Shirley U. Banner, Milford, 87; Dies Of COVID In Nursing Home

IN MEMORIAM

Shirley U. Banner, Milford, 87;

Dies Of COVID In Nursing Home

Shirley Banner, 87, of Milford, is survived by her six children and many grandchildren.

MILFORD – Shirley U. Banner, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, passed away Monday afternoon, Feb. 1, 2021, at Alpine Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Little Falls due to COVID-19 complications.

Born July 12, 1933, at the home of her grandmother, Maude Bliss, in Milford Center, Shirley was the oldest of five children of John W. and Bernice M. (Bliss) Utter.

Shirley attended a one-room schoolhouse in Milford Center and Milford Central School where she graduated with the Class of 1951. After graduation she worked at the Scintilla Plant in Sidney.

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