Shirley

Libby

Shirley Yvonne (Counts) Libby passed away in San Antonio, TX on April 7, 2023 at the age of 86. She was born in Yuba City, CA and graduated from San Benito High School, Hollister, CA. She met her husband, Eldon Libby, while she was in high school and he was in college. They wed in 1956 in Reno, NV and began their married life in the US Air Force where Eldon served as a pilot for much of his 20 years of service. After his retirement from the Air Force in 1976, they lived in Kennewick, WA for many years before purchasing 40 acres from the Libby family in 1997 and building their dream log home in Paicines. Shirley lived there until 2019, when she was diagnosed with dementia and moved to Salinas, CA to live with her son Bud and his wife Susanne. In January 2023, her children made the difficult decision to move Shirley to full time memory care in San Antonio, TX near her daughter Janet.  She died a few months later from complications while recovering from hip surgery after a fall.

Mrs Libby is survived by her children, Karen Libby of Winter Haven, FL; General (ret) Janet Wolfenbarger (Craig), US Air Force, of Mico, TX; Eldon Libby Jr. (Susanne) of Salinas; and Dr. Pam Boyd (Jeff) of Phoenix, AZ; her grandchildren Dr. Kellee Oller; Justin Rehg; Kate Hutchinson, Esq.; Samuel Boyd; Lieutenant Callie Wolfenbarger, US Space Force; and J.J. Boyd, and her great grandchildren, Alyssa Oller, Avery Oller, and Marceline Hutchinson. She is also survived by her brother and sisters, Glen Counts, Virginia Purves, Diane Freitas, and Bonnie Kasjaka.  She is preceded in death by her husband of almost 57 years, Eldon, her granddaughter Dyan Rehg, her parents Charlotte and Emery Counts, her brother Charles Counts and her sister Margie Rameriez.

Mrs Libby will be inurned in the family plot at the IOOF Cemetery in Hollister. A Celebration of Life will be held on her birthday, June 14, 2023, at noon at Paines Restaurant. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.