will be held at 10:30 Thursday morning, August 24, 2023, at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa where friends may call from 4 until 7 on Wednesday.    The interment will be in the Wilcox Cemetery, rural Anamosa.  Jim and Kris May will officiate at the services.  Thoughts, Memories, and Condolences may be left at www. goettschonline.com.

Surviving are her 3 children, Carolyn, Betty, and Lloyd (Sherry) Biggart, 5 grandchildren, Melinda, Alex, Kyra, Ally, and Chris, 5 great-grandchildren a special son, Darin Matthiessen, and a brother Luke Seeley.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Shirley Jean Williamson was born June 2, 1937, at Troy Mills in the family home.   She was the daughter of Chester Lloyd and Velma Bige, Williamson.   She started at Linn Mar grade school and completed her education in 1957 when she graduated from Marion High School.  She then started working at Farmers State Bank in Marion.

Shirley married Richard Biggart on August 2, 1959, at the Prairie Chapel Church in rural Linn County.  They lived a brief time in Indiana while Richard was in service.  They returned home and lived in Whittier.  In 1968 they moved to a farm in the Viola, Stone City area.  Shirley tended to her cats and pigmy goats.  In 1974 she went to work at the Viola Schools where she was Ma Biggart to 300 children that went through the Viola school.  Shirley took a job at Linn Mar school where she was the secretary for the Math, VoAg and P.E. departments.  Besides the farm and her job Shirley and Richard hosted a number, of foreign exchange students, 3 of them were Eddy Martinez from the Dominican Republic, Inger Lene Omholsteen from Norway, and Hanoch Ehrlich from Israel.  She always enjoyed company, baking, gardening, and handwriting letters, thank you notes, and notes of encouragement.

One of her last notes; Things I am happy for - A good husband, 3 good children, all my grandchildren, a comfortable home, good neighbors, a good town to live in, good nieces and nephews, good food, good nurses, pretty flowers, 2 cats, country western music, visiting with Angus Wacker.