n June 2nd, 1964 she married William (Bill) Arneson who she met through mutual friends while square dancing. They moved to the small town of Custer, Montana where they added one more child (Richard) to their young family. They remained there until Bill's death in 1974 whereupon Shirley moved back to Billings. On March 3rd, 1979 she married Lewis Plouvier who had two children, Stewart and Cory, from a previous marriage. They remained in Billings until moving to Washington to be closer to family in 2006. As a wife and mother Shirley was occupied as a home-maker, but also worked outside the home much of the time. While in Custer she was a cook at the local small-town cafe, the Cozy Corner. She also worked at the local grocery store and worked the sugar beet truck scales during the busy harvest. These things helped supplement the teacher salary earned by her husband, Bill. After Bill's death she moved back to Billings and did clerical work to support her family as a single mother. This eventually led to a long-term position with Associated Foods from which she retired later in life. It was while taking classes at Billings Business College with her daughter Charlene that she met and later married Lewis, who was an instructor there. In addition to keeping an orderly home Shirley was very fond of times gathering with family for camping, fishing, picnics, road trips, holiday gatherings and much more. These were the recurring fixtures of her life that carry so much remembrance. Family picnics were held at the home of her brother along the banks of the Rosebud River in Absarokee, Montana. Christmas and Thanksgiving almost always saw the extended family coming together in Custer, Billings, Absarokee or the home of her sister Betty in White Sulphur Springs. Shirley loved to fish, and there were frequent fishing and camping trips along the Yellowstone River near Columbus, Montana, at Newland Creek Reservoir near White Sulphur Springs and many others places including Flathead Lake and Yellowstone Park. Shirley was also a lifelong crafter - knitting, sewing, macramé, ceramics, stained glass and furniture restoration to name a few. Shirley and Lewis also enjoyed the company of many close friends in Billings. In 2006 they moved into a home adjacent to the home of their son Richard in Brier, Washington. While Shirley's poor health often prevented her from getting out of the house, she found new friends among the families of Trinity Church - even a knitting partner. By the time Shirley was approaching the age of 50 it became clear that a chronic liver condition was becoming quite serious. At that time, in the mid-1980's, Shirley was considered too old for a liver transplant. However, the state of the art for this procedure was changing so rapidly that by 1991 she became one of the first liver transplant patients in the University of Washington Medical Center's fledgling program. This procedure gave her a remarkable 26 more years of life to enjoy with her friends and family for which we are all profoundly grateful. After the transplant many of her more adventurous activities were curtailed, but Shirley continued to pursue them as she was able. In later years she was always working on a knitting or sewing project, or some other type of craft. She was also privileged to have the company and care of her daughter Charlene in their home the last few years of her life. It is likely that the transplant that gave her these years also finally contributed to the onset of an aggressive and ultimately untreatable type of lymphoma. Shirley's faith gave her much peace with these circumstances and she was surrounded by family and friends until complications from the cancer ended her life and she entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Shirley is survived by her husband Lewis; four children: Larry (Linda) Arneson of Littleton, Colorado, Charlene Corey of Brier, Washington, Ronald (Susan) Arneson of Centennial, Colorado, and Richard (Alice) Arneson of Brier, Washington; two step-children: Stewart (Kathleen) Plouvier of Wasilla, Alaska, and Corina (Boyd) Howells of Kearns, Utah; and three grandchildren: Brian, Patrick, and Rebecca. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Robert Noe, and her sister Elizabeth (Noe) Bridges. Cremation took place December 19th at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home in Seattle, Washington. A memorial service will be held January 4th, 2018 in Kirkland, Washington at the Seventh Day Adventist church under the auspices of Trinity Church. Interment will take place at 10:30 AM, June 11, 2018 at Mountview Cemetery in Billings, Montana. "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2