Shirley Lorraine Short was born October 26, 1931, in Pennsylvania, to Sidney and Anna (Traub) Hillier. Shirley was a homemaker for 60 years, and lived in Bakersfield, California, for 32 years. In accordance with her family's wishes, no services are planned for Shirley Short, age 80, who died at her residence in Bakersfield, on November 19, 2011.