Shirley Diane Sha

Elsinore, Utah - Shirley Diane Sha passed away peacefully on November 6, 2026. Her daughter Tami, witnessed her passing, in the home of Damon and Marla Baker in Elsinore, Utah one month before her 80th birthday. Shirley was born on December 6, 1946, in Artesia, California to Lloyd Alexander Sha (28) and Alma Ruth Nading (41). 

She attended Excelsior High School where she participated in Drill Team and Track, and where she met David Calvin Baker. They where married on March 20, 1964. They raised a son, Damon Matthew and a daughter, Tamara Lynn.

Shirley’s style and apparel were influenced by her fondness for American Indian culture, adorned with turquoise, silver, leather and feathers. This fashion would be in full force as she rode her Appaloosa horse in a Columbus Day Parade. Later in life she expressed her style through crafts such as bead work and glass.

She competed in Equestrian and Shooting events such as Barrel racing and Skeet shooting. She loved to raise all sorts of farm animals, peacocks and dogs. She had a talent for nursing sick or wounded animals that most would consider a hopeless cause. She is known to have let goats and small horses in the house.

Shirley supported herself working customer service in retail department and home improvement stores. She also worked as a radio dispatcher, a janitor and a school bus driver.

Shirley is survived by her two children, eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren and her sister Patty Lou Shelby.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Alma Sha; brothers, Orvan Dwayne Bradley Jr; Alfred Glen Bradley; Robert Lee Bradley, Melvin Douglas Bradley; sisters, Betty Marie Baily and Barbara Jean Ogier.

Graveside services for Shirley will be on Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 1:00 P.M. in the Joseph Cemetery, 132 South 250 West, Joseph. Friends may call for viewing from 11:00- 12:30 P.M. at the Springer Turner Funeral Home Chapel, 260 North 400 West, Richfield prior to graveside service.

Burial will be in the Joseph Cemetery under the care of Springer Turner Funeral Homes of Richfield and Salina, Utah.