Obituaries
Shirley M. Homan
Shirley M. Homan, formerly of Long Island, NY, and resident of Luther Acres, Lititz, PA, passed away on August 28, 2012 at age 84. Born in Reading, PA, she was the daughter of the late Victor and Lillian Miller Homan. Surviving are sisters June Homan Fry, wife of the late Rev. Clyde I. Fry of Lititz and Virginia Homan Babb, wife of James Babb of Reading, and several nieces and a nephew.
A graduate of Ithaca College and Hofstra University, Shirley was an instrumental music teacher in New Hyde Park Schools on Long Island for 30 years. After retirement she became a longtime volunteer for WLIW 21, a PBS station on Long Island. Shirley formed a kitchen band for and with residents of Luther Acres, and was always up for new projects, one being watercolors which were exhibited at the Muhlenberg Town Home in August.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Luthercare Caring Fund, 600 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 or to Hospice & Community Care, PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125 or hospiceoflancaster.org. To send the family online condolences, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com. Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory 717-560-5100
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Shirley was a breath of fresh air for all the residents of Luther Acres. So talented, so funny and intelligent. I am honored to have known her via my mother, Dorothy, being a hall neighbor. She will be dearly missed by all. Sending my condolences from Twinsburg, Ohio.
Donna Loar Weaver
Shirley was a patient of mine at the health center. She was very hard to get blood from but she never complained. We grew to be friends and I loved her. She loved to hear stories about my pets, motorcycle and grandchildren. She was the type of person that made you feel good about yourself.
There are only a few people who have a major influence in your life, and Shirley was one of those people for me. I’m 69 years old now and the seed she planted in me when she taught me drums in the third grade in New Hyde Park, NY, has stayed with me forever. As a conductor, she could be a tyrant (and I needed that), but always with a wicked sense of humor. I can still hear her from the conductor’s podium of our grade school band, yelling to me: SOUTHERN!!! YOU’RE DRAGGING THE BEAT! WATCH ME!!!
She remained my mentor all through high school and into my early years of college, where I studied music, thanks in no small part to her influence. I am so sad that I was unable to locate her to tell her how much she meant to me before she passed.
Arlene Southern
Oakland, CA
