Hays, Kansas – Shirley S. Kane, age 89, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays Care Center.

She was born September 9, 1926, in New Haven, Connecticut to Earnest John and Beatrice (Gorman) Steeves. She married William M. Kane on August 26, 1950, at Fairfield, Connecticut.

She was a social worker / homemaker and received her B A Degree in 1948, from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York. Shirley has lived in Hays since 1961 and was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Hays Public Library Board which she served as chairman, Hays Symphony Guild which she served as president, St. Anthony Hospital Auxiliary which she served as president. She was a volunteer at the Hays Public Library book store, Good Samaritan Society of Hays and a docent at the Sternberg Museum.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. William M. Kane, of the home; three sons, William Kane and wife, Deb, Grand Junction, CO; Dan Kane and wife, Linda, Clay Center, KS; John Kane, Denver, CO; three daughters, Claire Loughry and husband, John, Centennial, CO; Mary Kate Pickering and husband, Don, Bel Air, MD; Susan Kane and wife, Lanka Elson Woodland Park, CO; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one infant sister.

Services are 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 29, 2016, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 18th & Vine Hays, Kansas. Inurnment will be at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery at WaKeeney, Kansas.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. Friday, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Hays, Kansas.

Memorials to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Hays Public Library and Hays Symphony Guild.

Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be sent via e-mail to [email protected].