Shirley Joann Smith, age 81, of WaKeeney, Kansas (formerly of Collyer) passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital.  She was born on September 5, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Robert and Phyllis (Snow) Regur.

Shirley attended school in Oroville, California.  On September 1, 1951, she was united in marriage to Frank Dalling.  To this union, five children were born.  She then married Charles Smith in May of 1969 in Freemont, California.  He died March 8, 2008.  Shirley owned and operated the Coffee Mug Restaurant in Elko, Nevada for many years until retiring in 2005. After the passing of her husband, Shirley moved to Collyer, Kansas in 2008 with her son, to be closer to her daughter, Donna.  Shirley moved into the Trego County Lemke Memorial Long Term Care in 2012.  She loved her many friends at Long Term Care and enjoyed socializing with the staff and residents.  Shirley had an outgoing personality and always had a quick wit about her.  Shirley liked a little coffee with her creamer.  She enjoyed collecting elephants and coffee mugs.  Shirley will be dearly missed by her friends and family.

Survivors include one daughter, Deann Sabin and husband Fred of Idaho; two sons, Tom Dalling of Collyer, Kansas, and Robert Dalling of Shreveport, Louisiana; ten grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Charles; her daughter, Donna Malsom; her son, Frank Dalling; two brothers, Bobby Regur and Jimmy Regur; and sister, Helen Huss.

Memorial services and burial will be in Elko, Nevada on November 7th, 2015.  Cremation was chosen.