Birth date: Oct 22, 1926 Death date: Dec 3, 2025
Elizabeth Anne (McPherson) Sidlinger-Shire passed away peacefully December 3, 2025, in Grove, OK. She was born October 22,1926, to Henry Edgar "Ed" and Martha Frances (Garner) McPherson in Buxton, KS. Elizabeth's mother taught her Read Obituary
Carol (Routh) Dunn
My condolences to my cousins for the loss of their mother. Aunt Elizabeth was a kind and gracious lady. She was not only beautiful inside and out, she was talented and thoughtful. I remember when Antons mother made the journey from Indonesia to visit, she came to Wichita to meet her. That was special to me. We were blessed to be a part of her family. As with our other aunts and uncles that passed before her, she will be missed but never forgotten. Now she's with our Lord.
Elizabeth was a special lady. Her eyes sparkled when she smiled. Sweet is the best word I can come up with to describe her. She always remembered birthdays in our family. We so enjoyed visiting with her. She loved her family and loved sharing family stories.
To Bob and the entire family. I am so sorry for your loss.
Our family was blessed with so many wonderful aunts and uncles, leaving us with an abundance of good and special memories. I will always remember the first time I really connected with Aunt Elizabeth. I was very young, and we visited her at their home in Fredonia. She stood near the kitchen door, her blue eyes sparkling, holding ice cream cones in her hand, smiling at us with the most precious and genuinely sweet smile, and with her ever-calming voice asked us kids if we would like some ice cream. I truly loved her ever since. I later thought of her as our very own "Queen Elizabeth". Smile. With our blog that we had in later years, she contributed to us daily, for quite some time, with her "Dear Kids Letter". I feel so honored to have that shared with us and how she contributed so much with family history and humor and whatever was going on with her and around her, and of course she spoke often of her hair and having it done. She had, it seemed, the most perfect hair. Beautiful lady. Anyway, her writing and letters were very impressive. Her music also impressed. She graciously played at David's service. She quicky learned the theme song from Lion King as one of the songs she played then. That was very special. She also played at Dad and Mom's service. Such an honor for us all. I think about her now and how happy she must be to have gone on to be with her family that went before her and to meet with our Lord and Savior, whom she has served well. It is all hard to imagine, but oh, such joy! Annette
Aunt Elizabeth was one of the sweetest people I have ever known. Always the same: quiet, pleasant, friendly. A true Christian woman. Although she will be missed terribly, we know that "...an entrance shall be ministered unto her abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 2nd Peter 1:11 Ed and Dian Routh
