Shirley Jean Kranker, 94, of Arma, Kansas, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her loving family at 5:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at Arma Health and Rehab. Shirley was born on Dec. 29, 1930, in Pittsburg, Kanas, to Mirabeau Maniez and Elizabeth (Massoglio) Mathews. In Shirley’s early infancy, her parents moved to Longmont, Colorado and later moved to the Rio Grande Valley and resided in Santa Rosa and Harlingen, Texas.