Shirley Gose

SHIRLEY ELLEN GOSE 1927-2011 Loving Wife, Mother, Sister and Grandmother Shirley E. Maxwell Dan Gose returned to her heavenly home July 6th, 2001, after suffering a major stroke. She was born the 12th of May, 1927 in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Gilford A. and Julia Mulliner Maxwell. The oldest of three daughters, she grew up in Southern Idaho and later in California, where she met and married her first husband, Robert W. Dan in 1944. Together they had four children. Shirley loved being a mother, roller skating, laughing, dancing, going to movies and hoping for a better life for her and her children. For more than 30 years, she suffered from complications of a brain tumor, which robbed her of sight in her left eye, but not her joy of living. She never lost her love of family nor her desire to improve her life in spite of her struggles. She eventually became quite an entrepreneur along with her second husband, Bill Gose, whom she married in 1974, learning to buy, rent and sell real estate. She finally got her dream home on the golf course, where she loved having the family over for parties. She will be remembered for her love of preserving family memories with pictures and scrapbooks, for making each of her family members feel special, for her infectious smile, for her ability to laugh at herself over the funny things she did over the years, and of course for her obsession with shopping. She could never pass up a good buy. She is survived by her husband, Bill Gose of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; her daughter, Sherry Dan Kitchin of Salt Lake City, Utah; her son, Rusty E. Dan of Hayden, Idaho; her son, Larry C. Dan of Kingman, Arizona; and her daughter, Cathy Ellen Brown of Chatteroy, Washington; along with 15 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild. She is also survived by her youngest sister, Beverly Satterlee, of San Marcos, California. Shirley loved life and left this world a better place. She was a special lady who will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Services will be held July 9th at Bell Tower Funeral Home in Post Falls, Idaho at 3:00 p.m. with internment at Coeur D'Alene Memorial Gardens immediately following.