Shirley L. Bingham

Shirley Louise Elledge Bingham       May 13, 1941-November 4, 2017

Shirley was born to DeLoss C. and Harriet N. (Bartee) Elledge.   She was born in Osage City, Kansas and raised in Scranton, Kansas.   When she was 16, she moved to Topeka where she met and married Robert M. Bingham on July 20, 1957. He preceded her in 1999.

She was the mother of Patricia Ann (Bingham) Bryan, Catherine Louise Bingham, Robert Clayton Bingham and Melvin DeWayne Bingham. Melvin died in 1984.

Survivors include her children, Pati (Kent) Bryan, Cathie Bingham, Bobby (Sherry) Bingham; grandchildren, Travis (Vicki Bryan, Melvin E. Bingham, Gary Bingham, Alaire (Justin) Freeland, Nicholas Hartman, Jessica Bingham, Joshua (Erika) Bingham; 17 great-grandchildren, 5 sisters-in-law, 2 brothers-in-law, many nieces, nephews and friends.

She worked for USD 501 for many years, at Topeka West High School, Highland Park High in food service and at Parkdale Elementary and Sheldon in the Head Start Program.

She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Dorothy and Lenora, 3 sisters-in-law and 8 brothers-in-law. Shirley was cremated and at her request no services are planned, a celebration of her life is being held this Sunday, November 12, 2017,  from 2-4p.m. at the Meriden VFW