Shirley Mae Colunga, 80, of Fayetteville, died February 8, 2025 in Fayetteville. She was born March 3, 1944 in Proctor, Oklahoma to John P. and Letha Louisa Vaughn Walters.
Shirley retired from Campbell Soup.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Rudolfo Colunga; daughter Sheila Thornsberry; three brothers; three sisters; and son-in-law James Delaney.
She is survived by two sons, Randall Collins and wife Carmen of Springdale and Chase Thornsberry of Fayetteville; two daughters, Regina Delaney of Park Hill, OK and Julie Honea and husband David of Fayetteville; one brother, Ricky Don Walters of Idaho; 8 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will be 5-7 PM Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Beard’s Funeral Chapel.
Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Beard’s Funeral Chapel.
Interment will follow at 2:00 PM after the service on Wednesday at Proctor Cemetery in Proctor, Oklahoma.
*PLEASE NOTE, THE FUNERAL SERVICE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 10:00 AM WITH INTERMENT AT 2:00 PM*
Godspeed Mae
You are such an Angel. Watch over Gideon, Blakely, Brantley, Gentry, Leanna & Chris and Thank you for accepting me into your family. Loved coming by visiting, sitting in your beautiful yard of flowers 🌺. You loved unconditionally! Please watch over all of your family give them the strength they need to continue this journey of life without you. ~ 🙂
One of kind, fierce, beautiful, self less, and one of the strongest woman I have ever known. Honored to have known, honored to be in your family, honored for all the time spent in your yard one of your most prized accomplishments outside of your family. Gone from earth but never from our hearts. God speed Mae ❤️
Grandma I love and miss you with all my heart!!! Words could never come close to express how much you mean to me and your great grandbabies! You will be very very dearly missed but never ever forgotten! 💞 I know your looking down on us and hope we make you proud! I am lucky to have had the best grandma in the whole world and my children to have the best mamaw ever! You can rest now my beautiful sweet grandma. Your grandbabies will always love and miss you. Until we meet again!!! Never goodbye only see you later!…