Shirley Glea “Shelly” Seifert, age 77, a former resident of Wheeling, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at McLarney Manor, Brookfield, Missouri. She was born the daughter of John Louis and Tennis Rosalie (McIntyre) McNally on February 2, 1947, in Chillicothe, Missouri.
Throughout her life, Shelly’s priority was her family. Her children and later her grandchildren brought her great joy. Shelly babysat in her home for several years, sold Home Interiors, and opened the Sunshine Ceramics shop before working as a postmaster at Wheeling, Chillicothe, Rayville, Holden, and Holt Post Offices from 1979 until retiring in 2007. She was a member of the Wheeling Baptist Church in Wheeling, Missouri, and a member of the Postmaster League of Missouri, where she was involved in all their activities.
She is survived by two sons, Westley Seifert and his wife, Sara, of Kirksville, Missouri, and Toby Seifert of Wheeling, Missouri; one daughter, Amy Gillespie and her husband, Mark, of Dayton, Ohio; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one brother, Bill McNally and his wife, Sharon, of Chillicothe, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Louis, Robert, Joseph, and James McNally; and four sisters, Tessie Howe, and Peggy Bate, and two infant sisters, Mable Louise and Mary Francis.
Funeral services will be held at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. A visitation will be held at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until service time at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be held at Anderson-Smith Cemetery, Chillicothe, Missouri.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wheeling Baptist Church and/or McLarney Manor and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, Missouri 64601.
